Social Housing’s Saved Costs & Shared Amenities in Zurich (Mehr Als Wohnen)

Anne Kaestle
Architect, Partner, Duplex Architects

Mehr Als Wohnen (translating to “More than Living”) is a 13-building village of 370 apartments, shops, restaurants, workshops and artist’s studios, day care centres, and a guesthouses in a northern suburb of Zurich. With an overarching goal of creating a distinct but cohesive part of the city, the vision for the masterplanned site was created collectively by several architecture firms (selected via an urban planning competition), including Duplex, Futurafrosch, Müller Sigrist, pool, and Miroslav Šik. Duplex Architekten,

Innovation Themes

• Co-Ops
• Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts (EIFDs)

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Design Showcase by Duplex Architects

House A (Mehr Als Wohnen)