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| Client | Privat |
| Commission | Study competition on invitation 2013 |
| Architects | Graber & Steiger Architekten |
| Consultants | Landscape architect: koepflipartner |
The urban villa project on the shores of Lake Lucerne is situated in an idyllic, park-like environment. Despite this, the wonderful view of the lake and Alps should not be the only premise of the design. Instead, the formulation creates a wealth of different references to the views and the urban surroundings. The specific modulation of individual rooms with respect to alignment, proportion and the level of opening creates varied views in all directions. Large-scale panorama windows, verandas or covered terraces, as well as picture-like perforated windows enhance the daily residential experience. The sequence of spaces moves around a multi-storey atrium that acts as an «inner panorama» and the hub of the building. In its punctiform formulation, the building picks up on the tradition of classical urban villas, whose history is continued in a contemporary form in this design. The nuances of the compact, sculptural form of the villa are based on the balanced tectonic structures of the wall discs, ceilings and balustrades, as well as the careful arrangement of openings.

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.