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| Client | PRIVAT |
| Commission | Direct commission 2010 |
| Planning | 2010–2012 |
| Construction | 2012–2013 |
| Architects | Graber & Steiger Architekten, Project Architect: Joseph Stadelmann |
| Consultants | Construction manager: Roland Stöckli, Structural engineer: Wismer Partner, Artist: Franziska Zumbach |
| Photographer | D.M. Wehrli, Graber & Steiger Architekten |
«This is the most charming place I have ever lived in!» The building site on Lake Lucerne, which is also described in glowing terms by Mark Twain, is characterised by its direct relationships with the water and the breath-taking mountain backdrop. For several generations, it has been used for tourism and catering, but required a new beginning in recent times. In addition to a restaurant on the ground floor, the spatial programme for the new replacement construction on the upper level includes an apartment. With a different horizontal character on each side of the building, it enters into a dialogue with the landscape and developed surroundings on different scales, providing various platforms for the diverse perception of the unique context. The construction and materialisation in fair-faced formwork concrete and glass are related to the locally typical elements of rocks and water, thereby gaining a touch of sophistication and elegance.

We are delighted to announce that our team has won the competition for a residential and mixed-use building in the centre of the municipality of Horw, south of Lucerne.
As the competition motto JANUS suggests, our approach is characterized by a multifaceted compound that responds subtly to the given heterogeneous context. The urban boullevard in the north is addressed just as the park-like open space towards the south.
The staggered and porous structure leaves maximum green space and accommodates a variety of apartment types, collective rooms and commercial premises that contribute to a vital a tivation of the neighbourhood.
The simple and robust structural and spatial concept enables a long life span while leaving flexibility for future adaptation. The deep, verana-like facade layers act as a climate-sensitive treshold space and expands the interiors multifunctionally.