Apartment floor plans profoundly influence our daily lives. In the last 30 years flexible
floor plans with undesignated uses have gradually established themselves as an ideal in Swiss
residential architecture. An in-depth study initiated by two Australian universities
investigated this highly relevant architectural theme demonstrating how contemporary housing
floor plans can be adapted to changing requirements over the years. Key aspects include taking
into account that an apartment's residents are no longer pre-defined (thereby moving on from
the traditional nuclear family) as well as the questions of how spatial qualities and the
positions of doors either enable or prevent specific lifestyles. In this volume five Swiss
architects present "good plans" designed by their practices using short texts and images: Elli
Mosayebi (EMI Architekten) Jeannette Kuo (Karamuk Kuo Architects) Maria Conen (Conen Sigl
Architekt:innen) Lütjens Padmanabhan (Lütjens Padmanabhan Architekten) Philipp Esch (Esch
Sintzel Architekten)
