Atelierhouse
Footprint
The existing house is in a critical condition after 70 years and is being replaced with a new building The building and the new garden take on the footprint of the existing property. The kinked volume breaks up the façade front and gives the building a dynamic, reinforced by the slightly sloping terrain
conical rhombus
The “cranked” gable roof reduces the height of the building and mediates between the two adjacent buildings through the projecting loggias. The tapering of the gable fronts allows the adjacent houses to continue to enjoy views to the south (and sunlight) and north (lake).
section, the heart of the house
The internal, counter-rotating, cascade-like access is the backbone, the heart of the house. The transparent steel staircase provides views across the three floors with the lower and upper entrances. The basement is integrated into the building as a fully-fledged storey via the gallery. Inclined, full-length mirrors extend the stairwell into a space of experience, turning it into a kind of hall of mirrors (Spiegelkabinett).
outdoor space
The old vineyard house facing the lake, the new building and the residential block on Bahnhofstrasse form an ensemble. The new, shared garden is planted with trees in the extension of the terrace of the old building in the style of the former garden. At the same time, it forms a shared outdoor space with the lower house. Two tall trees on Gütschliweg mark the lower entrance (with ramp and small staircase) and the upper entrance zone. The slightly recessed outdoor space of the two lower studios and the existing hill leads over to the vineyard house.
façade, the construction; a timber house
The building has a classic, three-part structure: a base to accommodate the sloping terrain, two full storeys and a gabled, “broken up” top floor. The timber façade consists of a circumferential, standardized, “upright” window front and vertical formwork with strong 20 cm boards, painted silver and with red recessed joints. The architecture deliberately refers to simple storage buildings (sheds) and former manufactories as “outbuildings” in the former orchard.
The staircase is realized as a “sound buffer” in concrete. The prefabricated façade elements and ceilings and the attached folding roof are constructed with 16 cm CLT panels - a modern timber construction. This corresponds to the latest concepts of ecological hybrid buildings.
Parking spaces
Due to the optimal connection to the OV, underground parking has been dispensed with and the number of above-ground parking spaces reduced to a minimum
