Atriums with Interior Surrounding Windows

  • Kreis 4, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Mixed use high-rise building with "artiums," as an updated Swiss window types.
  • Multiple atriums, which work in various uses for various inhabitants, are stacked and calibrated to bring light into the deep high-rise volume, as well as providing common-public spaces buffering living spaces and working spaces.
  • Proportion of each atrium, and windows around it with various neighbouring rooms defines each spatial quality.

People: Eat, Gather, Read, See, Sit, Stand, Study, Talk, Walk

typology: Cafe, Collective Housing, Office, Shop

Climate: Wind, Others, Light

Location: Urban

Material: Concrete, Glass

Era: 2000s

Contributor: Maximilian Seibold
10 June 2018