Understand the constraints
Planning requirements, existing buildings and your site’s key opportunities.
Architecture · ZurichIndependent thinking. Clear solutions.
One stepahead.
Recognise potential.
Develop architecture.
I bring together spatial quality, planning expertise and economic thinking — from a site’s potential to architecture with purpose.
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Setback areas
Schematic design study · not a planning compliance assessmentThe first step01 / 05
Understand first.
Then decide.
A specific property.
A focused feasibility study.
Before a purchase, an alteration or a new development, I assess what your site makes possible. The study combines planning requirements, architectural options and economic plausibility.
Compare the possibilities
Spatial options, potential uses and the floor areas and volumes that matter.
Know the next step
A reasoned recommendation, outstanding questions and a clear direction.
The assessment can be commissioned independently. We agree the scope, fee and timing before starting — you then decide how to proceed.
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Services.
From the first assessment
to further design.
01Analysis.
Identify potential and assess feasibility.
I examine the site, existing buildings and the relevant requirements of the PBG, BZO and other applicable frameworks. Development density, volume, heights, setbacks, building lines and access are assessed in the context of your project.
The result: clear constraints, viable development directions and an early understanding of the questions that need further investigation.
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02Design.
Develop architectural concepts and alternatives.
The analysis becomes a spatial concept. I explore development options, uses, floor areas and volumes in relation to the surrounding urban context.
Architectural quality, function, the prospect of planning approval and economic objectives are considered together from the outset.
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03Development.
Refine the design and coordinate specialist input.
I develop construction, materials and technical solutions and coordinate the architectural work with specialist consultants and other project participants.
The client’s requirements, statutory provisions and economic objectives remain integral to the design as it develops.
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04Approval &
delivery.
Prepare the application. Consider the delivery.
I prepare the architectural documentation for the building permit application and support coordination with authorities and consultants. Architectural tender and detailed design work can be commissioned in subsequent stages.
Specialist assessments, site management and other services are handled with the appointed specialists. Responsibilities and interfaces are agreed before each stage.
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Every stage has a clearly agreed scope of services.Discuss working together
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One step
ahead.
Consider the next stage early.
I examine the key questions of the next stage during the current work, making spatial, planning and construction dependencies visible earlier.
Be precise where it matters.
Where it supports a decision, approval-related dimensions, heights and setbacks are developed at preliminary design stage. The depth of work follows the task and agreed commission.
Decide on clear foundations.
Alternatives, assumptions and outstanding questions are presented transparently, establishing a sound basis for the next commission.
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From site potential
to delivery.
Experience applied to real projects. Examples from my professional work — with a clearly identified project context and scope of involvement.
since 2024Opfikon ZH
Mixed-use buildingDesign · Planning application · Tendering
Opfikon ZH
Mixed-use buildingProject context
Residential and commercial project in collaboration with Oswald Architekten AG, Oberglatt.
My contribution
Architectural work across successive stages: design, building permit documentation and tendering.
Schaffhauserstrasse 59 · Opfikon ZH
Partial demolition and new residential / commercial building
Drawing: Oswald Architekten AG. Original site plan scale: 1:500 on A3; on-screen display is not to scale.
Original plan PDF2021–2023Postareal Obfelden
Housing · ZurichFeasibility study · Project development
Postareal Obfelden
Housing · ZurichProject context
Housing project for omera AG during my independent project development work.
My contribution
Preparation of a residential project study.
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2021–2023Kratz development
Residential developmentFeasibility study · Project development
Kratz development
Residential developmentProject context
Housing project for Akkurat AG (SG) during my independent project development work.
My contribution
Preparation of a project study for a residential development.
2021–2023Heckenweg, Lindau (DE)
Residential development · Lake ConstanceIndependent practice
Heckenweg, Lindau (DE)
Residential development · Lake ConstanceProject context
Residential project in Lindau, Germany, for Schönes & Nachhaltiges Wohnen am Bodensee GmbH.
My contribution
Architectural project work during my period of independent practice from January 2021 to February 2023.
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Baumschlager-EberleDietrich | Untertrifaller
Design, team leadership and international project work, including contributions to UNAIDS/WHO Geneva and ETH Zurich.
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Years of experience.
SchweizÖsterreichDeutschland
Mateusz
Kropop
Architect and real estate economist.
I combine architectural design with an understanding of sites, planning requirements and economic relationships. My approach is shaped by more than 25 years of experience in Switzerland, Austria and Germany.
TU DarmstadtDipl.-Ing. Architect
European Business SchoolImmobilienökonom (ebs)
TU ŁódźMaster of Engineering in Architecture
Austrian Chamber of ArchitectsMember since 07/2004
For clients and design partners
Private clients · Property owners · Investors · Developers · Housing cooperatives · Architectural practices