Each time we see more houses being rebuilt instead of building a new house from scratch, and the Swiss apartment that we are going to talk about is proof of that. Here the tradition and contemporaneity meet and the result is really amazing.
Come and find out how it worked out!
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Swiss architect Gus Wüstemann has subdivided a 19th-century building in Zurich into nine flats with concrete and chipboard finishes. Located in the Seefeld area of Zurich, the original building consists of two structures: a traditional four-storey residential house dating from 1850 and an extension in front, which was built later to host a car repair garage and warehouse.
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As the outlines of the entire complex were protected, Wüstemann had to work inside the existing walls. He stripped the interior plasterwork to reveal an existing stone wall that features throughout the renovation, named Natural Stone Wall.
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Four larger apartments, named Ateliers, occupy the smaller house and the large, stony spaces of the old workshops, which featured little natural light and concrete flooring is used throughout. Some parts have been cast over engineered wooden boards to give a textured finish.
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One of the Ateliers is arranged over three floors and features a large window placed into an original archway that brings plenty of light into the open-plan living area. In this space, the end of the existing stone wall marks a division between the lounge at the front and the kitchen and dining room at the rear.
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Off the dining area, chipboard doors slide open to reveal a bathroom, which features a high vaulted ceiling and a bathtub sunken into the floor. The free-standing shower is placed in front of a large polycarbonate light box that provides a diffuse light.
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From the living area, a staircase leads up and around a mezzanine floor occupied by the study area. The master bedroom is placed above this on a second, smaller level, with doors that open to a terrace.
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The ground floor of the second Atelier features an open-plan layout, with the kitchen and dining room occupying one side of the space.
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On the other side, the lounge is lit from above by a skylight in the roof. The area remains open to the bathroom, which is set on a slightly higher level and accessed by a set of steps.
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A staircase running along a stone wall leads up to the bedroom and en-suite bathroom.
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