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Michael Meier und Marius Hug Architekten . photos: © Roman Keller

The Bleicherweg connects Paradeplatz in the centre of Zurich with Bahnhof Enge. The narrow side of the property at Bleicherweg 62 abuts Bleicherweg and articulates a symmetrical display façade. The volume develops along Servitusweg in height, stepped back into the depth of the courtyard. It is a renovation of a property built in the 1970s. The shell of the building is the starting point for the elaboration and structuring of the façade.

With its stone material, regular façade design and tectonic shape, the commercial building on Bleicherweg takes on the character of the representative Wilhelminian style façades in the neighbourhood. The front layer of the façade consists of pilaster strips, architrave and cornice made of prefabricated concrete elements and gompholite (Nagelfluh). Continue reading Meier Hug

Michael Meier und Marius Hug Architekten

The Allenmoosstrasse housing project is located near the city centre of Zurich Oerlikon, at the transition from urban building structures and garden city estates. The typical houses of this quarter are characterised of terraced and point houses and small commercial buildings. This varied building structure and the slightly rising terrain provide residents with generous views of green gardens and residential buildings from the 1940s and 1950s. The project proposal takes up the acute-angled property with a two-legged building. To the south the building opens to the adjoining inner courtyard and creates room for high quality living away from street noise. The house fits into the architecture of the adjacent row buildings; the front façade facing the mouth of the street looks familiar and the bay window seems to be a reminiscence of the flower window of the preexisting building. Continue reading Meier Hug

Michael Meier und Marius Hug Architekten

The clean-cut building volumes are characterised by horizontal window bands made of black, ceramic- looking photovoltaic panels. Its rectangular footprint interpolates with the building structure of the overall street geometry. Towards the fragmented block edge on Limmatstrasse, a quiet, intimate inner courtyard is created while a passage reminding on industrial halls arises between the buildings. The entire depth of the property is capitalized and networks with its surrounding to its maximum.
The height development anchors the buildings to the site. Continue reading Meier Hug

Michael Meier und Marius Hug Architekten

With the move away of Zurich Insurance to a new headquarter their plot of land and its office complex in Zürich Wiedikon is cleared. The land owner has decided to build a new housing construction on the current plot of land which is situated in a residential area. The two housing buildings enclose the wooded moraine hill and blend into the urban context of the open building structure to the north. The pair of buildings considerately embed themselves into the immediate topographical conditions. Their multi-angled shape accentuates the special character of the site, the „forest garden“ of the moraine hill. The inner structure of the buildings is clearly and orthogonally organized. It contrasts with the complex building settling. The arrangement of the apartments offers a multitude of different residential typologies. The variety of apartments is large and addresses a wide and range of residents. Continue reading Meier Hug

michael meier und marius hug architekten . photos: © Roman Keller

The building structure of the new Lake Zurich estate on the site of the former «Buechdrucki» follows the building history of the former ensemble. On the Seestrasse, the visible address and space remain familiar. However, the former building conglomerate is replaced with a contemporary stone volume that demonstrates awareness of its debt to the distinguished location in its architectural expression as a «lakeside residential and office building with large park». Continue reading meier hug