Atelier Kempe Thill

Monastery . Kappel am Albis

Atelier Kempe Thill . + baunetz

Invited international competition won by Atelier KempeThill in collaboration with BBZ landscape architects for the revitalization / development of 12th century Kappel Monastery near Zurich / Switzerland, a protected historical monumental complex that today serves as a seminar hotel and educational centre of the protestant church of Zurich.

During past centuries Monastery was altered, additions where made. The agricultural part of the monastery was extended and modernized. Original silluete was lost. Huge new roofs and vertical silos started to bother the image of the monastery - a postcard - like setting in the alpine upland.
Due to these reasons we propose as main strategies a new masterplan, a landscape design and a concept for new buildings.