New Address

We moved! From now on, we work at our new address Efringerstrasse 32, in the residential and office building Riehenring (1980–1985) by Diener & Diener Architects. Come pay us a visit!

Talk EPFL - Un Dîner Avec

We are very happy about the invitation to the lunch talk series “Un Dîner Avec” at EPFL in Lausanne. Join us for an exchange of thoughts on Tuesday, 21st March 2023 at 12:15 at Archizoom, EPFL.

“uda_ (Un Dîner Avec) est une structure membre de l’association des étudiants en architecture (ASAR) à l’EPFL. L’objectif de ce comité est d’organiser différents débats et cycles de conférences en partant du point de vue et des attentes des étudiants.es.”

Instagram link : https://www.instagram.com/uda_epfl/?hl=fr

Website : https://www.epfl.ch/campus/associations/list/asar/index-fr-html/expo-2/

Talk S AM - On the Everyday

YES for Binningen

On Sunday, 25th September 2022, the population of Binningen voted with clear majority to approve the budget of 48 Million CHF for the extension and renovation of the „Schulcampus Dorf“, including a re-design of the public outdoor spaces, to revalue this location in the historic core of Binningen as a public village center.

After 2 years of being on hold, we are very excited to continue working on our project in collaboration with Hörner Architekten, scheduled for completion in 2026.

Vereinslokal completed

The Vereinslokal Guggach is completed. Happy to share the new photographs by Max Creasy, in the middle of the Guggach III construction site.

House E completed

Together with our partner architects Lisa Euler and Aleksandar Ćelović, we are pleased to announce the completion of House E on the Adriatic coast in Istria.

Guest Critic at the Karlsruhe Institute for Technologie

On 04 August 2022 Christian Weyell will be a guest critic at the KIT, Institute of Design, Art and Theory EKUT with visiting professor Madelaine Kessler. The jury itself will take place at 97 Kaiserstrasse, and will run from 10.30-17.30.

“Filling the Void: the death and life of the great European high street, explores the future of the high street through performance-led design. The studio look at the opportunity to test and re-imagine our town and city centres so that they can become places for everyone, whilst also questioning the role of the architect as someone who is both a designer and facilitator of events and conversations that can bring communities and stakeholders together to understand what a place can become.”

Haus P completed

Haus P in Stralsund is completed. We are very happy about the great new pictures by Simon Menges.

1st prize competition Westfeld

We are very happy to have won the 1st prize in the competition for the 2nd construction phase on the Westfeld in Basel. Together with the building cooperative wohnen & mehr, we will realize around 80 apartments and the associated commercial space in the urban environment of the Westfeld, which is characterized by communal forms of living and working.

Open Office

In the context of the Architekturwoche Basel we invite you to visit our office at Ostqaui. On 11. May and 13.5. May from 12:00-17:00 we open the doors for all interested visitors and give an insight into our office practice.

NO TO WAR

Weyell Zipse ist participant in NO TO WAR – a fundraising auction of architectural drawings for humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

“MORE THAN 30 ARCHITECTS, INCLUDING: Peter Märkli, de Vylder / Vinck, MAIO, Alexander Brodsky, Philippe Rahm, FALA, Bureau (Daniel Zamarbide), Oana Stanescu, Comte & Meuwly, Raphael Kadid, NOMOS, Ted`A, Leonard Kadid,  A. Vaynberg, Isla, Leopold Banchini, KOSMOS…

WHERE THE COLLECTED MONEY WILL GO: The organizers will buy humanitarian aid (medicine, pampers, hygiene materials etc.) and will directly sent it to the Ukrainian border.

STARTING AUCTION BIDDING PRICE (for most of the drawings) will be 10 Swiss Francs.

WHERE AND WHEN: 30.04.2022 SEEBAHNSTRASSE 155, ZÜRICH. 17:00-21:00”

Organizers: Leonid Slonimskiy, Anastasia Vaynberg, Bianca Gardelegui

Guest Crit TU Darmstadt

Christian Weyell is a guest critic at the Department of Design and Industrial Methods of Building Construction, Prof. i.V. Martin Baur and Florian Latsch at the TU Darmstadt, on Wednesday, 09 February 2022.

“By creating a central Federal Institute for Photography, the competences for restoration, archiving, conservation and digitisation of old photographs, which have so far been decentralised but diverse, are to be bundled in one place. The task is to design a centre of excellence for the preservation of Germany’s photographic and visual heritage.”

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Guest Crit FHNW Muttenz

Christian Weyell is a guest critic at the final reviews in the studio of Ursula Hürzeler and Shadi Rahbaran at the FHNW in Muttenz, on Wednesday, 12th January 2022.

“An indoor swimming pool for Kleinbasel: The implementation of a new use in the form of an indoor swimming pool in an existing spatial structure should thus create places of liveability and a common identity for the Basel population. Concepts that create overlaps between different uses have proven to be viable. Thus, not only a swimming hall should be designed, but also a concept of use should be developed for the building as a whole with which it is associated.”

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2nd prize Schulraum Talholz

We are happy to announce that we have, together with Donet Schäfer Reimer Architekten and Studio Vulkan, received the second prize in the competition for a new primary school in Bottmingen, near Basel

Guest Crit HSLU

Kai Zipse is a guest critic in the studio of Marianne Meister at the Hochschule Luzern, for the mid-term review on 26th November 2021 and final review on 20th January 2022.

Panel Swiss Art Awards

We are looking forward to attend the panel “Architecture paradigm change in the emergency of global warming” that is part of the Swiss Art Award Activities Programm on Friday 24th of September from 11am -12.30pm at Halle 3 Messe Basel . Join us on-site or online.

2nd Ankauf / 5th rank, Kunstmuseum Olten

The project by  Weyell Zipse and Truwant + Rodet + in collaboration with Margrith + August Künzel Landscape Architects receives the 2nd Ankauf / 5th rank  in the competition for the Kunstmuseum Olten.

Guest Crit Uni Kassel

Kai Zipse is a guest critic at the final reviews in the studio of Kawahara Krause at the University of Kassel, on Wednesday, 14th July 2021.

“Architektur bedarf einer stringenten Logik und kann dennoch Unschärfe zulassen. Flux Order will in der Vereinigung des scheinbar Gegensätzlichen das Ungewisse als Potential begreifen. „Architecture as Cave“ beschreibt Architektur, deren räumliches Potential die individuelle Aneignung erfordert. Dem gegenüber steht die „Architecture as Nest“, in der die räumliche Situation durch die Architektur konstruiert ist. Im Spannungsfeld dieser Dualität soll im Entwurf eine Struktur gefunden werden, die den Spielraum der Möglichkeiten zwischen definiert und aneignungsfähig auslotet und somit das Potential des Wandels zum Ausdruck bringt.”

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2nd prize Fleur de la Champagne

Our project “Common Land” receives the 2nd prize in the competition for cooperative housing “Fleur de la Champagne” in Biel.

Guest Crit FHNW Muttenz

Kai Zipse is a guest critic at the final reviews in the studio of Ursula Hürzeler und Shadi Rahbaran at the FHNW Muttenz, on Tuesday, 15th June 2021.

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Guest Crit EPFL / Assemble

Kai Zipse will be a guest critic at the final reviews in the studio of Assemble at the EPFL in Lausanne, on Tuesday, 1st June 2021.

“This studio is founded on the belief that an understanding of how things are made brings an intimate engagement with the problems and possibilities of the real world. We are interested in the material life of buildings, how we process the fabric of our environments to construct spaces. From local resources to global trade; vernacular methods and new technology and auxiliary industrial processes -we will consciously appraise our materials.”

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image [im-ij] \ ˈim-ij \

Weyell Zipse is part of the publication “image [im-ij] \ ˈim-ij \” by Archaic Studio.

“A design and communication tool, the image remains a decisive and crucial step in the definition of any project, whether it materializes through its construction or persists under the form of paper architecture.

With Image, Anja Dotter invites us to feel the pulse of a young guard of European architects by questioning them about their relationship to images.

Through a series of interviews with emerging architects, photographers and image makers, Image highlights and confronts different approaches to the architectural image in a world where it circulates, travels and is shared more than ever!”

With contributions by: David Leech, Weyell Zipse, Waldrap, Romain Laprade, Nicolas Dorval-Bory, Kofink Schels, Ponnie, Kollektiv A, Rory Gardiner, Lütjens Padmanabhan, Furlan Beeli, This Orient, OMMX, Filippo Bolognese, Opposite Office, Adam Nathaniel Furman

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Swiss Art Awards

Weyell Zipse has been selected as one of the finalist nominees for the Swiss Art Awards 2021, in the category of Architecture. We feel honored and are very excited!

Save the date for the accompanying exhibition, from 20-26th September 2021*

Swiss Art Awards

„The Swiss Art Competition, held annually since 1899, is the world’s oldest art award. The accompanying Swiss Art Awards exhibition, which is organised by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture, offers an insight into current art and architecture in Switzerland and is a valuable reference for art professionals and art lovers.“

Zurich votes YES for school and park Guggach

The Vote for the school and park in the Guggach area was accepted with 87.8 % of Yes-votes. We are very excited about the positive result and the instruction for the realization of the project. Thank you Zurich!

Basler Lieblingshäuser

We got invited by the portal Architektur Basel, to show a selection of three of our favourite buildings in the city. It comes with a photo and a short text. We are delighted to make a contribution to this great series!

https://architekturbasel.ch/weyell-zipse-basler-lieblingshaeuser/

1st prize Espenhof West

We are delighted to announce that we have won the 1st prize in the competition for a new elderly housing in Zurich, and are looking forward to an exciting new project, in collaboration with Hörner Architekten.

Guest Critic Bauhaus-University Weimar

Kai Zipse will be guest critic in the wintersemester 20/21 at the chair of Prof. Jörg Springer, at the Bauhaus-University Weimar, for the design project “Hietalahden Kylpylä”. The studio is looking at the design of a small public pool in the center of Helsinki, opposite of the Hietalahti Market Hall.

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Building Marker Guggach

The building marker structure on the Guggach site is installed. Exciting! We are dreaming of the real building already…

Vereinslokal Guggach

We are happy to welcome the newest member in our project family: The Vereinslokal Guggach for the Famliengartenverein Zürich-Wipkingen.