222HOR
Horburg Settlement, Basel
Ideas Competition
Client: Credit Suisse Investment Foundation Real Estate Switzerland (CSA RES) | c/o Credit Suisse AG
Development & Construction
Competition: 2017 with Further Elaboration
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The project is indebted to urbanistic-architectural continuity. Using appropriate means, a new spatial order is established, which can be understood as a contemporary-critical reading of the existing building stock and urban context. Densification of the locality is achieved in a restrained, quality-oriented way by reinforcing existing features. The result is a natural, matter of course city sector interwoven into a heterogeneous urban fabric that feels indebted to its cultural heritage.