Rossetti + Wyss Architekten AG

Rossetti + Wyss Architekten AG is an innovative architecture and planning office based in Zollikon. In its work, the office pursues a clear, distinctive stance. This is evident in its stringent conception, which lends the buildings openness and legibility. The designs are characterized by a balance between artifact and nature. Through the deliberate reduction of design means, the original project idea is transferred into a controlled and precise result. The forms, which appear simple at first glance, reinforce the clarity of the design and create an architecture that impresses through restraint.

Archetypal concepts are reinterpreted in order to allow the unexpected to emerge from the familiar. The motto "The art of intervention" serves as an intellectual compass and influences both the details and the overall work. The team has a preference for a reduced, essential and immediate design language, which runs like a common thread through all projects.

A central component of the working process is research, which is applied in a variety of ways. Knowledge of materials and construction as well as unbroken curiosity are the driving forces in the search for suitable form and application. Essential points of reference are art movements such as Minimal Art and Arte Povera, as well as nature. Material aesthetics, the effect of light and spatial order play a decisive role. The material spectrum ranges from raw surfaces to deliberately applied color, with contrasts creatively interwoven.

The office's services range from design, planning and realization through new builds, conversions, repurposing and renovations to real estate development and design. Rossetti + Wyss understands architecture and urban planning as a dialogue between space, people and time. Every project requires long-term, careful planning, attentive weighing and implementation, so that not only spaces but also attitudes are made visible. The architecture remains calm and restrained, consistent, and has its own view of the long-lasting rather than the temporary.