2016-2021

Housing Wagerenhof Foundation, Uster

The Wagerenhof Foundation in Uster offers people with mental or multiple disabilities a home in surroundings full of variety. The village character of the development, which has grown organically over decades, is to be respected and enhanced. Its great functional diversity in a relatively small area has resulted in a high density of different places to socialise or withdraw to, with the overall goal of enabling social interaction at varying levels of intensity among the residents and with their guests.

The two new buildings contain grouped units for a total of 120 residents and follow an innovative cluster typology. The efficient structural layout and the sophisticated fire prevention concept allow for changes in use in the future.

The day nursery proposed in the southern part of the site has an ‘enchanted forest’ theme. The differentiation into open, enclosed and multipurpose spaces makes it possible to respond individually to the children's varying needs at different times of day.

Credits
Development package competition after prequalification, 1st rank 2017
Construction sum: approx. CHF 46 mn
Client: Stiftung Wagerenhof, Uster
Architecture/Overall Project Management: BGP Architekten ETH SIA BSA
Total Contractor: Gross Generalunternehmungen, Wallisellen
Landscape Architecture: Hager Partner, Zürich
Structural Engineer Linsi + Deubelbeiss, Pfäffikon ZH
Building Physics: Steigmeier Akustik + Bauphysik, Baden
Building Services: T&P Troxler&Partner, Ruswil
Electrical Planning: Maneth Stiefel, Schlieren
Photography: Dominique Wehrli, Winterthur; Roman Weyeneth, Basel