Designers sit at pink table and upon platform of subic scaffolding in concrete structure.

In Zurich, a New Mixed-Use Development Takes Some of Its Inspiration From Former Squatters

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In an affordable-housing complex in Zurich, Mätti Wüthrich, Eva Maria Küpfer, Alex Popert, Gaba Lopes, and Katharina Riedl live in movable structures inside an open communal space called a "hall." An arrangement traditionally found in squats, their home is the first legal example of hall living in Switzerland.