Area | House A | House B | House C
The Zölly high-rise evolves, the same as the other two high-rises – the Prime Tower and the Mobimo Tower – from the geometry of a polygon. The obtuse angles defy any generation of corners and boundary definitions, while their free position defines a polyphonic triad within the silhouette of City West. The vertical prisms of the high-rises are in a balanced relationship with the horizontal ends of the buildings on the site, with the elevated figure of the Maaghof as its centre. The Zölly building, which is almost as high as the Mobimo Tower but with a smaller floor area, is the keystone of the new residential area and simultaneously provides a link to the free grounds of Pfingstweidpark.
moreThe two-storey base slightly projects towards the southeast and, along with the lobby hall, orients itself towards the square and the direct access to the biking and pedestrians’ path of the “curved track”. Characteristic for the overall appearance are however the front-side 3.5-room and 4.5-room flats with their 1.5-storey high rooms and open loggias at the corners of the building. On the intermediate floors, two 2.5-room flats surround these excessively high rooms and show at the building corners and along the folds of the longitudinal façades. This inner sectional principle is repeated over three floors and finds its conclusion in the minimally higher than usual penthouse flats. The same order is expressed by the repeated rhythm of the striking horizontal bands, which penetrate the vertical pilaster strips. On the longitudinal façades, the relief consisting of differently deep surfaces is continued by the ends of the window-sills. The sand-blasted surfaces of the double-layered concrete elements with gleaming white marble as aggregate and darkened cement paint imbue the Zölly high-rise with its own nobility, without a hint of envy of the glass and travertine claddings of its neighbours.
LOCATION: Zurich
PROJECT: 2009–2014
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Losinger Marazzi GU, Zurich
MEILI, PETER ARCHITEKTEN:
Marcel Meili, Markus Peter
Nathanaël Chollet, Jürg Spaar;
Alex Cazurra, Michael Grunitz, Elitsa Lacaze, John Lemmenmeier,
Patrycja Okuljar-Sowa, Christof Weber
EXECUTION IN CO-OPERATION WITH:
Plan | Werk GmbH, Laufen (since February 2012)
ENGINEERS: BG Ingenieure und Berater AG, Baar
BUILDING TECHNOLOGY: Balzer Ingenieure AG, Winterthur
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING: Scherler AG, Zurich
BUILDING PHYSICS: Mühlebach Akustik + Bauphysik, Wiesendangen
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE: Rotzler Krebs Partner Landschaftsarchitekten, Winterthur
REDESIGN OF THE FAÇADE IN CO-OPERATION WITH:
office haratori Zurich and office winhov Amsterdam
(September to December 2011)
architektur, bauen + handwerk zürich ostschweiz 20016/17
CASABELLA
Archithese Oktober-November 2015
Immobilien im BlickPunkt, Nr. 1-2015
le phare, Nr. 20-2015
Meili Peter Architekten, André Bideau, Park Books, 2015
Hochparterre 12/14
Hochparterre 10/14
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 22.7.2014
Werk, bauen + wohnen, 6-2014 (Jubiläumsausgabe)
architektur+technik, Nr. 3/2014
Archi, Nr. 3/2014
LEVEL-DOWN APARTMENT
LEVEL-DOWN APARTMENT
LEVEL-DOWN APARTMENT
LEVEL-DOWN APARTMENT
level-down apartment
Level-up apartment
CORNER APARTMENT
Volume study, triplex flats
Concrete pattern with sand-blasted surface
Model study, façade relief
Entrance hall
Ground-floor façade with hollow profiles and serigraphy glass
Mock-up of the façade