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Siedlung Halen Herrenschwanden-- 5 km outside of Bern, Switzerland 1955(initial studies)-1961(completed) 79 Units (High Density, Low Rise) and shared community ammenities Atelier 5 Erwin Fritz Samuel Gerber Rolf Herterberg Hans Hostettler Niklaus Morgenthaler Alfredo Pini Fritz Thormann Design strategy Built as an experimental solution for the post-war “housing problem”-- a solution which several of the architects themselves lived in modern garden suburb for the well-off middle class cité (self-contained residential development) without cars connection to light and nature focus on children and the family as a natural structure private homes + private outdoors space + communal facilities = SIEDLUNG HALEN Sylvia Calderon & Riley Neal ADE 421- Tom Hartman Siedlung Halen Herrenschwanden-- Near Bern, Switzerland Design Objective: To use a modern architectural language influenced by Le Corbusier to create a high-density suburban community emphasizing a relationship with nature and a strong connection between private family homes and community facilities. Atelier 5 Connection to nature Connection to light Private homes Pedestrian walks Community facilities and activites Children as focus Private outdoor space

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Siedlung HalenHerrenschwanden-- 5 km outside of Bern, Switzerland1955(initial studies)-1961(completed)79 Units (High Density, Low Rise) and shared community ammenities

Atelier 5Erwin Fritz• Samuel Gerber• Rolf Herterberg• Hans Hostettler• Niklaus Morgenthaler• Alfredo Pini• Fritz Thormann•

Design strategyBuilt as an experimental solution for the post-war “housing problem”-- • a solution which several of the architects themselves lived inmodern garden suburb for the well-off middle class• cité• (self-contained residential development) without carsconnection to • light and naturefocus on children and the family as a natural structure• private homes• + private outdoors space + communal facilities = SIEDLUNG HALEN

Sylvia Calderon & Riley Neal ADE 421- Tom Hartman

Siedlung HalenHerrenschwanden-- Near Bern, Switzerland

Design Objective: To use a modern architectural language influenced by Le Corbusier to create a high-density suburban community emphasizing a relationship with nature and a strong connection between private family homes and community facilities.

Atelier 5

Connection to nature Connection to light

Private homes

Pedestrian walks

Community facilities and activitesChildren as focus

Private outdoor space

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Siedlung HalenHerrenschwanden-- Near Bern, Switzerland

Atelier 5

Unit Circulation

top level

exterior circulation horizontal circulation vertical circulation

entry level

basement

Type 12

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Type 380

Siedlung HalenHerrenschwanden-- Near Bern, Switzerland

Atelier 5

top level

entry level

basement

Unit Circulationexterior circulation horizontal circulation vertical circulation

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Siedlung HalenHerrenschwanden-- Near Bern, Switzerland

Atelier 5

Unit Circulation

exterior circulation

base

men

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top

leve

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entry

leve

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horizontal circulation

vertical circulation

“hardliners”380 and workshop

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Siedlung HalenHerrenschwanden-- Near Bern, Switzerland

Atelier 5

Unit Circulationexterior circulation horizontal circulation vertical circulation

Ateliers and StudioStudios

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Siedlung HalenHerrenschwanden-- Near Bern, Switzerland

Atelier 5

Unit Circulation

Type 12

entry

entry

entry

Type 380 “hardliner”Workshop and Type 380

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“hardliner”Workshop and Type 380

exterior circulation horizontal circulation vertical circulation

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Siedlung HalenHerrenschwanden-- Near Bern, Switzerland

Atelier 5

The Unit

Regularity

Access to natural light

Inside-outside

Fluid space

DynamismPrivacy

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Siedlung HalenHerrenschwanden-- Near Bern, Switzerland

Atelier 5

The Unit

Living space

Private outdoor space

Living spaceService

COMPRESSIONEXPANSION

FULL UNIT

HALF UNIT

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Type 12

Studios Ateliers (workshops)

(+) = “hardliner”

Type 380

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Siedlung HalenHerrenschwanden-- Near Bern, Switzerland

Atelier 5

Resources

Achleitner, Friedrich. Atelier 5. Basel, Switzerland; Boston: Birkhäuser, 2000.

Atelier 5 (Firm), Yukio Futagawa, and Niklaus Morgenthaler. Terrace Houses at Flamatt Near Bern, Switzerland, 1957, 1960 :Halen Housing Estate Near Bern, Switzerland, 1961 ; Apartment in Brugg, Switzerland, 1970-71. Vol. 23. Tokyo: A. D. A. EDITA Tokyo, 1973.

Brown, Neave Sinclair. “Siedlung Halen.” Architectural Design. 33 (1963): 63-83.

Burkhard, Balthasar, and Atelier 5. Atelier 5 :26 ausgewählte Bauten. Zürich: Ammann, 1986.

Gfeller-Corthésy, Roland, and Atelier 5. Siedlungen Und städtebauliche Projekte. Braunschweig: Vieweg, 1994.

Irace, Fulvio. “L’occhio di ieri, gli occhi di oggi = Yesterday’s eye, today’s eyes.” Abitare. 432 (2003): 316-329.

Scalbert, Irene. “Siedlung Halen: between standards and individuality.” arq 2(autumn 1996): 14-24.

Schafer, Roger. “The Happy Householders of Halen.” Architectural Forum. 124.6 (1966): 80-85.

Sherwood, Roger. Modern Housing Prototypes. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1978.

Siedlung Halen website (search for it on google and then have have google translate it from German): http://www.halen.ch/31150