HOUSE FRIEDAU
2014-2018
Sempach

Competition (1st price)
Project, realisation
Client: private
Collaboration: BG Architekten AG
Images: Aytac Pekdemir

The place Friedau consists of the close surroundings of the so-called “Hexenturm” – the medieval gate of Lucerne’s small town Sempach. The building lot demands a sensitive reaction in terms of volumetry. To fulfill that, the construction volume is divided into several parts. On top of the solid one-story base, two blocks of buildings with different heights are going to be built. The three-story-volumetry on the south side takes on the height of the neighboring building. Its northern counterpart, the two-story-volume, is pleasantly kept in the background. Therewith, the historic, lean witch tour is respected and into no competition in its expression. Despite the mural character of the neighboring buildings, the originality of the edifice does not disappear thanks to a smooth structured, colored front with exposed concrete. 

In the semi-basement, which is accessible from the side of the street, is the doctor’s office. The big interior room is divided into several rooms with different utility rooms. The open-space reception and waiting room divides the interior rooms into a public and semi-public area. This interspace room serves as orientation and allows a pleasant natural light in the semi-basement. The individual rooms attain their rhythmic structure from entrance alcoves. The colors and surfaces of the material from the exposed concrete, oak wood, and terrazzo ground characterize the atmosphere of the interior room.

The apartments are divided into different living areas through individual cubes. The openings in all four points of the compass as well as the all-day sunlight enhance the apartment to a maximum. Eyes wonder over the small town of Sempach with its sights and over the lake.