Siedlung Halen

Herrenschwanden-- Near Bern, Switzerland

Atelier 5

Private outdoor space

Design Objective: To use a modern architectural language influenced by Le Corbusier to create a high-density suburban community emphasizing a relationship with nature and a strong connection between private family homes and community facilities.

Connection to nature Siedlung Halen Herrenschwanden-- 5 km outside of Bern, Switzerland 1955(initial studies)-1961(completed) 79 Units (High Density, Low Rise) and shared community ammenities Atelier 5 Erwin Fritz Samuel Gerber Rolf Herterberg Hans Hostettler Niklaus Morgenthaler Alfredo Pini Fritz Thormann Design strategy Built as an experimental solution for the post-war housing problem-a solution which several of the architects themselves lived in modern garden suburb for the well-off middle class cit (self-contained residential development) without cars connection to light and nature focus on children and the family as a natural structure private homes + private outdoors space + communal facilities = SIEDLUNG HALEN

Connection to light

Private homes

Pedestrian walks

Children as focus

Community facilities and activites

Sylvia Calderon & Riley Neal ADE 421- Tom Hartman

Siedlung Halen

Herrenschwanden-- Near Bern, Switzerland

Atelier 5

Type 12

top level

entry level

basement

exterior circulation

horizontal circulation

vertical circulation

Unit Circulation

Siedlung Halen

Herrenschwanden-- Near Bern, Switzerland

Atelier 5

Type 380

top level

entry level

basement

exterior circulation

horizontal circulation

vertical circulation

Unit Circulation

Siedlung Halen

Herrenschwanden-- Near Bern, Switzerland

Atelier 5

hardliners 380 and workshop

exterior circulation basement top level horizontal circulation vertical circulation

second level

entry level

Unit Circulation

Siedlung Halen

Herrenschwanden-- Near Bern, Switzerland

Atelier 5

Studios

Ateliers and Studio

exterior circulation

horizontal circulation

vertical circulation

Unit Circulation

Siedlung Halen

Herrenschwanden-- Near Bern, Switzerland

Atelier 5

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Type 12

Type 380

hardliner Workshop and Type 380

exterior circulation

horizontal circulation

vertical circulation

Unit Circulation

Siedlung Halen

Herrenschwanden-- Near Bern, Switzerland

Atelier 5

Access to natural light

Regularity Privacy

Inside-outside Dynamism

The Unit

Fluid space

Siedlung Halen

Herrenschwanden-- Near Bern, Switzerland

Atelier 5
EXPANSION COMPRESSION

Private outdoor space Type 12 Living space

Type 380

(+)

= hardliner

FULL UNIT L UNIT HALF UNIT

Studios Service Living space

Ateliers (workshops)

The Unit

Siedlung Halen

Herrenschwanden-- Near Bern, Switzerland

Atelier 5

Achleitner, Friedrich. Atelier 5. Basel, Switzerland; Boston: Birkhuser, 2000. Atelier 5 (Firm), Yukio Futagawa, and Niklaus Morgenthaler. Terrace Houses at Flamatt Near Bern, Switzerland, 1957, 1960 :Halen Housing Estate Near Bern, Switzerland, 1961 ; Apartment in Brugg, Switzerland, 1970-71. Vol. 23. Tokyo: A. D. A. EDITA Tokyo, 1973. Brown, Neave Sinclair. Siedlung Halen. Architectural Design. 33 (1963): 63-83. Burkhard, Balthasar, and Atelier 5. Atelier 5 :26 ausgewhlte Bauten. Zrich: Ammann, 1986. Gfeller-Corthsy, Roland, and Atelier 5. Siedlungen Und stdtebauliche Projekte. Braunschweig: Vieweg, 1994. Irace, Fulvio. Locchio di ieri, gli occhi di oggi = Yesterdays eye, todays eyes. Abitare. 432 (2003): 316-329. Scalbert, Irene. Siedlung Halen: between standards and individuality. arq 2(autumn 1996): 14-24. Schafer, Roger. The Happy Householders of Halen. Architectural Forum. 124.6 (1966): 80-85. Sherwood, Roger. Modern Housing Prototypes. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1978. Siedlung Halen website (search for it on google and then have have google translate it from German): http://www.halen.ch/31150

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