In recent years, technological innovation has changed the relationship between living and working substantially: people work where they live and live where they work. This shift from a clear separation of living and working spaces to the most diverse forms of living and working was the starting point for this housing project on a gently sloping site along the railroad tracks between Zurich and Chur. The project’s main aim is to provide more than just living space for the quintessential nuclear family. In addition to the usual kinds of apartments, the two new buildings provide residential studios on the top floor. While the ground floors engage with their topographical location, the top floors seek to introduce a new form of living that meets contemporary requirements. On a formal level, both volumes share a common language: a classical tripartite division (base, wall, and terminus of the roof), culminating in a slanted roof to comply with local regulations, and that, at the same time, evokes the roof of a classical shed. Aside from the the sawtooth roofs, the external image is characterized by the gridded system, balanced with floor-to-ceiling glazing and wooden louvers...[+]