Vacation Home in Rigi by AFGH
The building is located on the edge of the site, to maximize the distance with the neighbors and make room for another building. The basement concrete anchor the building to the slope of the land and houses access and services. About this is a volume of wood in the house, which appears as a boat. This floor overlooking eastward, protecting access.
The concrete chimney rises from the basement as a mast, and next to the concrete walls form the skeleton, which are located behind the two stairways that connect the 3 levels. The kitchen area is deliberately lower to recreate the feeling of space compact enclosures of mountain huts. The panoramic window fixed 5m long, which fits the incredible view of the landscape, introduces a contemporary modernity. The plant makes possible a polygonal space division differentiated and allows the chimney is the protagonist in the spaces. See more here
Location: Scheidegg, Switzerland
Architects: AFGH http://www.afgh.ch
Client: Andreas Fuhrimann, Gabrielle Hächler, Pius Sidler
Timber: Peter Camenzind AG Gersau
Year Project: 2002-2003
Year Built: 2003-2004
Surface: 242m2
Budget: 580000 CHF ($ 465000)
Pictures: Valentin Jeck
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