04 · Housing
Hofhaus
Four apartments around a silent court. One tree, one basin, limewashed walls that take the light slowly.
- Location
- Luzern, Luzern
- Year
- 2025
- Client
- Private collective
- Area
- 740 m²
Notes
The site is a gap in the old town, tight on three sides. The building turns its back to the street and opens a square courtyard: four storeys of plaster, a stone basin, a single tree.
Each apartment is a set of rooms around that void. Deep window seats, oak floors, limewash that holds the hour of the day. Kitchens face the court; bedrooms take the quieter corners.
The street elevation is almost blank — a door, two windows, the rest is wall. The life of the house is not for the street. It is for the court, and for the people who share it.
