WIFAG Bern

On the edge of Breitenrain, the former machine factory and the existing linen weaving mill will be converted. As a new “quarter shell”, a dense, mixed-use urban building block is being created. Two public squares concentrate the public-oriented uses and link them with the neighbourhood. The buildings are set in two and three depths, inside and outside are always connected. A communal courtyard is created around which people live and work. To the tracks trade takes place at a robust ruderal surface, the old crane track becomes the connecting element between the terrain heights.

Clients

city of Bern

Mali International AG

In collaboration with

Stefan Rotzler Landscape Architect, Gockhausen

Michael Emmenegger Analysis and Management of Social Processes, Zurich

Porta AG, Zurich

Cooperation

Christian Salewski

Simon Kretz

Felix Ledergerber

Ruben Bernegger