VERTICAL GARDENS
Hosoya Schaefer Architects was invited to participate a competition to design the building complex on the edge of the central park planned in the Masterplan Smartinska implemented by Hosoya Schaefer Architects AG in 2008.
SWISSCELL PAVILION
MOBILE OFFICE SPACE – ZOLLVEREIN, GERMANY
Hosoya Schaefer is asked to design a temporary office space using “SwissCell” material in Zollverein, Germany. The project plans to be completed within 2010.
MUOTAPARK
MASTERPLAN “MUOTAPARK” – BRUNNEN, SWITZERLAND
Urban design competition 2010
CONGRESS CENTER ZÜRICH
TEST PLANNING FOR CONGRESS CENTER – ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND Hosoya Schaefer was commissioned by the city of Zürich to study potentials of one of the sites for a new congress center to be planned in the city. CREDITS Project: Standortevaluation Kongresszentrum Study: 2010 Client: City of Zürich Location: Gerold Areal, Zürich, Switzerland Program: Congress Center, Hotel, [...]
ST. MORITZ STATION
STATION DEVELOPMENT – ST. MORITZ, SWITZERLAND
Urban design study 2009 – selected as a basis for planning proposal
“Sun Peak”, the project proposed by Hosoya Schaefer and IBV Hüsler AG for the RhB railroad station in St. Moritz has been chosen as the basis for further development together with the project developed by GMP, Germany.
BONSTETTEN
HOUSING PROJECT – BONSTETTEN, SWITZERLAND Competition 2009 – 2nd Prize This housing complex has been commissioned by a developer for a village near Zürich with a large traditional housing stock and very strict building regulations. Four buildings are lined up along the Isenbach and frame the existing farm houses and a new common space located [...]
NATURE MUSEUM ST. GALLEN
NATURE MUSEUM – ST. GALLEN, SWITZERLAND Competition 2009 Nature is increasingly understood as an interrelated system in which mankind inevitably is a part. A nature museum should make such connections visible and allow for new insights. The proposal therefore, does not follow a classical museum typology. It aims to define a new prototype for a [...]
AARBURG
STATION DEVELOPMENT – AARBURG, SWITZERLAND Competition 2009 – 3rd Prize Aarburg is a small town near Olten, Switzerland nestled between a bend of the river Aare and a picturesque medieval castle located on a promontory towering over the town. In order to halt the drain of inhabitants and investment from the town, an urban design [...]
MORE THAN HOUSING
MORE THAN HOUSING – ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND Competition 2009 This project, a competition organized by the private housing cooperative “Mehr als Wohnen” and the city of Zürich, is conceived to provide 320 apartments and shared amenities on a formerly industrial site in Zürich with the aim of conforming to the vision of the 2000W society. Heating [...]
ART BASEL
ART BASEL, SWITZERLAND Competition 2009 The leading art fair ART BASEL planned to combine its activities showcasing younger artists and smaller galleries, guest speakers and exchanges with visiting artists into a new venue. A flexible, affordable, yet recognizable fair design had to be proposed that could be adapted also to other places and occasions. This [...]
AIRPORT ENGADIN
sun gate: airport engadin, SAMEDAN – ST. MORITZ, SWITZERLAND Competition 2008 – 1st Prize Engadin Airport near Samedan – St. Moritz, Switzerland, held a competition for a new airport building including a large restaurant, a hotel, facilities for events, and hangars for aircrafts, helicopters and gliders. Overall a total of 28’000 sqm had to be [...]
HYPER CORE – MILANO SANTA GIULIA
OFFICE – MILANO SANTA GIULIA, MILAN ITALY 2008 Holcium Sustainable Construction Acknowledgement Award (Category Europe) The project is an office building located at the center of the Milano Santa Giulia development which contains 1.2 million square meters of newly built space. Milano Santa Giulia is located in Milan, 4km away from the city center. Main [...]
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO – GENEVA, SWITZERLAND Competition 2008 The building proposed intends to symbolize a new identity for the WTO site – for staff and visitors alike as well as the general public passing through the park. Respectful off and clearly differentiated from the existing building which has a presence and aura almost like a feature of [...]
HOUSE OF PEACE
HOUSE OF PEACE – GENEVA, SWITZERLAND Competition 2008 The building consists of two main elements: the institutional office spaces organized as a floating ring and the “Espace Académique” located under and inside the ring. On the ground level, it ties the building into the flows of the city; on the upper floors it connects the [...]
PORTA NORICUM
MIXED DEVELOPMENT – LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA Competition 2008 – 1st Prize The project is based on a composition of various building structures and functions forming the masterplan guidelines for the site. The program consists of office, hotel, retail and housing functions. The aim is to create three different zones which are connected to one entity: A [...]
GEROLDSTRASSE
GEROLDSTRASSE – ZÜRICH SWITZERLAND The client asked for an unusual concept for an unusual site. Instead of designing another high-rise building in front of the Prime tower, we propose to design a group of towers that are linked together. The plans of the individual buildings are simple rectangles located like a checkerboard pattern on site. [...]
la RINASCENTE – MILANO SANTA GIULIA
LA RINASCENTE – MILANO SANTA GIULIA, MILAN ITALY The project is a mixed use building located at the center of the Milano Santa Giulia development which contains 1.2 million square meters of newly built space. Milano Santa Giulia is located in Milan, 4km away from the city center. Main transport routes, including a high-speed railway [...]
SBB BAUFELD E
SBB BAUFELD E – STADTRAUM HB, ZÜRICH Competition 2007 The proposal layers the functions horizontally resulting in deep floor slabs that are lit with internal courts and light wells. Since all the layers have different spatial and structural requirements a flexible hexagonal module has been adopted. Each hexagon is supported by three “ribbon columns” that [...]
FLOATING HOUSE
PROTOTYPE – WOLFSBURG, GERMANY The task for the Innovida project was to think in new ways and design an unconventional structure using a technology, which originated in the boat building industry. The material used is a sandwich board with a polyurethane core, coated by fiberglass – produced and licensed by Innovida. These foam boards provide [...]
ANAN
JAPANESE NOODLE RESTAURANT – WOLFSBURG, GERMANY Competition 2005 – 1st prize The geometric structure developed for the project consists of a series of distorted hexagonal cells organized by a geometric pattern on the floor and the ceiling. The cells are developed and can be inhabited in different manners. The cells are made of 20mm thick [...]