Building onto the City

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Inhalt 6
3. Introduction 8
4. 1
5. The Founding of More than Housing 13
6. Zürich: More than Housing 17
7. 2
8. Building onto the City 27
9. Collective Forms of Living 34
10. Discussion: Architecture “It’s really terrific what became possible here!” 40
11. Discussion: Teaching Building “The Architects did Not Play the Key Role Here” 47
12. More than Open Space 53
13. Plans 63
14. Duplex Architekten Building A and M 66
15. Miroslav Šik Building B, C, K 72
16. Müller Sigrist Architekten Building D, E, H 81
17. Futurafrosch Building F and I 90
18. Pool Architekten Building G, J, L 96
19. Discussion: Participation Participation generates identification 105
20. 3
21. Trying Out Something New in Zürich: Community Living in the Hunziker Areal 115
22. Seven Days in Leutschenbach 119
23. “My Home” Children’s Workshop 124
24. Apartment Types, Occupants and Applicants In the Hunziker Areal 127
25. 4
26. Is More than Housing Also a Model Energy Concept? 137
27. Are You Still Residing or Already Living? 141
28. An economy for the society, not a society for the economy 146
29. On a Low-tech Path to the 2,000-Watt Society 151
30. Socially Integrative: The Communal Garden in the Hunziker Quarter 155
31. 5
32. More Than Housing – an ABC 163
33. Agenda 172
34. 6
35. Biographies 177
36. Further reading 181
37. Picture credits 182
38. Thanks 183
39. Backmatter 184