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Speich Areal
Hönggerstrasse 51, Zürich
2010 - 2015
The
residential and commercial building Speich Areal, designed by the
architectural office Edelaar Mosayebi Inderbitzin, goes back to a study
commission from 2010. The Speich Areal is located in immediate
neighborhood to the river Limmat in a difficult urban situation. At
this place occurs the transition between the perimeter block
developments and the heterogeneous edification at the Wipkingerplatz.
Another incisive condition of this site is the proximity to the heavy
traffic Hardbrücke. The project takes these conditions into account
with a building volume, which fulfills a mediating function. The
building end fronting the Wipkingerplatz is of a catchy shape and tries
to give the place a new indentity, while the expression of the façade
to the Hönggerstrass is adapted to the typical perimeter block constructions of this district.
This elevation is classically structured into base, standard floors and
attic. A generous public passage to the river Limmat appears like a
barnyard, as it is common in this neighborhood. Towards the river side,
the façade is characterized by a series of balconies. The ground floor
houses offices and studios. The studios open to the Hönggerstrasse by
the way of a showcase, inside the studios evolve over two floors and
feature a garden exit to the river side on the lower
floor. Access to the apartments above and offices is made by three
staircases. Above the ground floor there are three mainly identical
standard floors with different apartments and commercial spaces in the
building head. The commercial spaces can be flexibly divided into
different units due to the frame construction. In the attic floor the
number of apartments is reduced to six units in comparision to the four
flats of the standard floor. According to the position at the top of
the building, these apartments are more spacious. The exterior of the
building is characterized by the shiny ceramic tiles and the anodized
aluminum of the supplementary components.