TYPO CABINET

LUX GUYER — OBERE SCHIEDHALDE

RENOVATION OF A HOUSE FROM 1929

 General informations

• 2023
• Edited by: Ludovic Balland, Emanuel Christ, Christoph Gantenbein, Sven Richter
• Published by: Park Books
• Book and photography concept: Ludovic Balland with Annina Schepping 
• Photography: Ludovic Balland and Hans-Jörg Walter
• Design and Typesetting: Ludovic Balland and Annina Schepping, Typography Cabinet GmbH, Basel
• Coordination and copy editing: Christ & Gantenbein
• Translation English: Jill Denton; German: Silke Körber
• Proofreading English: Dean Drake; German: Inka Humann
• © 2023 The editors and Park Books AG, Zurich
• © for the texts: the authors

Technical informations

• Typefaces: Qwerty © Ludovic Balland; Waldeck © Isia Yurovsky
• Papers: LuxaArtSamt, Munken Polar Rough, Peydur lissé
• Printing and binding: MUSUMECI S.p.A
• Image processing: im formlabor, Lars-Ole Bastar & Martin Wellermann GbR
• ISBN 978-3-03860-253-8 

Description

Lux Guyer (1894–1955) was the first independent female architect in Switzerland—and one of the first in Europe. The Obere Schiedhalde residence in Küsnacht, built in 1929 as a variant of the SAFFA prefabricated house, is one of her key works. Between 2012 and 2014, Christ & Gantenbein and Sven Richter carefully renovated it. Photographs of the exterior and interior spaces, materials and furniture, as well as texts and plans tell the story of this house. A lead essay by Anna Puigjaner explains the architecture as well as the book conceived by Ludovic Balland and Annina Schepping. Lux Guyer – Obere Schiedhalde is the revival of a house, a tribute to Lux Guyer and evidence of the timelessness of an exemplary and unique form of living.