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VPS is a Zurich-based office for architecture. 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
Vinzenz Leuppi, MSc Arch ETH SIA
Ansgar Stadler, MSc Arch ETH SIA
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Visitor CenterCompetition – 1. PRIZE20262602THEATHER OF THERMO.
Winter School
Academic2026
2512BEYOND THE HORIZON
MuseumStudy20252505INVERTED SAUNASaunaPrivate2025 - ongoing2503CROQUE MADAMESchoolCompetition20252301REPOWERING ArticleWriting20252408SOLAR LABORATORYSummer SchoolAcademic20242401LE LOCLEHousingPrivate20242308 SOLAR GRILL PROTOTYPEInstallationResidency20232107FEIERABENDSTRASSEHousingPrivate202323068400+InfrastrctureStudy2023
2303APPROACHABLE BUNKERArt StorageStudy20232106NACLInstallationAcademic20212102PARTICLE ANIMATORInstallationAcademic2021
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CROQUE MADAME
The “Seefeld School” is situated at the intersection of diverse requirements and interests. "Croque Madame" proposes a compact building with the smallest possible footprint, maximizing green and open spaces while extending the existing vegetation corridor along the Wildbach to create a continuous ecological axis.
The building continues the central axis of the existing campus, forming a sequence of interconnected outdoor spaces that serve both the school and the wider community. Public functions on the first floor are accessed via a covered external gallery, reducing the heated volume while providing sheltered outdoor learning spaces. At the heart of the project, reused steel beams from the former sports hall form a full-height truss supporting the gymnasiums above and below, making circular construction a defining architectural and structural principle. Together with naturally ventilated spaces and a carefully integrated landscape, the proposal combines efficiency, buildability, and generosity, embodying both material and social sustainability.
with UT SOL (landscape) Erik Bydal/ Lucian Ramaj (structural engineering)