- BuildingsPrimary school
- Residential building Mühle
- Residential building in a tree grove
- Extension for the Thun Panorama
- Single-family home W
- New replacement building Bühlegg
- Stahlton Bauteile AG office building
- AWZ housing
- Uri curative education centre
- Pilatus Kulm panorama gallery
- Villa by Lake Zug
- Villa by Lake Lucerne
- Window factory extension
- Single-family house in Ermensee
- Residential and commercial building
- Sports and multifunctional hall
- Municipal centre / Raiffeisenbank
- Obermarch school centre
- Stucki single-family home
- Projects«Paradies» residential buildings
- Tivoli lake restaurant and yacht club
- Production and Services Building KOMAX
- Transportation headquarter
- Cultural youth centre Schappe Süd
- Lakeside residence
- Car park with exhibition hall
- Silo tower
- Rowing centre Rotsee
- Refuse incineration plant
- Recycling centre
- Exhibition halls Allmend
- Art Museum Schlossberg
- Place of contemplation
- PublicationsBuildings and Projects
- Window factory extension
- Niklaus Graber & Christoph Steiger Anthologie Bd. 1
Lakeside residence
| Location | Luzern LU |
| 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.
