VPS


ADDRESS // BIRMENSDORFERSTRASSE 271, CH-8055 ZÜRICH //  JASSA 44, CH-7542 SUSCH // 
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VPS is a Zurich-based office for architecture founded by Florian von Planta and Ansgar Stadler. The practice 
operates at the intersection of design, structure, economy, climate, and energy, developing architecture through 
close interdisciplinary collaboration and precise spatial thinking. VPS seeks to establish architecture as an integrative 
process in which typology, construction, environmental performance, and economic logic are considered 
simultaneously rather than sequentially.




TEAM

Florian von Planta, MSc Arch ETH SIA
Ansgar Stadler, MSc Arch ETH SIA
Vinzenz Leuppi, MSc Arch ETH SIA












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2606RE:MIX
Visitor CenterCompetition – 1. PRIZE20262602THEATHER OF THERMO.
Winter School
Academic20262506INVERTED SAUNASaunaPrivate2025 - ongoing2503CROQUE MADAMESchoolCompetition20252301REPOWERING ArticleWriting20252408SOLAR LABORATORYSummer SchoolAcademic20242401LE LOCLEHousingPrivate20242308    SOLAR GRILL PROTOTYPEInstallationResidency20232107FEIERABENDSTRASSEHousingPrivate202323068400+InfrastrctureStudy2023
2303APPROACHABLE BUNKERArt StorageStudy20232106NACLInstallationAcademic20212102PARTICLE ANIMATORInstallationAcademic2021
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8400 +
The Schweizer Bundesbahn (SBB) is no longer a mere transport company but has turned into a real estate developer, owning transport hubs, shopping malls, office and residential buildings at the most central sites in the cities of Switzerland. One of the fastest growing transport hubs is Winterthur’s railways station, which has to be expanded extensively to accommodate growing passenger numbers.  

The project 8400+ proposes an alternative development of the main station driven by material and social sustainability: The existing park deck above the rails, a battered and gloomy structure from the 1990s, is transformed into a light-flooded entrance hall. In this process, passenger flows are reorganized and public uses are added. A light steel structure is placed on top of the existing, the ceiling is opened at specific points in order to connect the perrons to the new main hall. The roof collects solar energy and rainwater to cool the station, one of the hottest places in the city, while a light membrane façade continues to allow air to circulate from the tracks’ cold air corridor. Where cars used to park, a public infrastructure is created, serving the visitors and residents of Winterthur.