Co-Living & Co-Working Timber Tower

  • Wiedikon, Zurich, Switzerland (Diploma Thema B 2019SS)
  • A timber skyscraper for collecting living and working, sitting on top of and abandoned end of the Zurich highway.
  • Piling additional concrete columns into the river, the tower consists of concrete common floors (open to the park area) and wooden living/working floors.
  • Providing vast green space for the larger-scale urban commons in Zurich, with the introduction of new hybrid of Zurich tower typology.

People: Gather, Walk, Work

typology: Hotel, Collective Housing, Gym, Office, Restaurant

Climate: Water

Location: River, Urban

Material: Concrete, Wood

Era: 2000s


Contributor: Laszlo Nef
12 July 2019