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Dynamo Metal Workshop / phalt Architekten

Jonathan Alarcón — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

On the northern banks of the River Limmat, extensive civil engineering work has made it necessary to construct a replacement building for the open metal workshop of the youth culture centre Dynamo. This provides an opportunity to redesign the site occupied by provisional buildings. In response to the large number of restrictions, the development area has been reduced to a minimum and a spacious, protected zone for work and activity will be provided by a large roof protrusion around the whole building.

MFH Lohn-Ammannsegg / phalt architekten

Jonathan Alarcón — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

In the rural community of Lohn-Ammannsegg, an apartment building with six residentialunits and a separate office has been incorporated into a heterogeneous developmentstructure. The position and design of the new building was a result of creating themaximum possible distances to the surrounding development and an optimum alignmentwithin the residential zone on a gentle slope with an appealing view. The cube-shapedbuilding structure consists of two offset building sections with a shared entrance areaas a common denominator.

Regensdorf Community Center / phalt Architekten

Jonathan Alarcón — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The community centre site is located in the centre of Regensdorf. The striking solitaire has been incorporated into the volumetric sequence of buildings between the old village centre and the railway station. Together with the existing buildings, the new construction forms an urban ensemble. The new site for the community centre is spread out across the centre of this ensemble, adopting the function of a business card within the cityscape. The cube-shaped new building responds to its surroundings and the functional requirements: by removing space-filling elements from the building volumes, the relationship to the location in terms of heights and visual orientation is incorporated into the concept and spatial qualities with different functions are generated.