{"id":35627,"date":"2025-05-05T12:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T10:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/burckhardt.swiss\/?post_type=project&p=35627"},"modified":"2025-08-20T16:30:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T14:30:39","slug":"residential-building-am-walkeweg-basel","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/burckhardt.swiss\/en\/project\/residential-building-am-walkeweg-basel\/","title":{"rendered":"Residential Building Am Walkeweg, Basel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Residential Building Am Walkeweg, Basel\n <\/h1>\n

A radically simple residential tower completes the new urban quarter "Am Walkeweg" in Basel. The design rests on the assumption of \u201clow-cost, low-energy\u201d construction, following the same principles as the school building, the row housing development, and the apartment blocks that have already been planned on the site. With this new neighborhood, the municipality of Basel demonstrates the commitment to the future development of the city. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Competition, Residential accommodation<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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To create as much living space as possible, the project aims to maximize the ratio between fa\u00e7ade area and floor area. As other geometric forms perform worse in this regard, the form studies resulted in a circular floor plan, which becomes the starting point of the overarching volumetric concept. It offers two key advantages: Firstly, the circular shape optimizes the design both energetically and structurally. Compared to more conventional building forms, it reduces fa\u00e7ade area relative to floor area by approximately 28%. Secondly, it underscores the project\u2019s landmark character: by opening equally in all directions, the volume responds to both its isolated location and the heterogeneous urban context\u2014between Dreispitz, SBB workshops, and the Wolf cemetery. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The building has two addresses\u2014one facing Walkeweg, the other on the lower-lying north side. Between them lies a publicly accessible passage with communal spaces that bridges the area’s elevation change and leads to the sculptural central staircase. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Apartments ranging from 1.5 to 3.5 rooms are grouped around the central core, developed from two mirrored layout types. Each apartment is organized around a compact kitchen and bathroom module. Through curtains, sliding doors, or moveable wall elements, different levels of openness and privacy can be created. These flexible floor plans combined with a 3 m ceiling height, and the typology-driven expansion of the apartments toward the fa\u00e7ade[ML1] provide a sense of spaciousness. This is even further enhanced by large balconies that act almost like additional rooms extending into the outdoors, creating varied visual connections to the surroundings. A shared roof terrace crowns the building, serving as a gathering place for residents. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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