Frieden Senior Housing and Daycare Center, CH-Zurich
On the site behind the Gasthof Frieden, north of Wehntalerstrasse in Zurich-Affoltern, senior housing, a daycare center, and a parent-child center are to be built. The arrangement of the development across several point blocks ensures seamless integration into the existing urban fabric and continues the neighborhood’s abundance of green spaces.
The individual spaces provide a sense of orientation and a sense of belonging. In this way, they help make age-appropriate living in an increasingly urban context as comfortable and personalized as possible.
The low-rise building facing the busy Wehntalerstrasse forms two sides of the block. By establishing an address that reflects its intergenerational uses, the front facade fosters public life and aims to help preserve Wehntalerstrasse from becoming merely a thoroughfare for traffic entering and leaving the area.
The open spaces at the rear, on the other hand, are effectively protected from environmental influences by the low-rise buildings and foster social interaction among different generations in the neighborhood.
