Brandenberger Kloter . photos: © Willem Pab . + archdaily
The apartment building is situated in the Gellert district of Basel. In place of an old garage, a U-shaped perimeter development was built at one end, which is orientated in three directions. The plastered single-leaf brickwork with regularly arranged windows and deep reveals gives the façade its spatial depth.
In the spirit of a spatial plan by Adolf Loos, the rooms with different heights on the ground and first floors are grouped around a central concrete core. The workshop, entrance hall, dining area, kitchen, living space, office, and communal room form a multifaceted spatial continuum and interact on two levels.
The complex spatial organization creates diverse references to the outdoor environment, while the materialization, with exposed concrete ceilings, a felt-brushed lime-based plaster on the walls and terrazzo flooring, achieves a contrasting simplicity.
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