Frizz23 is a pioneer project. It was created within the framework of innovative participatory processes initiated and developed by the architects. This project and the processes behind it have charted a new approach to urban development, which can serve as a model for other sites and cities.

The building’s silhouette expresses the projects complex mixed-use program, a city within the city.

Constructed on three separate properties, three separate buildings are bound together with shimmering black bands of charred larch wood.

The facade is perforated by irregular openings in different sizes, because each unit was individually designed. Each client chose the size and location of their windows, and where balconies would be built. Each floor plan is different, sizes range from 23 to 280 m2. There are maisonette units spanning two and even three floors.

The ground floor is taller, and contains public uses (café, bike shop, project space, co-working, up-cycling workshop). The zig zag line is a historical reference to the market hall located on the site and demolished in 1953.

Midnight blue anodized aluminium cladding references the planet Neptune, seen for the first time through a telescope in the observatory housed on this site until 1912.

The design was developed in dialogue with the neighbours, the city, and the clients in a series of workshops over the course of 18 months.