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The former farmhouse from the 17th century is located on the edge of the village centre of Zunzgen at a fork in the road. The building is characterised by the customary local division into separate residential and farm parts, which can still be clearly seen today. Over time, a small extension with a monopitch roof was added to the residential part. Börje Müller After many years of vacancy and decay, the building was to become a home for a family again. To this end, the living area was completely renovated. All wall surfaces, floor and ceiling coverings and building services installations were renewed or replaced. The load-bearing structures made of quarrystone masonry and the old ceilings, whose beams were left visible in th... More

The two houses, which are combined in one building, continue the existing development along the slope edge and the street. They close the last existing gap in this line. The valley and mountain views remain unobstructed.   The parking spaces are arranged along the Alte Hofstetterstrasse. A short staircase leads to the entrances of the houses, where the bicycle parking spaces are located in a covered room under the parking. On the spaciously glazed ground floor with living, dining, kitchen and outside seating you can enjoy the view over Flüh to the monastery of Mariastein and the ruins of Landskron. On the floor above there are two rooms and the bathroom under the spectacular, multiple buckled roof shape. The sculptural stairwell... More

The building of the parish property is a former farmhouse, consisting of living and economy part of the 19th century. It stands with its eastern façade directly on the historic walls of the church and therefore provides optimum conditions, to complement the church area as a parish center. The program includes a 90 m2 large parish hall with kitchen and storage room, a meeting room, locations for the youth, offices and an apartment.   A hall of this size requires a large intrusion into the structure of the building. The middle of the 20th century instead of the barn created concrete and brick structures had to be canceled and offers space in its new form for the room on the level of the church square and other larger rooms on th... More

The service building of the sports ground „Chöpfli“ is placed on the field between existing car park and forest and consists of two buildings, shifted to each other. This allows a reaction to the particularities of the situation. On the one hand the access from the car park and the orientation to the playing fields are spatially articulated, on the other hand the level differences can be settled with the rear walls of the buildings. The pedestal unites the ensemble into one unit an creates two high quality outside spaces.  The canopies of the two building parts are defining a weather-protected area from which the different rooms can be accessed separately when needed. Four changing rooms with shower, changing room for referee and... More

The dwelling house is part of the design plan Mühle, which primarily aims to preserve the protected mill and the surroundings of the mill. On the south side the building group willbe completed with the replacement building for the burnt-down barn, giving it the necessary spatial and historically justified importance. The result is an attractive place of a pleasant size, usable for various activities.Since the houses on the Sternenbergstrasse, which are also part of the design plan, are at a reasonable distance and clearly distinguished in the architectural formulation, the legibility of the historical ensemble is strengthened. The four duplex apartments are all directly accessible from the mill court. The innovative apartment dispos... More

Тhe two houses “Im Wygärtli” are located in a villa garden on the southern hillside of Hofstetten. The buildings are situated across the slope and are accessed from the north on the upper floor level, which offers a beautiful view towards the first hills of the Jura Mountains. The curved shape of the roof creates its own topography, which connects the two floors and turns the location on a slope into a part of the design concept. On the inside, a single-flight staircase provides the spatial connection between the entrance hall on the upper living floor and the sleeping floor below. The dynamic and open staircase creates a strong reference between the two floors. It also allows daylight into the translucent bathroom cubes - which are built o... More