Alles ist Umbau - Vortragsreihe «ein Haus...»

«The existing is the city. It is stronger than anything anyone can invent instead of it. Instead of building a planned world, we find a huge mass that we can only change, alienate, reinterpret, perhaps control by adding little things.» (Hermann Czech, Der Umbau 1989)
Under the heading «Alles ist Umbau», three architectural firms each present an exemplary project based on an existing building. The selected examples from Basel, Baden and Geneva illustrate different positions in dealing with existing buildings.

Esch Sintzel Architekten, Zurich, Philipp Esch
Conversion of wine warehouse, Basel

Starting from a partial preservation of the structure, Esch Sintzel Architekten have developed an idiosyncratic cooperative residential building from the former wine warehouse, which benefits from both the character and the spatial generosity of the existing building.

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