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A home is more than a floor plan. It is daylight, routine, and the people who live in it. We shape every room around how you live, so form and function work as one.
A residential design practice creating timeless, functional homes for contemporary living.
See projectsA home is more than a floor plan. It is daylight, routine, and the people who live in it. We shape every room around how you live, so form and function work as one.
Proportion, light, and material decide how a room feels. We draw every detail until it does its job.
You work with one point of contact who coordinates every step, from the first site visit to the day you move in.
We run each project turnkey and keep design, quality, schedule, and budget in view at every stage.
Plans, sections, and details drawn around how you live.
Construction run with trusted builders, on schedule and on site.
Existing homes reworked for more light, more space, and less energy.
Interiors, joinery, and furniture that finish the house.
Neue Habitat brings architecture, construction, and interiors into one studio, so the technical work and the craft stay connected.
Every detail carries our name: we draw it, we build it, and we stand behind it after you move in.
Lena Hartmann, Founding architect
Talk to the studioCreative in concept, precise in detail.
Zurich · 2025 · New build
Basel · 2024 · New build
Lucerne · 2023 · Renovation
Notes on light, material, and how homes are made.
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