This balcony is located at Dialogweg 3 in Leutschenbach in Zurich Oerlikon. The building is part of the Hunziker Areal and was designed by the architectural firm Miroslav Sik. The building has five floors, on which people primarily live. The rooms on the ground floor are built about 40 centimeters higher than the rooms on the upper floors.
I think the reason for the higher rooms on the ground floor is that the premises are to be used for a purpose other than living.
The floor plan of the building is not rectangular. This characteristic is also transferred to the adjacent balcony, whose shape is determined by the angle of the building’s facade.
The balcony is made up of several slabs and three columns that have been stacked on top of each other. It looks as if the balcony is external to the house and not integrated into the facade of the building. Besides the 10 m2 large balcony, the residents have another access to the open air through floor-level windows, which are equipped with a railing. It is interesting that the large balcony is strongly related to the adjacent mini balcony, although they are used in a completely different way due to their size. While the mini balcony is intended to provide more light inside due to the larger windows, the main balcony is more of an extension of the living area, as it is only accessible via the living room. This extension of living space can also be seen in the way the residents decorate their balcony. For example, residents on the top floor use the ropes of the sun sail construction to embellish their balcony. When needed, the sun sail can be easily rolled out.The lower balconies are already protected from the sun by the stacking of the balconies. Another special feature of the balcony on the highest floor is the facade. In contrast to the balconies on the lower floors, a light brown and vertically running grooved structure is used for the facade here. The facade of lower balconies consists of a light, smoothly finished surface. These two components define the facade of the whole building. The light surface was used around all openings in the facade, such as windows or doors. Large facade areas are covered with the grooved structure surface.
