Planning and craftsmanship realisation of conversions of historic buildings in the Swiss Alpine region
hûs Architektur und Handwerk
Swiss Alpine regionNew on Amplifa
About hûs
hûs Architektur und Handwerk combines an architecture office and a craft business specialised in historic building techniques under one roof. The company accompanies the conversion, restoration and change of use of historic buildings in the Swiss Alpine region, from purchase advice through building survey, cost estimate, preliminary design, building permit application and project planning to construction management. In its own workshop, restored and reconstructed historic windows and doors are produced – from single-glazed storm windows to specially developed insulating-glass windows in a historic context. Further services include solid-wood joinery such as furniture, built-in furniture, panelling and wall cladding, the laying and restoration of wooden floors and staircases, as well as mineral surfaces: rammed, trowelled or ground lime floors, lime plasters as site-mixed batches with local aggregates, insulation plasters based on biochar, and custom-made concrete worktops for kitchens. The combination of planners and craftsmen enables early planning and cost certainty as well as high execution quality on site.
- Site
- Swiss Alpine region
- Processes
- Architecture: purchase advice, building survey, damage analysis, dimensional survey, cost estimate,, Restoration and reconstruction of historic windows (single and insulating glazed, storm windows), Restoration and new construction of historic doors (interior doors, front doors), Joinery work: custom furniture, built-in furniture, panelling, wall cladding, wall linings, Laying and restoration of solid wood floors, supplementing/new construction of historic staircases, Lime floors rammed, trowelled or ground, Lime plasters and mineral surfaces (putty and lump lime plasters, insulation plasters based on, Custom-made concrete worktops for kitchens
- Materials
- Solid wood, Lime (putty/lump lime), Cement, Concrete, Biochar (insulation plaster basis), Glass (single and insulating glazed), Lime (putty lime and lump lime), Biochar
- Certificates
- ISO 9001
- Industries
- Heritage conservation, Conversion and restoration of historic buildings, Residential renovation, Conversion/restoration of historic buildings in the Swiss Alpine region
- 01
Purchase advice/site inspection
- 02
Building survey and damage analysis
- 03
Dimensional survey and cost estimate
- 04
Architectural preliminary design, building permit application and project
- 05
Construction management
- 06
Craft production in the own workshop
- 07
Assembly and execution on the construction site
Materials and processes
Solid wood
First choice for furniture, built-in furniture, panelling, floor coverings, windows and doors.
Lime (putty lime and lump lime)
Basis for lime floors and lime plasters, also mixed as a site-mixed batch with local aggregates.
Cement
Used in mineral surfaces and plaster mixes.
Concrete
Production of custom-made kitchen worktops with an authentically ageing surface.
Biochar
Basis for insulation plasters with a building-biology aspiration.
Glass (single and insulating glazed)
Glazing of historic windows, from storm windows to insulating-glass windows in a historic context.
Architecture services
Purchase advice, building survey, damage analysis, cost estimate, preliminary design, building permit application, project planning and construction management.
Locations
Swiss Alpine region
CHArchitecture office and craft business (workshop)
- Materials
- Solid wood, lime, cement, concrete, glass
Components and services
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture: purchase advice, building survey, damage analysis, dimensional survey, cost estimate,Engineering | – | – | – | – | Holz, Stein, Kalk, Zement |
| Restoration and reconstruction of historic windows (single and insulating glazed, storm windows)Fügen | – | – | – | – | Massivholz, Glas |
| Restoration and new construction of historic doors (interior doors, front doors)Fügen | – | – | – | – | Massivholz |
| Joinery work: custom furniture, built-in furniture, panelling, wall cladding, wall liningsMontage | – | – | – | – | Massivholz |
| Laying and restoration of solid wood floors, supplementing/new construction of historic staircasesMontage | – | – | – | – | Massivholz |
| Lime floors rammed, trowelled or groundOberfläche | – | – | – | – | Kalk, lokale Zuschläge |
| Lime plasters and mineral surfaces (putty and lump lime plasters, insulation plasters based onOberfläche | – | – | – | – | Kalk, Zement, Pflanzenkohle, lokale Zuschläge |
| Custom-made concrete worktops for kitchensOberfläche | – | – | – | – | Beton |
Additional services
Quality
The close interlocking of planning and craft execution in-house guarantees high execution quality; in addition, a network of specialists is available. Certifications are not documented.
| Evidence | Swiss Alpine region |
|---|---|
| ISO 9001 |