Housing Estate Toblerstrasse, Zürich-Fluntern

The Project

The Allgemeine Baugenossenschaft, Zurich (ABZ) is realizing 169 affordable modern apartments with its newly built housing estate and at the same time rejuvenating the villa quarter. The district is still characterised by detached houses with spacious gardens. Despite the significantly higher building density, the 13 new buildings fit perfectly into the existing quarter. The 2- to 6-1/2-room apartments offer space for families, couples, singles as well as the house community 55+. The settlement meets the sustainability goals of the 2000-watt society.    

Timbatec timber construction engineers were responsible for the façade construction. The curtain-type facade elements made of wood are fastened to the ceiling fronts.

The Construction

The load-bearing structure is designed as a conventional solid construction in in-situ concrete and bricks with few facade columns and load-bearing walls. These were bricked or concreted, depending on the static load and building physics requirements. During construction, care was taken to ensure extensive system separation so that components can be easily replaced according to their service life.

The Challenges

Special attention is paid to the wide balconies. Some of them stood up to four metres out of the façade.