Location

Basel, Switzerland

Client

Canton, Basel-Stadt

Project

Site Development

Project Data

Residential

Project Status

Competition

Our Services

Architecture

Our goal is to create an emotional place for people from the neighborhood and beyond, which becomes a place to live and meet. A new place in the city, with a high identification power and positive energy, which develops from the balance between economy and social responsibility.

The new quality of the city develops in the outdoor spaces between the buildings, as extended living space, as a place for encounters and social exchange between various stakeholder groups. Open space sequences and space overlays, supported by the building caesuras, create the dramaturgy of the outdoor space.

A piece of nature in the city and in the district, a reflection of the original use as a leisure garden and thus a witness to the transformation of the area.

Interwoven into the overarching urban structure, the quarter is self-confident and at the same time open to everyone. This openness is supported by a soft transition in the east, which is created by a networking corridor - designed as a nature conservation zone - along the curve of the track. A network of "secret paths" through the quarter supports this and stands for permeability, also for the permeability of our society in terms of migration.