* Residential Architecture: House for 6 Families by L3P Architects

Residential Architecture: House for 6 Families by L3P Architects: “..The architectural expression is essentially defined through the location of the property, with its unique panorama view, and the historical reference to the castle town. Each of the apartments located on the three floors of the two house sections differ in floor plan, height and proportion..The centre of every apartment is formed through the lounge room, adorned with high ceilings (3.4m) and ceiling to floor windows to the south side. The interplay between the partly winding, narrow and castle-like private rooms and the open and light-flooded ‘public’ rooms, gives the separate apartments their quality and layout composure..The consequent use of height offset in the separate apartments allows a layout in both attic apartments which is vertically orientated; the rooms are over each other and are staggered on the mezzanine to the lounge room. The long, 2m high corner windows and the glazed loggias allow a unique panorama..The interaction with the proportions of the window surfaces, the over-long windows and super-elevated balconies in the centre of both houses fool the eye, the individual apartments are not comprehensible from the outside. The ‘castle’ character of the north façade, with ‘arrow-slit’ like windows, orientates itself on the historical fundamental structure of Regensberg..” Extensive glazing, natural light, views; interesting fenestration, form, interior volumes..

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image: © Vito Stallone; article: “House for 6 Families / L3P Architects” 27 Nov 2012. ArchDaily. <http://www.archdaily.com/298538&gt;

* Residential Architecture: 2Verandas House by Gus Wüstemann

Residential Architecture: 2Verandas House by Gus Wüstemann: “..This is a house for a young South African family in Erlenbach, just outside Zurich, Switzerland, along the lake.The plot is in a suburban context and therefore pretty dense with family homes, typical for the area. The site is on a slope, where on top there are beautiful views to the lake with evening sun and at the lower part there is a group of smaller family houses..The clients asked us for a solution for a house that made most of the big plot, wanting a view, but not end up with a house on top of the hill and a rest of a garden down below..Our solution for this plot was to occupy the periphery of the site, with the main house on top of the hill and the pool house at the bottom, both houses connected through a solid stony promenade: 2 verandas..By occupying the periphery:  there is one veranda at the top, the promenade is going alongside the eastern border of the plot leading to the south end, there is a park in the middle of the site..The park can be consumed as nature from all three sides and therefore there is no ‚left over’ of  land. The stony promenade connects the two verandas, is a site of its own, where you walk or sit and enjoy the view to the lake or the park. With the promenade, the garden moves up to the level of the living room and it connects all levels of the house with the garden..The main house is a stony, concrete, hammer shaped volume over two levels, that contains the living rooms. In the upper part is the public living room for invitations and dining with a beautiful view over the lake of Zurich. On the ground level is the family lounge with an exterior patio that can be joined as one room with the living room.  All the windows disappear and the inside and outside patio become one. That patio connects all bedrooms and is a lounge to sit together privately and watch a movie..The circulations in and out of that space are controlled by concrete volumes at the ceiling that condense the space through mass and light and slow the circulation..The two rooms are crossed above each other, at the ground floor level we pull a wooden curtain around the concrete volume to create the private sleeping quarters..The upper living room has a shark fin like shape, so the space is very high at the back of the space with northern sky lights, and is lower at the front to frame the view..The inside and the outside are joined, as we let all the windows disappear, so there is only the concrete mass left. The inside becomes a covered  outside spacer:  Mediterranean feeling in the northern hemisphere..The absence of the window is the essential instrument to actually unite in and outside space; it is the glass itself that reminds us of the border of in and outside. In many projects nowadays this fact is neglected or simply ignored and therefor glass is used in an extensive way..We chose natural and raw materials like concrete, travertine or wood. The concrete is formed and communicates with the space through light gaps that give that extra feeling of finesse to the shear mass of the concrete. Throughout the whole house indirect lights are giving directions, and attract the periphery of the spaces rather than the center. The indirect light is creating the atmosphere..On the underground floor there is a gym, a movie room and wine cellar all arranged around the light up masses of the concrete that give the house a whole different playful area. There is raw concrete and raw wood and therefor a lot of texture..”  Interesting form(s), interior volumes and fenestration; extensive glazing, natural light, lake views..

See our post on another home by Gus Wüstemann: Residential Architecture: Feldbalz House by Gus Wüstemann.

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image: © Bruno Helbling; article: Hernandez , Diego . “2Verandas / Gus Wüstemann” 16 Oct 2012. ArchDaily. <http://www.archdaily.com/281278&gt;

* Residential Architecture: Feldbalz House by Gus Wüstemann

Residential Architecture: Feldbalz House by Gus Wüstemann: “..This project is not a house but a family sculpture looking for freedom and social interaction..The created sculpture contains family life, where everybody meets and circulates on the first floor, while providing a great view over the lake of Zurich..This sculpture separates the parents’ area, which is on top of the sculpture, and the children’s area, which lies underneath..The whole construction rests on the volume of the fireplace; an element of content and emotion..There are no walls or recognizable architectural elements; you are either in the public figure, above or underneath it..The sculpture frees the “building” of the normally so obviously recognizable building regulations..”  Extensive glazing, abundant natural light, views;  balconies, terrace, indoor / outdoor sensibility..

image: © Bruno Helbling; article: “Feldbalz House / Gus Wüstemann” 30 Jul 2012. ArchDaily. <http://www.archdaily.com/258051&gt;

* Residential Architecture: Seewurfel by Camenzind Evolution

Residential Architecture: Seewurfel by Camenzind Evolution: “..The project Seewurfel (“Lake Cubes”) is based on a concept of piazzas that were created by the careful positioning of the eight buildings. The individually landscaped piazzas and external spaces create a variety of different environments to be used and enjoyed by the occupants and their neighbors. A system of layering and framing, reflecting that of historic neighboring buildings, was used to create depth and give structure to the facades. Based on these concepts, the plan and size of each building was individually determined by its function, the orientation of windows according to lake views, the external piazzas, and the relationship to the neighboring buildings..”  Luxurious finishings, precision details, very interesting exterior cladding (CamenzindEvolution specifically developed a new silicon-bonded timber-glass-panel cladding system)..

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