In the northeast of Zurich, between modern office towers, post war housing blocks and a waste incinerator, the largest cooperative housing development in the city to-date has been created. A group of over fifty Zurich cooperatives, set up in 2007 under the title ‘More than Living’, joined together to act as a unified client body for the project. Their aim was to establish a high quality, mixed-use district for 1,300 people.
The master plan originated in an architectural competition which was won by two architectural firms, Futurafrosch and Duplex, with their innovative typological proposals. Thirteen large ? up to 32 meters deep ? residential blocks are spread over a large L- shaped site, located adjacent to the Leutschenbach school by Christian Kerez, completed in 2009. The designs for the thirteen blocks come from five different architectural firms; the competition winners along with three other award winners in the competition.
The master plan originated in an architectural competition which was won by two architectural firms, Futurafrosch and Duplex, with their innovative typological proposals. Thirteen large ? up to 32 meters deep ? residential blocks are spread over a large L- shaped site, located adjacent to the Leutschenbach school by Christian Kerez, completed in 2009. The designs for the thirteen blocks come from five different architectural firms; the competition winners along with three other award winners in the competition.