Architecture — Apartment Houses Tann

Conversion of apartment buildings on Baumgarten in Tann Balcony extension and new façade with corrugated Eternit Ondapress-36 sheets with open joints and horizontal bands

Horizontal instead of vertical

These two apartment buildings stand as independent, homogeneous entities on a shared plot of green. The new façade cladding plays a central role: corrugated Eternit panels envelop the storeys, including the balconies, in continuous bands. The band motif highlights the horizontal aspect of the structure much more than its height. In addition to the new, back-ventilated façade, the renovation also encompasses enlarged balconies, a covered entrance and an extended loft floor with a 3½-room apartment. Each apartment has a new bathroom and a kitchen that is open to the living space. The buildings vary in terms of the colour of the corrugated Eternit and the windowsills – a nod to the different building owners.

 

Conversion of apartment buildings on Baumgarten in Tann Balcony extension and new façade with corrugated Eternit Ondapress-36 sheets with open joints and horizontal bands
Conversion of apartment buildings on Baumgarten in Tann Balcony extension and new façade with corrugated Eternit Ondapress-36 sheets with open joints and horizontal bands
Conversion of apartment buildings on Baumgarten in Tann Detail of cubic balconies projecting from the façade
Conversion of apartment buildings on Baumgarten in Tann Environment with trees
Conversion of apartment buildings on Baumgarten in Tann South façade in frontal view
Conversion of apartment buildings on Baumgarten in Tann Balconies with horizontal bands of corrugated Eternit Ondapress-36 and open joint detail
Conversion of apartment buildings on Baumgarten in Tann Façade with corrugated Eternit Ondapress-36 with open joints and horizontal bands, detail
Conversion of apartment buildings on Baumgarten in Tann Façade with corrugated Eternit Ondapress-36 with open joints and horizontal bands, detail
Conversion of apartment buildings on Baumgarten in Tann Detail of entrance and letterbox area
Conversion of apartment buildings on Baumgarten in Tann Detail of entrance area, frontal view
Conversion of apartment buildings on Baumgarten in Tann Detail of balcony with concrete floor and railing and textile sunshade in red
Conversion of apartment buildings on Baumgarten in Tann Extension of loft living room with view of the terrace and mountains
Conversion of apartment buildings on Baumgarten in Tann Extension of loft living room with view from the living room into the kitchen and dining room in the background
Conversion of apartment buildings on Baumgarten in Tann Extension of loft living room with view from the dining room into the kitchen and living room
Conversion of apartment buildings on Baumgarten in Tann Extension of loft living room with view from the living room of the terrace and mountains

Façade renovation and extension

Lost floors of apartment buildings

Baumgarten, 8632 Tann

Realisation 2015-2017

Collaborator Marcel Walker

Construction management Continium AG

Photos Basile Bornand

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