Villa in St. Niklausen by Niklaus Graber & Christoph Steiger

This Villa based in St. Niklausen, Switzerland has been created by Niklaus Graber & Christoph Steiger Architekten. Different wings of the building to which certain features are intended, are woven together to create but also specific points of their own identity and mood.

The potential of the various spaces unfolds in a sophisticated game of indoor and outdoor areas, which are directed to a spatial sequence. The mutual position of the wings of the building reacts to the different directions of view and sunlight and various outdoor spaces that are created in interaction with the living quarters.


The courtyard structure with its various wings generate both open places of community but also quieter places of retreat and contemplation in which parallel various needs can be lived. The courtyard structure allows for capturing the sun in the living area during the whole course of days, without having to sacrifice views to the lake.