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Residential Building and Studio
Blumenrain 7, Lenzburg
1964
This
ensemble, designed by Pierre
Zoelly, of two seperate buildings consists of a house
and a studio for Peter Hächler.
It is located in a narrow back road in Lenzburg, shielded from views by a wooden fence
and several large trees. The buildings are described in the Guide to Swiss Architecture:
"The diagonal, dark-stained timber shell of the residential building and the north-glazed brick cube of the studio with mortar "brows"
emerging from the horizontal joints combine to create a harmonious entity in a garden of weeds.
The construction of the residential building is of particular interest: a "concrete tree" rising from the cellar
encloses the sanitary units and bears the wooden floor of the upper level and the timber roof.
The façade is effectively a curtain-wall, expressed externally by its eroded corners."
It is located in a narrow back road in Lenzburg, shielded from views by a wooden fence
and several large trees. The buildings are described in the Guide to Swiss Architecture:
"The diagonal, dark-stained timber shell of the residential building and the north-glazed brick cube of the studio with mortar "brows"
emerging from the horizontal joints combine to create a harmonious entity in a garden of weeds.
The construction of the residential building is of particular interest: a "concrete tree" rising from the cellar
encloses the sanitary units and bears the wooden floor of the upper level and the timber roof.
The façade is effectively a curtain-wall, expressed externally by its eroded corners."