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The project Summer House in Southern Burgenland (Austria) describes a sharp-edged cubature which fits into its surroundings through its simplicity and homogeneous appearance.
In being used as a summer house, and by virtue of the installation of a wine cellar with production surfaces at a later date, the building’s design is oriented by the cubature of the Kellerstöckel (wine house), typical of the Southern Burgenland region.
The cellar contains rooms for wine storage and production; the above ground rooms are for residential use. The cellar has been executed in a ferroconcrete massive construction. The ground floor and first floor were constructed as a pure wood construction. Here, the undisguised wooden cross layer elements were rendered effective not only in their structural-static functions but also as design elements. As a counter weight, the wooden construction material employed on a large-scale stands vis-à-vis exposed concrete and steel materials. The materials were consciously employed in an untreated, undisguised state; in their combination, they form a homogeneous ambiance.
As the summer house is not inhabited during the winter months, a larch grid mantle was developed which can be shut completely. During the uninhabited winter months, the house is thus unobtrusively and sculpturally situated in the landscape. In order to achieve this, folding and flap shutters were developed which, when shut, flush with the façade and, also coated with rhombus boarding, melt into the mantle. In the summer, the shutters work against aestival overheating: when opened – as canopies – and when shut. The sharp edges of the cubature are formed by copper corner plates.
The terrace area, also formulated as a larch grid, forms a sort of shadow of the building. The mantle is thus carried forward in design in the outside space.
Project Details:
Project Title: Summer House in Southern Burgenland
Address: A-7535, Deutsch Tschantschendorf 130, Oberbergen, Austria
Planning: Judith Benzer Architektur
Contact: office@judithbenzer.com
Photography: Martin Weiß
9 Comments
I like this, but how does the roof shed water? Waterproof membrane and concealed gutters and downspouts?
nice, compact, clean home!
I can't imagine that those stairs don't bounce though.
Great project! I wouldn't need any more than this.
Stunning minimalism.
Lovely project. Enamoured by the landscaping/deck.
Still think H&dM has a better commentary on the "house".
This is a great compilation/composition of materials; and there is certainly something sacred about enveloping a house with the same material.
Let's hope those details weather well.
lovely house. the landscaping is a little too "scorched earth" for me - otherwise nice project.
stroke123
May 7, 12 12:05 pm
I like this, but how does the roof shed water? Waterproof membrane and concealed gutters and downspouts?"
any architect, aside from those who only work with 3D CAD, know that nothing is as simple as it looks... ofcourse there is more to the eye in every detail.
!!!!!poetic and realistic beautiful
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