PROJECT DETAILS

Atelier 5: Siedlung Halen, 1955D–1960

  • Bern, Switzerland, Show on map
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  • The 78 residential units, each only 4 or 5 meters wide, were erected in a section of woods outside Bern that the architects had themselves acquired. The village-like structure and the intelligent design of threshold spaces made a new contribution to dense, communal forms of dwelling.

  • Heritage listed, renovation pending.