Portfolio Laura Haenni

February 2014

CV Laura Haenni

Master of Science ETH in Architecture

fall 2013 Diploma at ETH Zrich under Professor Tom Emerson

spring 2013 semester under Professor Peter Mrkli

fall 2012 semester under Professor Adam Caruso

spring 2012 practical experience post BSc at 6a architects in London for 6 months

fall 2011 semester under Professor Tom Emerson

Bachelor of Science ETH in Architecture

spring 2011 semester under Professors Buchner Brndler

fall 2010 semester under Professor Tony Fretton

spring 2010 practical experience pre BSc at huggenbergerfries architekten in Zrich for 6 months

2008 second year course under professor Wolfgang Schett

2007 academic studies of architecture at the ETH Zrich firstyearcourseunderProfessorsMarcAnglilandAnnetteSpiro

2002 - 2006 grammar school in Zrich with the emphasis on modern languages German, English, French, Italian

1999 - 2002 secondary school in Zrich

1993 - 1999 primary school in Zrich

December 1986 born in Zrich Switzerland

Kluspark Gardens

fall semester 2013Professor: Tom Emerson

The Site of Kluspark is the aggregate result of a series of adjacent gardens enclosing an open and uninterrupt-ed verdant landscape. Each garden is carefully manicured and has a dis-tinct character that reflects its useand ownership. These include a care home for the elderly, a home for sis-ters of the former catholic hospital, the sculpture garden, and a number of private residences.

For the most part, the subdivision of Kluspark is carefully choreographed and demarcated using a variety of

different soft edges and textures. The surrounding buildings provide a hard edge, which is vital in forming this diverse array of heterogeneous gardens and open green space into a single civic park.

However, on Klusparks southern edge the open field bleeds abrupt-ly onto Streulistrasse. A few mature trees along the parks perimeter hint at an enclosure, but fail to adequate-ly define theparks edge.This rep-resents a radical and incongruous departure from the design of the rest of the park.

birds view of the site

the garden of the care home the sisters garden

the sculpture garden the garden of the private residences

current view into the park from Streulistrasse

event garden flower garden

water garden play garden

A linear building and four gardens simultaneously describe a new hard edge to the southern boundary and a soft transition into the open field.Eachofthegardensisgivenaunique character and use as either a place for relaxation, contemplation, public events or play.

Four gateways announce the public entrances to the park and present carefully composed views into the gardens. The 130m long building is treated with a uniform material to both provide a serene and

neutral backdrop to the park and to highlight the new gateways into the park. This enforces a complementa-ry and multivalent understanding of the parks different interdependent green spaces, and ensures that the park remains the focus of the whole scheme.

A colonnade at ground level dis-solves the mass of the building and helps retain the sense of a perme-able ground plane. It also provides sheltered access to the dwellings, laundry, bin and bike store, and gar-den storage.

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plan of the apartments

2: 4.5 room apartments of each 107 sqm + 16 sqm private outdoor space2: 3.5 room apartments of each 80 sqm + 16 sqm private outdoor space2: 2.5 room apartments of each 63 sqm + 16 sqm private outdoor space

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detail cross section

The building is only one room deep. This ensures that every room en-joys spectacular dual aspect views over the park and to the south. The extreme thinness of the building coupled with the proximity of the surrounding trees and vegetation on both sides, creates the surreal experience of living embedded with-in the park, rather than at its edge. Cross ventilation will not only help passively cool the building during the summer months, but will subtly reinforce this experience for all the residents.

Large openings in the faade allow sunlight to penetrate the full depth of the plan and on occasion through into the gardens. Strategic plant-ing ensures that, despite the size of these openings, the privacy of the residents is always maintained.

private outdoor space

dining and living with a series of rooms

A new housing typology for Gockhausen

spring semester 2013Professor: Peter Mrkli

Between 1920 and 1970 the popula-tion of Gockhausen has increased by 13 people per year. Today this num-ber is significantly higher - from2004 to 2007 an average of 112 res-idents per year have been added to Gockhausens population. The majority of the new gained resi-dents live in multi-family houses. From this research I am assuming an increase of at least 100 inhabitants a year over the next three years.

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core buildings from over the last 100 years

first idea: to build a thin ring around Gockhausen to stop expansion

The strong increase shows that Gockhausen is a preferred place to live in. The combination of living in the countryside, in nature, and also close to the city center draws a large number of people to this village.

But, with this growing concentration of people in Gockhausen, the very reason why it was attractive to move to is being compromised.

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ground floor plan

different types of recreational areas in Gockhausen

forest

open fields village square

private garden

When I was growing up in Gock-hausen, there were still many open fields scattered across the village.The former pastures where horses would graze have been turned into ground for new dwellings, which borrowed a typology from the city to create denser living space.

Gockhausen is surrounded by for-est. It forms a natural recreational area and buffer to the city.

A thin building at the edge of the forest marks the boundary of in-

habitance and nature. Compared to neighbouring buildings the foot-print of the building is kept to a minimum, and the openness of the ground floor allows for the back-ground of the forest to still be visible at ones approach.

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north faade

The southern faade towards the forest is very open with big log-gias. Every apartment has a long row of windows accompany-ing a library and sitting space in front of the private bedrooms.

A sequence of public to private spaces is described on the north-ern faade. From external staircases, generating a dialogue to the neigh-bors, one enters the apartment into an open dining / living area, which

is shown to the outside with a big opening. The private rooms then fol-low in a regular rhythm.

The building is constructed from columns and slabs and clad in re-claimed timber panels of different sizes depending on their availability.

plan of the apartments

east faade

north faade detail

internal elevation detail

plan detail

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south faade detail

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Kunsthaus Glarus

fall semester 2012Professor: Adam Carusoteam with: Meret Studer

The art museum in Glarus, a city in east central Switzerland, was built in 1952. The existing museum is made up of two buildings, where one consists of two stories of exhibition space and the other of one storey. The two spaces underneath the pitched roofs are quite similar in pro-portion and light. The glass roof con-structionprovidesafilterforthesun-light.Onlythegroundfloorroomprovidesa different type of natural lit gallery space, with its openings to either side.

We are adding a new building to this conglommerate of different spaces.While the lighting machines above the two almost identical existing ex-hibition spaces are not seen by the visitors, the new space exposes the roof structure and uses it as a hint for subdivision.

Our extension should feel comfort-able and appropriate in this com-plex but also recognizable as a new addition.

ground floor exhibition space

spaces in the existing museum site plan

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first floor exhibition space

roof above first floor

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detail plan

new exhibition hall

Forst is a town formerly known for its manufacturing of textile goods. Today it suffers from great unem-ployment as all of the plants and fac-tories have been shut down.

After identifying areas of differ-ent use classes, we zoomed in to a strip between two main roads. Our site stretches from the south to the north, starting at the town church in the center and following a sequence of commercial, industrial and resi-dential areas.We thought about our site as the conglomerate of layers, existing and to be introduced.

site analysisphilippe grossenbacher, laura hnni site 1:5000

Forst

fall semester 2011Professor: Tom Emersonassistant: Nicholas Lobo Brennanteam with: Philippe Grossenbacher

Existing are: streets, buildings and wasteland. Proposed are: gardens, connections and boundaries.

We are suggesting a public path through the city made up of a se-quence of different rooms in be-tween our interventions. These link up to a chain of gardens with differ-ent atmospheres and dimensions.

highways and bywaysPaul Klee 1929

photo streets buildings wasteland

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existing layerssatellite image streets buildings wasteland

gardens shortcuts boundaries overlay

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proposed layers

gardens shortcuts boundaries overlay

philippe grossenbacher, laura hnni spine 1:750

site plan

philippe grossenbacher, laura hnni section 1:50section through a channel and a row of trees

section through hills and a hedge

section through a flowerbed and benches

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Given the clash of social groupings on site - from the wealthy employees who work downtown, to the young families and students, and finallyeven the homeless - we wanted to bring these groupings together, but alsogivethemtheirspecifichome.

By keeping and extending the exist-ingmarketon thegroundfloor,weare allowing for a continued public flowthroughtheblock.Bigstaircas-es hint at a continuation of the pub-lic on an upper level.

Los Angeles

spring semester 2011Professors: Buchner Brndlerteam with: Meret Studer

The park proposes a semi-public area above ground level. To a cer-tain extent, it connects the differ-ent groupings to a common ground, whereas the entrances to the apart-ments are always separated from the public.

Different typologies house differ-ent users: The tower is made up of generous one bedroom apartments withaflexibledining/living/work-ing area, the former fire station isextendedtoflatshares,inthedeepslab there are family homes and shelter and a bed for the homeless is provided in the last building.

park level

satellite image of the site

the existing site

the existing marketon ground level

zugangbar / club

zuganggewerbezentrum

zuganggemeinschaftszentrum

zugangsportzentrum

zugangfamily home

zugangsocial home

zuganghochhaus

zugangfirestation

zugangsportzentrum

zugangfamily home

einfahrtparkgarage

einfahrtparkgarage

zugangkulturzentrum

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apartment I high rise apartment II high rise apartment II high rise

apartment II firestationapartment II firestationapartment I firestation

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The new building for the arts foun-dation of Rotterdam, which provides classes in dance, music and other arts for children and the amateur public, is set close to an arm of the river neue Maas. The site is adjacent toabigopenplayfieldtothewest,aneye hospital to the north, a narrow street to the east and a church to its south. As a reaction to the different situations of its direct surrounding the building develops in a continu-ous stepping from a lower two storey buildingfacingtheplayfield,tofourstoreys towards the church, mark-ing its prescence and growing into

SKVR Rotterdam

fall semester 2010Professor: Tony Fretton

the scale of the builngs on the back street as well as the eye hospital.

The ground floor is a public areahousing the caf, the library, theshop,theauditoriumandofficesforstaff. Two staircases lead up onto the firstfloor,wherethecirculationpathis used for exhibitions and as an area for sitting and meeting visitors and fellow students.

Metal lamellae provide privacy as well as protection from sunlight for the course rooms on top levels. At the meeting / exhibition areas there is a break in the lamellae pattern, suggesting a more public function.

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west faade 1:200 south faade 1:200

east faade 1:200 north faade 1:200

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eastern faade

view from Schiedamse Vest

Our project consists of two housing units, which are fully functional on their own as well as connected to-gether.In the area where the two units over-lap, the everyday facilities are orga-nized, such as bathrooms and the kitchen.The size of living space can therefore be adjusted to the current needs and family situations.

By reacting to different situations

aging

fall semester 2007Professor: Marc Anglilassistant: Dirk Hebelteam with: Lena Steiner

the dwelling becomes part of the life cycle of its inhabitants.We developped the project outside an existing context. It could be imag-ined to serve as a prototype, which would be adapted to local condi-tions.

buildings seperated

plan first floor plan first floor

plan second floor plan second floor

buildings together

floor plans

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childless couple sublets mobile annexe as an additional source of income

birth of their second child

divorce of the parents death of the parentsgrown up child moves in with own family

birth of their first childjoining of the two housing units

childrend move outseparation of the two housing units

sectional perspective

To begin to understand the given site on campus of the ETH Zrich, we used the method of frottage, grinding a piece of coal on differ-ent surfaces, which had the desired structure in a 1:1 scale.The different surfaces of water, soil and trees, as well as our objet trou-v,servedasinspirationalsourcestoour library.

We wanted to give the visitor the ex-perience of a sequence of diving into

library

fall semester 2007Professor: Annette Spiroassistant: Kasia Jackowskateam with: Laura Zachmann

the water, being underneath water level and arising above level again.The library becomes part of the sur-roundingbyreflectingthewatersur-face on its glass front. It is a small, sheltered place, where you can es-cape to from the busyness of every-day life.

survey sections of the site

objet trouv

proposed cross section

proposed plan

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