Location | Gotthardstrasse 30, Weggis LU |
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.
The current issue 13/2022 of TEC21 introduces the mixed-use conversion on Denkmalstrasse in Lucerne. Among others, the report highlights how the specific concept of the building achieves a lofty spatial openness despite a highly dense urban context and how the simple and raw spaces invite to a playful appropriation for living and working. Minimalism as an offer!