Cesare Ragazzi Zürich

The main space is divided into zones of varying sizes by six guiding walls. Around the central concrete core, a generous, neutral circulation area is laid out, separated from the functional rooms by these walls. The guiding walls themselves are the protagonists: lightweight elements made of pressed mineral wool panels and glass, suspended from the ceiling and floating 30 cm above the floor. Integrated into their undersides is the primary lighting, which illuminates the floor indirectly and outlines the geometry of the walls within the space.

Large-format glass inserts carry daylight and artificial light into the different zones, giving the smaller room units the desired intimacy without hermetically sealing them off. The result is a permeable, structured spatial composition — at once separating and connecting. The reduction of design elements enhances the legibility of architectural composition.

Client: Cesare Ragazzi, Intershop AG

Planning: Rossetti+Wyss Architekten, Zürcher Elektroplanungen AG

Photos: © Jürg Zimmermann