Expanding a vineyard in Fläsch

A two-storey new building complements the two existing one-storey buildings on the estate at the edge of the gently sloping vineyard. A concrete skeleton forms the basis of the structure and this is covered by a simple gable roof made out of corrugated panels. For the façade infill, the architects brought two colleagues on board in the structural work phase, who had developed prototypical wall elements – assembled by their institute’s own industrial robot – as part of a research project within Architecture and Digital Fabrication at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich.  Opens internal link in current window[...more]