The chosen entrance is located on a busy alley in the city center of Zürich. Inside the building there is a bookstore distributed on different floors. It stands out for its simple facade and the rectangular windows which are not common in that alley where most of the houses are old. The alley is slightly sloped.
The narrow windows and the thick walls hide the use of the ground floor from the people passing by. This forces them to stand right in front of the windows to see what is inside. This separation from the public alley to the bookstore makes the inside quiet and private. The bigger windows on the ground floor let you mistake them for the entrance. The entrance itself can be identified through a round corner on one side of the doorframe that continues in the window above.
The door opens automatically and is placed on a little step which accentuates the entrance. There is also a color switch already outside the door from the beige facade to the white rooms inside.
The sum up the entrance of a corner house in the city center of Zürich. The characteristics which let it stand out are the narrow and deep windows, the ‘hidden’ ground floor and the round corner from the entrance to the window in the upper level.
