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Jiawei Wang

Urban Hybrid HousingMVRDV

@ Emmen, Switzerland,2013


Jiawei Wang

Urban Hybrid Housing/MVRDV@ Emmen, Switzerland


Jiawei Wang


The exterior of the block is a varied urban street front whilst the interior offers the quality of a green and intimate village.


Jiawei Wang



Jiawei Wang


Each house or apartment will have its own façade color, emphasizing its individual ownership. A pastel range of color was chosen based on the specific colors traditionally found in historic Swiss town centers in the Lucerne area, such as Beromünster.


Jiawei Wang


Instead of the housing block asked for by the brief, MVRDV created a mixed urban block with small apartment buildings at the corners, townhouses along the streets and garden and patio houses inside the block.


Jiawei Wang


The 16 different housing types, which vary in size from 30 to 130 m2 and from one to four floors, will natural-ly attract a mixed group of inhabitants, an important factor in creating a vivid urban environment. The pro-ject consists of 9000 m2 of housing, 2034 m2 services and 2925 m2 underground parking.

Urban Hybrid Housing MVRDV - WordPress.com · Instead of the housing block asked for by the brief, MVRDV created a mixed urban block with small apartment buildings at the corners,

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