Five Good Swiss Plans examines how five contemporary Swiss architects have reconceived the apartment floor plan as a device for social flexibility — presenting their work through direct commentary and images that reveal the spatial thinking behind each scheme.
About This Book
The floor plan is among the most consequential decisions in residential architecture, yet it rarely receives sustained critical attention. This compact publication corrects that by focusing on a specific and productive tendency in Swiss housing architecture over the past three decades: the shift toward open, adaptable layouts designed for residents whose needs remain undefined at the time of design. Rather than prescribing how a home should be used, these plans anticipate change. Five architects — each working at the forefront of Swiss residential design — share their approaches through short texts and images, making this a precise, practitioner-led document on the relationship between flexible planning and contemporary dwelling.
Key Features
- 74 pages of floor plan analysis, project photography, and short practitioner texts
- Contributions from Elli Mosayebi (EMI Architekten), Jeannette Kuo (Karamuk Kuo Architects), Maria Conen (Conen Sigl Architekt:innen), Lütjens Padmanabhan (Lütjens Padmanabhan Architekten), and Philipp Esch (Esch Sintzel Architekten)
- Published by Quart Publisher
What You'll Discover
- How Swiss housing architecture has reframed the floor plan as a tool for accommodating a diverse and changing society rather than a fixed demographic
- The spatial logic behind open and flexible plan typologies, explained in the words of the architects who designed them
- Five distinct approaches to the same problem — demonstrating the range of solutions possible within a shared commitment to adaptability
- The relationship between indeterminate spatial use and the long-term social value of residential architecture
About the Author
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Specifications
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 74
- Dimensions: 210 x 270 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783037613115
- Publisher: Quart Publisher
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects and housing designers interested in residential planning typologies, academics researching Swiss architecture and flexible dwelling, and students studying the relationship between floor plan design and social sustainability.