Im Walder . Zurich
Atelier Tau . photos: © Laura Egger
The cooperative ‘Im Walder’ in Zurich was built in 1990 by the architect Werner Rafflenbeul –
a housing estate on the outskirts of Zurich developed as a self-contained unit. The cooperative consists of twelve single-family houses with almost identical floor plans. Communal areas as the residential street, the children’s playground and a common square with pergola connect the individual homes with their private gardens. The layouts of the buildings are relatively simple, whereby interesting spatial impressions are constructed by offsets in the façade, various outdoor areas on different floors and flowing spatial transitions on the ground floor. Continue reading Atelier Tau