Warehouse, Wiedikon

Zurich, Switzerland 2019–2021

Client: Private client

This project is located near the Bahnhof Wiedikon in a mixed part of Zurich where an excellent art gallery, a designer furniture store, and a Hasidic synagogue are all a minute’s walk away. The original building is a warehouse and depot that was purpose-built for a Zurich-based publisher in the 1940s, and is now inhabited by the third generation of the same family.

Location plan

Ground floor plan

First floor plan

Second floor plan

Third floor plan

Roof plan

North elevation

East elevation

South elevation

Storage

Kitchen

Library

Bookcase

Dining table

Lighting

Profile

Der Standard
A visit to the pioneers of adaptation in Zurich

Vienna, Austria

17th December 2022

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Maik Novotny visits Caruso St John's Zurich office to discuss the new arena for the ZSC Lions ice-hockey team and, despite the scale of its most recently completed project, discovers the practice's long-term interest and growing commitment to projects that prioritise renovation and adaptive re-use over new construction.

Project: Warehouse, Wiedikon
Project: Swiss Life Arena

Publication

Casabella
Warehouse, Wiedikon

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Casabella issue 932 focuses on timber, presenting an anthology of wooden constructions, including Caruso St John's newly completed renovation of a warehouse in Wiedikon, Zurich.

Project: Warehouse, Wiedikon

Completion

Warehouse, Wiedikon

Zurich, Switzerland

Caruso St John's work on a 1940’s industrial building has created new working and living spaces for a young family. The project lightly repairs the existing almost cubic building. The new construction is a new roof built almost to the limits of what is permitted by the planning regulations, a steep volume that rises up from the eaves along the street to make a new broad façade facing south towards the rear yard.

Project: Warehouse, Wiedikon