Location: Zurich, Switzerland.

Architect: Camenzind Evolution.

Cocoon is located in Zurich’s Seefeld district on a beautiful hillside, with excellent lake and mountain views. It is a freestanding sculptural volume that gracefully spirals up from the park, combining visual privacy with restrained elegance. It is an innovative conception of interior spatial organization and interaction with the surrounding environment, with its spiral massing creating a unique spatial configuration and working environment in a matchless setting. The floorspace design of Cocoon is occupancy-neutral and provides for flexible partitioning and adaptability to meet the needs of future users. It features a light-flooded, upwardly widening atrium and a circulation and communication ramp. The facade assembly adds a note of subtlety and sophistication to the overall composition, wrapping the building in a fine, the almost scaly veil of stainless steel wire mesh. It was completed in 2007.