Lakeside Apartment Buildings
Arbon, Switzerland 2016–2021
Client: HRS Real Estate AG Competition, first prize
This commission for a new development of apartments on the edge of Lake Constance, was won in an invited competition. The design provides sixty-four large apartments in two L-shaped buildings.
The two buildings are arranged together within a shared garden and have generous balconies all around, with magnificent views of the lake. The form has enabled a range of plan types to be developed in terms of size, arrangement, and orientation. Some of the apartments have corner living rooms, while others run through the depth of the plan to give two orientations, to the lake and to the mountains behind.
The image of the two buildings is given by the construction of their outer façades. A consistent rhythm of white precast concrete piers holds the continuous balconies, made with white precast concrete. The penthouses have more exuberant volumes that break free from the horizontal lines of the main building.









Drawings

Site plan

First floor plan

Second floor plan

Elevations and sections

Façade detail
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Credits
Location
Arbon, Switzerland
Date
2016–2021
Area
13,050 m²
Client
HRS Real Estate AG
Caruso St John Architects
Adam Caruso, Peter St John, Michael Schneider, Florian Zierer
Project architects
Philipp Boenigk (2019-2021), Frida Grahn (2016-2019)
Project team
Carina Baumann, Inês Duarte, Christoph Hayn, Balnca Herrero, Saori Katsube, Dominic Kim, Hannah v. Knobelsdorff, Pierre Menoud, João Moreira, Vicente Nequinha, Noémi Orth, Lei Zhang
Structural engineer
Wälli AG Ingenieure
Services engineer
Oekoplan
Fire, security
Wälli AG Ingenieure
Building physics
Kopitsis
Landscape architect
Antón & Ghiggi
Traffic
Ribi + Blum AG
Main contractor
Keller Bauunternehmung AG
Photography
Philip Heckhausen
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