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.
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!