Apartment Building in Zürich - Solar Thermal | IEA-SHC
Apartment Building in Zürich - Solar Thermal | IEA-SHC
Apartment Building in Zürich - Solar Thermal | IEA-SHC
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Before: street front<br />
Before: courtyard facade<br />
BEFORE RENOVATION<br />
• Un<strong>in</strong>sulated plastered masonry façades,<br />
broken balcony slabs and<br />
plumb<strong>in</strong>g need<strong>in</strong>g replacement<br />
• <strong>Apartment</strong> entries non-compliant to today’s<br />
fire codes<br />
• Orig<strong>in</strong>al wooden parquet floors wellpreserved,<br />
but ceil<strong>in</strong>g construction transmits<br />
of footstep noise<br />
• Floor plans well-organized but too small for<br />
the contemporary apartment market<br />
- 3-rooms total<strong>in</strong>g 73 m 2<br />
- 2-rooms total<strong>in</strong>g 58 m 2<br />
Kitchens and baths need renovation.<br />
• Two small, ground floor flats have bl<strong>in</strong>ds<br />
always closed because at street noise and<br />
lack of privacy <strong>in</strong>tolerable<br />
After:North façade to the courtyard<br />
After: South façade to the street<br />
After: courtyard façade
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