1. Atelier is a German word which means “STUDIO”. Atelier 5 is an
architectural company founded in Bern, Switzerland by the five
architects Erwin Fritz, Samuel Gerber, Rolf Hesterberg, Hans
Hostettler and Alfredo Pini.
The company built the Halen housing development between 1955
and 1962 in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland.
Inspiration
The 1958-62 realized from settlement Halen is known worldwide as a
seminal example in settlements after the Second World War . The
prototypical building and the work in the group are essential features of
the office. For this, the first striking reference to come Le Corbusier and
since the establishment of the office until today persistent preoccupation
with building concrete.
Unrestricted binding to the model of Le Corbusier characterizes the work
of the first year and is crucial for the cohesion of the group.
www.atelier5.ch
2. Characteristics
The composition of the team changes from task to task,
so that over time, each working with each and each
team member and critic. Characteristic of the Atelier 5
are:
• The critical attitude of the tasks compared to
• Intensive study of place and context
• Interest in design and structure
• The precise determination of the reference between
private and communal, public space.
• The emphasis on fitness for the individual and the
community
• The absence of formal gestures and architectural
quotes.
8. Presentation Medium
Atelier 5, Siedlung Halen, Herrenschwanden, Switzerland, 1963.
In a silvan glade close to Bern, Switzerland, the first housing estate of the
architecture studio Atelier 5 has been created in 1963.
9.
10. The computer years -
Atelier 5 50 Supplement
to the mezzanine floor
No. 10/2005 CHF 15
Studio Paperback Atelier 5With
an introduction by Friedrich
Achleitner Birkhäuser 2000 out of
print studio 5 26 selected
buildings photographed by
Balthasar Burkhard Zurich, in
1986 CHF 105
The seminar Atelier 5,
Balthasar Burkhard, Giairo
Daghini, Niele ToroniZurich,
1988 CHF 30
25.50 Atelier 5 settlements and
urban development
projects With a foreword by
Kenneth Frampton Vieweg,
1994, Sales: Birkhäuser out
Atelier 5 settlements Zurich,
1984 CHF 28
Atelier 5architectural and
natural light, house Vaucher
With contributions by Bart
Christian Bach Bach Peter
Bart Zurich 1984/1995 CHF 22
Rémy Zaugg for the artwork
Kunstmuseum BernAtelier
5 With contributions
by Hans Christoph von
TavelAtelier 5 Christian
Bartenbach Balthasar
Burkhard Zurich, 1983CHF
32
Publications
11. Project
•Project
•Architect
•City
•Country
•Address
•Building Type
•Number of Dwellings
•Date Built
•Dwelling Types
•No. Floors
•Section Type
•Exterior Finish
Materials
•Construction Type
•Ancillary Services
Siedlung Halen
Atelier 5
Bern
Switzerland
NW of Bern at Halenbrücke bridge along Bernstrasse
Row house
Terrace
81
1961
several types of row houses and studio combinations
3
3 story row houses
concrete, plaster, wood windows
concrete, masonry
parking, pool, club facilities, central heating
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