Strandbad Tiefenbrunnen

This article is part of the Hidden Architecture Series “Tentative d’Épuisement” , where we explore the practice of an architectural criticism without rhetoric and based mainly on the physical experience of the work itself. Este artículo forma parte de la serie “Tentativa de Agotamiento” , comisariada por Hidden Architecture, donde exploramos la práctica de una crítica arquitectónica ausente de retórica y fundamentada sobre todo en la experiencia física de la propia obra. Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring The traffic that crosses Bellerivestrasse is, how could it be otherwise, abundant, annoying and always impertinent in an area of the city with the vocation of a haven of calm, almost bucolic nature. The Hornbach brook carried with impetuous effort the waters collected from the nearby woods and mountains, sometimes golden backdrop of sunsets, framing and defining the north bank of the Zürichsee. We have accompanied the roar of its spring rain, today the sun has finally risen after a week of leaden skies, from beyond the Botanical Garden. Crossing different neighbourhoods, streets and urban parks that have been left like forgotten islands, wrecks unconnected to the forest to which they once belonged, the accelerated singing of the birds of April has not been disturbed by any vehicle. The disappearance of the riverbed, of the wailing of its waters that now feel close to flowing, under the concrete and asphalt of a recent urban development of houses, they say, of celebrated disciplinary acclaim, somehow foreshadowed the trail of cars that, from here and in the direction of the lake, constitute a current difficult to overcome. El tráfico que atraviesa Bellerivestrasse es, cómo podría ser de otra manera, abundante, molesto y siempre impertinente en una zona de la ciudad con vocación de refugio de naturaleza sosegada, casi bucólica.