For generations, flowers were sold at the intersection of Wiesenstrasse and Schorenstrasse. Now, two greenhouses in the garden still recall the former use and local history. The all-wood-built gallery house extends along Wiesenstrasse, accommodating 25 rental apartments. The 2.5 to 5.5 room apartments are accessed via a continuous balcony with a private outdoor curtain buffer zone for each unit. This gallery access to the apartments promotes social interaction.

In keeping with the timber construction, the floor plan of the gallery house is characterized by a clear and pragmatic spatial structure: a direct entrance into the living and dining area, a central zone with a shower and storage space, and rooms oriented towards the garden.

The layered walls and ceilings easily meet the requirements for sound insulation, fire protection, and installation routing. Load-bearing facades and longitudinal walls handle the load transfer. The central space, arranged in the middle, acts as the core of the apartment, connecting all rooms. The modular floor plan organization allows for the creation of apartments of various sizes. Each apartment has a spacious veranda with positive effects on the activation (social security) of the outdoor spaces. The timber architecture forms the expressive yet calm framework, thereby conveying a touch of refinement and confident presence. The materials are used raw and without refinement, radiating the privilege of authenticity.

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There is a freestanding hearth clad in milky granite in the communal wing, which visually separates the dining room from the living room and forms a clear vertical accent in the otherwise horizontal arrangement. A wide range of materials with warm textures are combined: oak, granite, brick, ceramic, glass and concrete. Textured planes of chalky brick on the external facades are interspersed with large oak-framed doors that open out onto the garden.

Located near Olten, the House is designed as a route around a private inner courtyard. A buffer to the busy road in the valley below is formed by the U-shaped volume that encloses an existing conifer tree. Three bedrooms in the south wing extend out into the garden. This wing is counterbalanced by the communal area: kitchen and open plan dining and living room that open onto a terrace and the private garden with its gently undulating landscape.

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