ESCHERPARK | E2A ARCHITECTS, PIET & WIM ECKERT | ZURICH, SWITZERLAND

Juan Benavides from FILMATICA
www.filmatica.mx
The site of Escherpark, a clearly defined block just outside of Zurich’s city-center, lies in the immediate vicinity of numerous cultural institutions and spacious parks. With several schools and recreational areas within walking distance and a physical relationship to the nearby lake, the opportunely situated development is ideal as a residential area.
The project for new construction at Escherpark, replacing a settlement of the 1940’s by William Dunkel, reacts to the local semi-urban structure of irregularly scaled, detached buildings and develops a new ensemble of eleven compact blocks from four main volume types whose design is effect of the slope of the plot and by the preserved centenary trees.
Team
Wim Eckert, Piet Eckert with Mireya Sánchez Gómez and Alexander Struck, Sabine Ameling, Marta Devesa, Kaori Hirasawa, Martin Janser, Ilja Maksimov, Judith Mampe, Tânia Roque, Valentino Sandri, Renate Walter, Rafal Wójcik
Collaboration
In collaboration with Allco AG, Zurich
Structural Engineering: JägerPartner AG Bauingenieure SIA, Zurich
Landscape Architecture: Nipkow Landschaftsarchitektur AG, Zurich
Building Services: Gerber Haustechnik GmbH, Schwerzenbach
Electrical Engineering: Meteor GmbH, Pfäffikon
Building Physics/Acoustics: Zehnder & Kälin, Winterthur
Photographs: Rasmus Norlander, Zurich; Jon Naiman, Biel