Discourse

Weinlager residential conversion can be visited within Open House Basel. 

Marco Rickenbacher is a guest at Fassadenkongress «Faszination Fassade». 

Architektenkammer Baden-Württemberg, Danneckerstraße 54, Stuttgart. Remote participation is possible. 

Philipp Esch gives a talk on Weinlager residential conversion in Basel. 
ArchitekturWerkstatt, Ostschweizer Fachhochschule, St. Gallen, 6.00 pm. 

Housing complex Brunnmatt-Ost can be visited within the event. 

The workbook provides an insight into the working processes and the results of the past fall semester at Atelier Esch, USI Mendrisio. 

Philipp Esch gives a talk on the Weinlager residential conversion in Basel. 

École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Nancy. 

Weinlager residential conversion id part of the exhibition at Euskadiko Arkitektura Institutua. 

Exhibition: 27.02. – 1.06.2025.

Esch Sintzel Architekten: Bauten und Projekte/ Buildings and Projects, edited by Martin Tschanz, Zurich: Park Books, 2025.

Philipp Esch gives a talk within the «School Lecture Series N°7 – Housing» at EPFL. 

Auditorium SG, 6.30 pm. 

Weinlager residential conversion is part of the exhibition at Architekturschaufenster Karlsruhe. 

Vernissage: 3.12.2024,
Exhibition: 4.12.2024 – 28.02.2025.  

Weinlager residential conversion is one of the award-winning projects. 

Hochparterre 11/2024. 
«irides» residential, care and retirement centre,
 Basel. 

Marco Rickenbacher speaks about the «irides» residential, care and retirement centre of Stiftung Blindenheim Basel, which was completed in April. 

Didi Offensiv, Erasmusplatz 12, Basel, 7.00 pm. 

TEC21 25/2024. 
Regensbergbrücke high-rise, Zurich.

Weinlager residential conversion is honored with the audience award. 

Essay in Banal Buildings, edited by Stellan Gulde, Banal Books, 2024. 

At «Die Schweizer Architekturpreise 2024» Weinlager residential conversion is honored with a special mention. 

Marco Rickenbacher is part of the «Hänggitürme Glarnerland» meeting of experts in Schwanden. 

This semester, Atelier Esch is exploring the built heritage of traditional textile production in the canton of Glarus. 

L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui 462.
Weinlager residential conversion, Basel. 

Lecture by Philipp Esch as part of the series «Irrtum Abriss» of Architekturforum Bern. 

Stadtsaal Kornhausforum, Bern, 7.00 pm. 

The workbook provides an insight into the working processes and the results of the past fall semester at Atelier Esch, USI Mendrisio.

The housing complex Brunnmatt-Ost can be viewed within the event. 

Weinlager residential conversion is the winner in the «Renovation» category at «European Collective Housing Award 2024». 

The housing scheme Kuppe is part of the preselection for the «Best Collective Housing Development» award in the «New Construction» category of «European Collective Housing Award 2024».   

Weinlager residential conversion wins both the jury and the audience award! 

Marco Rickenbacher guides through the newly completed residential conversion of a former wine warehouse. 

Talk by Philipp Esch, followed by a panel discussion within the 6th «BDA-Hochschultag der Architektur».

Deutsches Architektur Zentrum DAZ, Berlin.

Weinlager residential conversion is part of this year's project selection by the editorial team of Archithese. 

TEC21 4/2024. 
Modernisation housing scheme Dennlerstrasse, Zurich.

«Housing. Not flats – A conversation with Philipp Esch», daidalos.org. 

Arquitectura Entre Vistas – Abroad. 

Zement+Beton 1/2024. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel.

TEC21 40/2023. 
School complex Sirius and maintenance depot, Zurich. 

Weinlager residential conversion wins the golden award at «Die Besten 2023» by Hochparterre. 

Digital wood construction archive of Berner Fachhochschule.
Apartment buildings Maiengasse and
Hebelstrasse,
 Basel. 
Housing scheme Kuppe, Trift district, Horgen.

Weinlager residential conversion belongs to the awarded projects at «Auszeichnung Gutes Bauen» of the cantons Basel-Landschaft and Basel-Stadt.  

TEC21 37/2023. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel.

Weinlager residential conversion wins at this year's edition of «Arc Award» in the housing category! 

The expansion of the school complex Mettmenstetten is honored with a nomination at «Arc Award 2023». 

Archi 5/2023. 
Apartment and commercial buildings 
Zollstrasse-Ost, Zurich. 

Tracés 3535. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel.

swiss-architects.ch.
School complex Sirius and maintenance depot, Zurich. 

The residential and commercial buildings Zollstrasse-Ost in Zurich are honored with the golden award at «Erich-Mendelsohn-Preis für Backsteinarchitektur». 

This year, Atelier Esch is devoted to concepts for the conversion of the multi-faceted existing buildings at the port of the historic city of Trieste.

hochparterre.ch. 
Housing scheme Kuppe, Trift district, Horgen. 

beton2030.ch. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel. 

Bauwelt 17/2023. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel.

domusweb.it. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel.

Hochparterre 6–7/2023. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel.

Edited by BETA, AM, 2023. 
Apartment buildings Maiengasse and
Hebelstrasse, Basel.
Housing scheme Kuppe, Trift district, Horgen. 

The workbook provides an insight into the working processes and the results of the past fall semester at Atelier Esch, USI Mendrisio.

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 6/2023. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel.

Contribution to Forderungen der Zeit: Hamburger Architektur- und Stadtdiskurs Wohnen, edited by Katja-Annika Pahl et al., Hamburg 2023. 

naiz.eus. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel. 

The housing scheme Kuppe in Horgen is part of the preselection for «Swiss Architecture Yearbook – SAY 2023». 

The apartment buildings Friedackerstrasse in Zurich are part of the preselection for «Swiss Architecture Yearbook – SAY 2023». 

hochparterre.ch. 
Apartment buildings Friedackerstrasse,
 Zurich. 

Archi 2/2023. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel.

Archi 2/2023. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel.

hochparterre.ch. 
On the design of the shopping arcade at Zurich main station by Trix and Robert Hausmann.

The apartment buildings Friedackerstrasse in Zurich win the silver award! 

TEC21 3–4/2023. 
Apartment buildings Friedackerstrasse, Zurich. 

baunetz.de. 
Housing scheme Kuppe, Trift district, Horgen. 

architekturbasel.ch. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel. 

The housing scheme Kuppe in Horgen is part of the preselection for «Arc Award 2022».  

The housing scheme Kuppe is doubly awarded! In addition to the regular award, it also received the “Green Leu”, the special award for sustainability.

The apartment and commercial buildings Zollstrasse-Ost in Zurich are among the nominated projects at this year's edition of «Architekturpreis Kanton Zürich». 

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 10/2022. 
Housing scheme Kuppe, Trift district, Horgen. 

«Great Minds Think Alike oder­ Gedanken aus der Sicht eines Jurymitglieds», Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 10/2022. 
Housing scheme Kuppe, Trift district, Horgen.

We approach the complex topic of «re-use» in several ways at the same time. The results of the semester are not intended to be end products, but rather snapshots of a process.

The workbook provides an insight into the working processes and the results of the past fall semester at Atelier Esch, USI Mendrisio.

TEC21 12/2022. 
Apartment buildings Maiengasse and
Hebelstrasse, Basel.

The housing scheme Kuppe in Horgen is part of the selected projects for this year's edition of «Swiss Performance» by Archithese. 

«Premio Europeo di Architettura Matilde Baffa Ugo Rivolta 2021: Concorso per il social housing – i risultati»,
espazium.ch. 
Apartment buildings Maiengasse and 
Hebelstrasse, Basel. 

The apartment buildings Maiengasse and Hebelstrasse in Basel are honored at «Premio Europeo di Architettura Matilde Baffa Ugo Rivolta 2021». 

The apartment building Maiengasse in Basel wins the golden national award as well as the 1st rank in «Region Nord». 

Hochparterre 10/2021.  
Apartment buildings Maiengasse and
Hebelstrasse, Basel.

Zentralwäscherei in Zurich is ideal in order to practice strategies for dealing with existing buildings. The nature of the ensemble forces situational, specific interventions and does not allow for abstract, rule-based thinking.

The apartment and commercial buildings Zollstrasse-Ost in Zurich are among the nominated projects at «Arc Award 2021». 

Modulør 3/2021.
Apartment buildings Friedackerstrasse, Zurich.  

The housing scheme Oberzelg in Winterthur-Sennhof wins the special award for the overall effect of rendering and colour. 

The apartment and commercial buildings Zollstrasse-Ost in Zurich are among the preselection for «Fritz-Höger-Preis für Backsteinarchitektur 2021». 

The apartment and commercial buildings Zollstrasse-Ost in Zurich are among the projects awarded by the city of Zurich. 

The housing scheme Oberzelg in Winterthur-Sennhof is one of the awarded projects. 

hochparterre.ch.
Housing scheme Oberzelg, Winterthur. 

TEC21 25/2020. 
Apartment and commercial buildings 
Zollstrasse-Ost, Zurich. 

«Lob des Hintergrunds – Vom Missverständnis, die Architektur gewinne an Bedeutung, je mehr Aufmerksamkeit sie beansprucht», Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 6/2020. 

hochparterre.ch. 
Weinlager residential conversion,
 Basel. 

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 5/2020. 
Apartment and commercial buildings 
Zollstrasse-Ost, Zurich. 

Modulør 4–5/2020. 
Apartment and commercial buildings
Zollstrasse-Ost, Zurich.

Deutsche Bauzeitung 4 /2020.
Apartment buildings Maiengasse and
Hebelstrasse, Basel.

architekturbasel.ch. 
«irides» residential, care and retirement centre, Basel. 

TEC21 4/2020. 
Apartment and commercial building Stellwerk 2, Winterthur. 

Schweizer Illustrierte 7/2020. 
Apartment and commercial buildings
Zollstrasse-Ost, Zurich.

Modulør 2/2020. 

NZZ. 
Apartment and commercial buildings
Zollstrasse-Ost, Zurich.

The housing scheme Oberzelg in Winterthur-Sennhof is among the nominated projects for this year's «Architekturpreis Kanton Zürich». 

NZZ. 
Apartment and commercial buildings
Zollstrasse-Ost, Zurich.

The apartment and commercial buildings Zollstrasse-Ost in Zurich are honored with a recognition at «Die Besten 2019» by Hochparterre. 

Hochparterre 12/2019. 
Apartment and commercial buildings
Zollstrasse-Ost, Zurich.

hochparterre.ch. 
Apartment and commercial building Stellwerk 2, Winterthur. 

Wohnen 9/2019.
Housing complex Neudorfstrasse, Wädenswil. 
Housing scheme Oberzelg, Winterthur. 

Wohnen 11/2019.
Housing scheme Oberzelg, Winterthur. 

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 4/2019.
Apartment buildings Maiengasse and
Hebelstrasse, Basel.

Lignum Holzbulletin 130.
Housing complex Neudorfstrasse, Wädenswil. 

The apartment buildings Maiengasse and Hebelstrasse in Basel are among the selected projects for «Swiss Performance 2019» by Archithese. 

Archithese 1/2019 («Swiss Performance»). 
Apartment buildings Maiengasse and
Hebelstrasse, Basel.

Tracés 145.
Apartment buildings Maiengasse and
Hebelstrasse, Basel.

The apartment buildings Maiengasse and Hebelstrasse win the bronze award at «Die Besten 2018» by Hochparterre. 

Hochparterre 12/2018.  
Apartment buildings Maiengasse and
Hebelstrasse, Basel.

The apartment buildings Maiengasse and Hebelstrasse are among the projects awarded by Heimatschutz Basel. 

The apartment buildings Maiengasse and Hebelstrasse are among the winnig projects at «Auszeichnung Guter Bauten» of the cantons Basel-Landschaft and Basel-Stadt.

Modulør 7/2018.  
Apartment buildings Maiengasse and
Hebelstrasse, Basel.

architekturbasel.ch. 
Apartment buildings Maiengasse and
Hebelstrasse, Basel.

Archi 1/2018.
Housing complex Neudorfstrasse, Wädenswil. 

Wohnen 3/2018.
Housing complex Neudorfstrasse, Wädenswil. 

hochparterre.ch. 
Apartment and commercial buildings
Zollstrasse-Ost,
 Zurich. 

hochparterre.ch. 
Expansion of the school complex Mettmenstetten. 

Hochparterre 6–7/2017.
Housing complex Neudorfstrasse, Wädenswil. 

hochparterre.ch. 
Marketplace Flawil. 

Hochparterre, Sonderheft 4/2016.
Apartment buildings Schönberg-Ost, Bern. 

Hochparterre, Sonderheft 4/2016.
Apartment buildings Schönberg-Ost, Bern. 

hochparterre.ch. 
Housing scheme Kuppe, Trift district, Horgen.

Edited by Burgergemeinde Bern and the city of Bern. 
Apartment buildings Schönberg-Ost, Bern. 

A reply to the article «Neue Deutschschweizer Realitäten» by Tibor Joanelly, in: Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 12/2015. 

Tagesanzeiger, Das Magazin 10/2013. 
Pedestrian link Plessur–Halde, Chur. 

The «Auszeichnung Berner Baukultur» foundation honores the housing complex Brunnmatt-Ost in Bern with the «Atuprix» award.  

«Die Tiefe der Oberfläche – über das Dilemma der Authentizität»,
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 3/2015. 

hochparterre.ch. 
Apartment and commercial buildings
Zollstrasse-Ost,
 Zurich. 

Steel Doc 4/2014. 
Pedestrian link Plessur–Halde, Chur. 

The pedestrian link Plessur–Halde in Chur wins the steel construction award «Prix Ancier». 

The housing complex Brunnmatt-Ost in Bern is among the winners of this year's «Arc Award». 

Bauwelt «Brick 2.0/03». 
Housing complex Brunnmatt-Ost, Bern. 

Hochparterre 12/2013. 
Housing complex Brunnmatt-Ost, Bern. 

The housing complex Brunnmatt-Ost in Bern wins the golden award at «Die Besten 2013» by Hochparterre. 

On the factory building of Loro & Parisini by Luigi Caccia Dominioni,
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 12/2013. 

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 11/2013. 
Housing complex Brunnmatt-Ost, Bern. 

Hochparterre 8/2013. 
Housing complex Brunnmatt-Ost, Bern.

Hochparterre 6–7/2013.
Apartment buildings Schönberg-Ost, Bern. 

Der Bund. 
Housing complex Brunnmatt-Ost, Bern.

Steel Doc 1/2013. 
Pedestrian link Plessur–Halde, Chur. 

Hochparterre 12/2012. 
Pedestrian link Plessur–Halde, Chur. 

The pedestrian link Plessur–Halde in Chur wins the bronze award at «Die Besten 2012» by Hochparterre. 

NZZ. 
Pedestrian link Plessur–Halde, Chur. 

Bauwelt 23/2012. 
Pedestrian link Plessur–Halde, Chur. 

hochparterre.ch. 
Housing complex Neudorfstrasse, Wädenswil. 

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 1/2012. 
Pedestrian link Plessur–Halde, Chur.

On the housing scheme Schürliweg in Zurich-Affoltern by Ueli Zbinden,
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 11/2010. 

«Die Übereinstimmung von Form und Inhalt – ein kleines ABC der Eleganz»,
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 5/2010. 

On the renovation of the housing scheme Stadtrain in Winterthur by Knapkiewicz & Fickert Architekten, Zurich, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 9/2009. 

Wohnen 5/2008. 
Housing complex Stähelimatt,
 Zurich.

The housing complex Stähelimatt in Zurich is part of this year's selection of outstanding projects by Archithese editorial team. 

On the single-family home in Vaduz by Brunhart Brunner Kranz Architekten, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 3/2008. 

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 1/2008. 
Housing complex Stähelimatt,
 Zurich.

On the exhibition «Le Corbusier – The Art of Architecture» at Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 12/2007. 

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 12/2007. 

«Hybrid Cluster – Ein Regelwerk für das Zentrumsgebiet Sulzer-Oberwinterthur»,
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 12/2007. 

On the atrium between Werkhof Urania and Zürcher Amtshaus III by Martin and Elisabeth Boesch,
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 11/2007. 

On the holiday home at Seerücken, Thurgau, by Staufer & Hasler Architekten, Frauenfeld,
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 11/2007. 

On the housing complex «Lokomotive» in Winterthur by Knapkiewicz & Fickert, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 1/2007. 

On the housing scheme Hagenbuchrain by Bünzli & Courvoisier, Zurich, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 1/2006. 

On the cooperative housing complex in Zurich-Leimbach by Pool Architekten, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 3/2005. 

On the single-family home Gartmann, Sargans, by Aschwanden Schürer Architekten, Zurich, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 10/2004. 

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 10/2004. 

On the single-family home Buscaglia in Altendorf SZ by Pool Architekten, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 7/2004. 

On the single-family home Cartillone in Büren SO by Buchner Bründler Architekten, 2002, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 6/2004. 

On the holiday home at Flumserberg by em2n Architekten, Zurich, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 5/2004. 

On the apartment building Forsterstrasse by Christian Kerez, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 5/2004. 

On a house by Kazuo Shinohara, 1966, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 4/2004. 

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 3/2004. 

On the single-family home «Zur Stiege» in Bürglen UR, by Loeliger Strub Architektur, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 3/2004. 

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 11/2003. 
Housing complex Stähelimatt, Zurich. 

On the expansion of the school building Scherr, Zurich, by Patrick Gmür Architekten, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 11/2003. 

On the renovation and expansion of a single-family home in Triengen, by Lussi + Halter Architekten, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 6/2003. 

On the Laban Dance Centre London, by Herzog & de Meuron, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 4/2003. 

On the «RiffRaff» apartment building with cinema and restaurant in Zurich, 
Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 3/2003. 

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 12/2000. 

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 5/2000. 

Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 4/2000.