Residential building Schartentrottenstrasse 11, Baden AG

The compact reinforced concrete building, with its scattered windows, sits at the end of a row of four seamlessly connected terraced houses, nestled amongst the lush greenery of a quiet cul-de-sac on the Lägern slope.

Built between 1961 and 1963, this early work by Messmer and Graf Architects is characterised by the use of exposed concrete as a design element on the façades and by the multi-faceted, segmented flat roofs.

Our Questions

Will it get too hot indoors during the summer in the future?
Will the damage to reinforced concrete – which is already costly to treat today – be accelerated by climate change?
What effective methods and techniques will we need in future to maintain exposed concrete?
What maintenance measures can owners carry out on an ongoing basis to prevent costly full-scale renovations?

Concrete corrosion and spalling, Schartentrottenstrasse, Baden — Corrosion of the reinforcement causes the concrete to spall.

Participants

Anjo Weichbrodt, project team member
Private ownership
Heiko Dobler, Deputy Cantonal monument conservator, Canton of Aargau