Swiss Housing Projects by Felix Partners: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Architecture

Felix Partners is made up of life partners Peter and Rahel Felix - he is an architect; she is a designer and marketing planner. They believe that architecture and business, from idea to marketing, go hand in hand. Thus, the book is not intended, primarily, as a classic retrospective but as an explanation, using their recent projects (both built and not built) to make clear their core concept that architecture and design should encompass the entire value chain of a construction project. This ranges from real estate assessment and project development, to project financing with an in-house investment company, all the way to the planning and execution stages, including marketing and interior design. This young architectural firm is breaking new ground by covering all these areas and always working in a process-oriented manner. The book presents 13 projects, selected from the work of Felix Partners in Zurich. The various aspects are explored with contributions from Prof. Kenneth Frampton, Dr. Thomas Held, and Ulrike Zeugin Golker. Interviews with residents and developers provide additional personal insights.

About the Author :
Peter Felix, completed an apprenticeship in architectural drafting before studying architecture at Winterthur Technical University and earning a Master of Architecture degree from Columbia University, New York (USA). He has gained international experience in building several projects in firms, such as Richard Meier & Partners (New York) and Theo Hotz (Zurich). He has also served as adjunct faculty under Professor Dietmar Eberle (Bregenz), at the European University of Applied Sciences in Zurich, and Prof. Kenneth Frampton (New York), at the Academy of Architecture at Swiss Italian University of Mendrisio. Rahel M. Felix, is a graduate in marketing communications planning and graphic design from the Berne University of the Arts, with continuing education at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, and is a certified European college instructor (teachArt, Prof. Frey, Swiss University of Applied Sciences in Zurich). She has worked in various advertising agencies, design agencies, and IT companies in Switzerland. Her activities include business and marketing strategies, communications consulting, corporate identity, and various design and programming categories. Rahel M. Felix has taught at colleges such as the Zurich University of the Arts, the Berne University of the Arts, and the Pedagogical University of Zurich.