Case Study – Villa zum Adlerberg
- Basel
- A multi-storey villa by the Rhine, staging both display and dependence. At first glance, Curjel & Moser’s Villa zum Adlerberg projects refinement through sandstone masonry and riverfacing salons.
- Yet behind these façades lies the story of builders, carpenters, and servants whose labours sustained its elegance. Service corridors and back staircases mark the invisible presence of domestic staff, moving unseen through the house to maintain daily ritual.
- In this fin-de-siècle residence, propriety rests on architecture that displays status and conceals labour.