TINY HOME

Program:     conversion of an apartment

YEAR:        2024, COMPLETED

TYPE:        PRELIMINARY DESIGN TO EXECUTION

CLIENT:      private

LOCATION:    HORGEN, ZH

DRAWINGS:    UPPER FLOOR

             INTERNAL ELEVATIONS

CONTENT:     © ILAI

CONVERSION OF A VERY LARGE STATELY FLAT INTO TWO SEPARATE UNITS, ONE LARGER AND ONE SMALLER ONE.

AS THE FLAT HAS BEEN LEFT MOSTLY UNTOUCHED SINCE 1893 AND WAS UNDER PRESERVATION ORDER, THE MAIN DIFFICULTY WAS TO FIGURE OUT THE LEAST AMOUNT OF STRUCTURAL CHANGES WITH THE MOST DRASTIC IMPACT IN USE TO CREATE THOSE TWO SEPARATE UNITS. ACOUSTIC SEPARATION AND NEW BUILDING SERVICES HAD TO BE INCORPORATED IN AN INVISIBLE WAY WITHOUT DESTROYING WOODEN PANELLING OR STUCCO DETAILS.

THE NEWLY INTRODUCED MATERIALS OF KITCHENS AND BATHROOMS ON THE OTHER HAND ACTED IN CONTRAST TO THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND GAVE THE TWO FLATS A PLAYFUL SENSIBILITY.