Gus Wüstemann Architects designs a concrete housing block in a Zurich suburb for rental. All photography: Bruno Helbling

In Zurich, Gus Wüstemann Architects has designed a modest concrete housing block that champions natural light and outdoor living for its residents. In its shape and simplicity, the design references modernism, yet also draws from the local context of minimal Swiss architecture inspired by the landscape.

在苏黎世，Gus WüStemann建筑师设计了一座普通的混凝土住宅，为居民提供自然光和户外生活。在其造型和简洁，设计参考了现代主义，但也借鉴了当地的环境，最低限度的瑞士建筑灵感的景观。

Located in Zurich’s suburb of Albisrieden in the heart of a green belt and surrounded by gardens, the block consists of nine flats – four 60 sq m two-bedroom apartments and five 95 sq m three-bedroom apartments. The building brings a new shape and density to the neighbourhood in an architecturally interesting, yet modest way. And, while the apartments are small, they are generous in many ways.

这座街区位于苏黎世郊区阿尔比斯里登(Albisrieden)，位于绿化带的中心，四周环绕着花园，由9套公寓组成-4套60平方米的两居室公寓和5套95平方米的三居室公寓。这座建筑以一种建筑有趣而又朴素的方式给邻里带来了一种新的形状和密度。而且，虽然公寓很小，但在很多方面都很慷慨。

The apartment’s interiors are open to the outdoors with wide balconies sheltered by wooden persianas from Barcelona. While the exterior is solid in its nature, two courtyards are cut out of the solid block and the apartments are positioned like bridges, capturing the morning and evening sun.

这套公寓的内饰对户外开放，有宽阔的阳台，有来自巴塞罗那的木制扁桃体。虽然外表是坚固的，但两个庭院被切出实心的街区，公寓的位置就像桥梁，捕捉早晨和傍晚的阳光。

Commissioned by the Swiss-based Baechi Foundation, co-owned by Isabel and Balz Baechi who have an interest in culture, the design brief was to create an opportunity for a high quality of life for residents, while keeping the architectural budget low. The teams both agreed that the main priorities for improved residential living were natural light, privacy and space.

由对文化感兴趣的isabel和balz baechi共同拥有的瑞士百奇基金会委托，设计简报旨在为居民创造一个高质量生活的机会，同时使建筑预算保持在低水平。两个小组一致认为，改善住宅生活的主要优先事项是自然光线、隐私和空间。

The flats are let out at the lowest price for rental in the city, so the design had to create a simple shell for tenants with unique needs and personalities. Additional features were kept to a minimum, with the focus on elements such as the sliding windows and a built-in concrete bench that add idenity, yet are economic in design.

公寓以最低的价格出租在城市，因此设计必须为具有独特需求和个性的租户创造一个简单的外壳。附加的特征被保持在最小程度，其焦点在于诸如滑动窗的元件和增加一致性的内置混凝土工作台，然而在设计上是经济的。

Although the scale of this project is modest there is an uplifting sense of space and light, testament to the architects’ careful consideration of how the balance of space could be shared and economised between the individual and the community – with communal space as an important asset to the inhabitants. §

虽然这个项目的规模不大，但有一种令人振奋的空间和光感，这证明建筑师们仔细考虑如何在个人和社区之间共享和节约空间-社区空间是居民的一项重要资产。§