PORTOFINO

Urban Vision / Architectural Design
ETH Zürich, 2021
Collaborator: Ludwig Hänssler Instructor: Prof. An Fonteyne


Lake Zurich is a picturesque spectacle expressed in sceneries and paper stages that carries the feeling of being on holidays. Portofino is a new urbanistic vision for the harbour of Thalwil taking up the holiday-feeling and transforming it into architecture that enriches the everyday life of the local inhabitants.  Four strategic interventions link a dense modernist settlement down the cliff to the lake and transform an area characterized by suburban sprawl into a playful port city.