Esch Sintzel Architekten, founded in Zurich in 2008, is one of the most influential voices in contemporary Swiss architecture. The range of the firm’s award-winning designs includes varied typologies such as infrastructure buildings, schools, and market halls. Yet, at the core of their work, are housing projects in which challenging circumstances often lead to the emergence of very specific solutions and qualities to the benefit of both the individual house or apartment and the city as a whole. Esch Sintzel Architekten’s work is characterised by the prudent use of available resources as well as great respect for the existing fabric and its careful further development. The virtuoso mastery of structural means enables them to translate technical requirements into expressive, beautiful designs.<\/p>\n
This monograph offers a comprehensive survey of Esch Sintzel Architekten’s entire body of work, exploring its full range and drilling down to constructive details, and placing it in a wider context. It features all the realised designs and a selection of projects through plans, images and texts.<\/p>\n
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A comprehensive survey of Esch Sintzel Architekten’s entire body of work, exploring its full range, drilling down to constructive details, and placing it in a wider context. Text in English and German.
4 Vorwort
\n5 Preface
\nMartin Tschanz
\n6 Schönheit im Gewebe der Stadt
\n7 Beauty in the Urban Fabric
\nPaola Corsini
\n9 Fotoessay\/Photo essay
\n44 Wohnanlage Brunnmatt-Ost\/Housing Complex Brunnmatt-Ost
\n66 Fussgängerverbindung Plessur–Halde\/Pedestrian Link Plessur–Halde
\n80 Wohnhäuser Schönberg-Ost\/Apartment Buildings Schönberg-Ost
\n96 Siedlung Oberzelg\/Housing Scheme Oberzelg
\n114 Wohnanlage Neudorfstrasse\/Housing Complex Neudorfstrasse
\n130 Wohnhäuser Maiengasse und Hebelstrasse\/Apartment Buildings Maiengasse and Hebelstrasse
\n150 Wohn- und Geschäftshäuser Zollstrasse-Ost\/Apartment and Commercial Buildings Zollstrasse-Ost
\n172 Siedlung Kuppe, Quartier Trift\/Housing Scheme Kuppe, Trift District
\nAstrid Staufer
\n190 Kompositorisches Sowohl-als-Auch
\nZu den Begriffen «Tiefe» und «Zeit» im Werk von Esch Sintzel
\n191 Compositional Both-And
\nConcerning the Terms “Depth” and “Time” in the Work of Esch Sintzel
\n200 Wohnhäuser Südstrasse\/Apartment Buildings Südstrasse
\n216 Marktplatz Flawil\/Marketplace Flawil
\n232 Erweiterung Schulanlage Mettmenstetten\/Expansion of the School Complex Mettmenstetten
\n258 Wohnhäuser Friedackerstrasse\/Apartment Buildings Friedackerstrasse
\n278 Wohnen im ehemaligen Weinlager\/Weinlager Residential Conversion
\n300 Pflege- und Gesundheitszentrum Blindenheim\/Blindenheim Care and Health Centre
\nÁkos Moravánszky
\n320 Arbeit am Hintergrund – Drei Eingriffe in Basel
\n321 Working on Background – Three Interventions in Basel
\n338 Wohn- und Geschäftshaus Stellwerk 2\/Apartment and Commercial Building Stellwerk 2
\n352 Wohnhaus an der Flurstrasse\/Apartment Building Flurstrasse
\n364 Siedlung GISA\/GISA Housing Scheme
\n384 Schulanlage Sirius und Werkhof Hochstrasse\/School Complex Sirius and Maintenance Depot
\n400 Erneuerung Siedlung Dennlerstrasse\/Modernisation Housing Scheme Dennlerstrasse
\n414 Anhang\/Appendixes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":52617,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5559],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-52616","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-architecture-landscape-design","7":"author-edited-by-martin-tschanz","8":"publisher-park-books","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n