Silvaplana: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Graubünden · FSO no. 3790 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’051
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 33
- Median utilization
- 7 %
Canton: 8 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.07
Canton: 0.08
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 11.3 m
Canton: 9.2 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.9
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Silvaplana
Silvaplana is a municipality in the canton of Graubünden. The parcel data lists 1’051 parcels in 33 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (399), Übriges Gemeindegebiet (108) and Forstwirtschaftszone (54).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 7 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 42 %. The canton median is 8 %, close to the level of Silvaplana.
The median building height is 11.3 m at 2.9 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 116 % (44 parcels), higher than the 58 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 399 | 0 % |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 108 | 0 % |
| Forstwirtschaftszone | 54 | 0 % |
| Alter Dorfteil Silvaplana und Champfèr | 52 | 52 % |
| Wohnzone V, Erschliessungsetappe 2 | 45 | 0 % |
| Dorfkernzone Silvaplana und Champfèr | 43 | 80 % |
| Bauzone mit rechtsgültiger Quartierplanung III | 40 | 44 % |
| Wohnzone II | 39 | 44 % |
| Bauzone mit rechtsgültiger Quartierplanung IV | 37 | 35 % |
| Bauzone mit rechtsgültiger Quartierplanung I | 33 | 68 % |
| Wohnzone V | 31 | 0 % |
| Grundnutzungsflächen mit nicht vorbehaltloser Genehmigung | 18 | 45 % |
| Other zones (21) | 152 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’014 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 42 %. The median is 7 % and the mean 44 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %78 %
- 50 % to below 100 %12 %
- 100 % to below 150 %7 %
- 150 % and above3 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’014 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.38. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.30.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5079 %
- 0.50 to below 1.009 %
- 1.00 to below 1.506 %
- 1.50 and above7 %
Building height
Of the 321 parcels with a value, half lie between 9.6 m and 13.4 m. The median is 11.3 m and the mean 11.5 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m8 %
- 8 m to below 12 m53 %
- 12 m to below 20 m37 %
- 20 m and above1 %
Number of floors
Of the 343 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.1 and 3.4. The median is 2.9 and the mean 2.8.
Share of parcels by range
- below 213 %
- 2 to below 321 %
- 3 to below 562 %
- 5 and above4 %
Building age cohorts
Mean volume utilization of the parcels built inside each window, from all years on record down to the last five. The windows overlap: the last 20 years include the last 5.
| Built in | Parcels | Mean utilization |
|---|---|---|
| All years | 1’051 | 58 % |
| Last 60 years | 239 | 111 % |
| Last 40 years | 132 | 120 % |
| Last 20 years | 44 | 116 % |
| Last 15 years | 30 | 110 % |
| Last 10 years | 21 | 112 % |
| Last 5 years | 7 | 126 % |
How to read this page
room shows observed built density: what has been built on the parcels, not what the zoning permits. Volume utilization (ratioV) compares the built volume of a parcel with the reference volume of its municipal zone type. The floor-area ratio (GFZ) is floor area divided by parcel area; building height and number of floors are taken from the buildings on a parcel. Figures pool all municipal zones of the area. Medians and quartiles are read from bins 10 points (ratioV), 0.1 (GFZ), 2 m (height) and 1 floor wide, so they are exact to within one bin; means are exact. A parcel counts in a distribution only when the parcel data has a value for it. The floors distribution leaves out parcels without a building (0 floors).