Bird’s-eye view
© Laure Nashed
Elevations, top: from the north, bottom: from the south © Laure Nashed
Floor plan of the three studio houses with studio space, stair tower and housing © Laure Nashed
Model photos, top: Studio, below: Apartment © Laure Nashed
› 2016, Design project in the master studies at ETH Zurich with Prof. Gion A. Caminada.
› Can good architecture stem the migration in mountain villages? People once lived and worked in the Val Lumnezia valley in Switzerland. Over the last century, production increasingly disappeared from the villages and people moved away. The present project shows a proposed solution to make the merging of living and working places attractive in a contemporary village context.
Most of the building site is located on a north-facing slope, from where the access to the site is given. The slope reaches its highest point in a distance of 25m parallel to the street. It was precisely these topographical conditions and the solar radiation that were decisive for the design. Individual building volumes react to any given situation and are set precisely according to their use. The individual buildings form together a coherent conglomeration consisting of three apartment buildings, three workshops and three connecting stair towers. The dwelling houses are located on the highest point of the site and are facing southward.
The buildings slightly open up like a paper fan, which allows a transfer to the neighboring buildings as well as an adaptation to the road layout. The workshop buildings are positioned with the gable facing the street and rise above a cellar and garage floor. The entrances to the apartments and workshops are located opposite each other in the stair tower.
The house is designed as a timber frame construction and extends from one concrete stair tower to another. Narrow rooms connect the two views of the valley Vals and the nearby ski area. The living and dining room are positioned in between facing the south. Behind it, facing the north, are the bedrooms with own bathroom. The workshops are also constructed out of wood. The efficient supporting system of the wooden skeleton was used to reach a column-free space. In the inside the choice of material enhances the contrast between the concrete and the wooden structure. On the outside, a wooden dress is wrapped over the entire ensemble to merge the individual buildings.
› 2016, Design project in the master studies at ETH Zurich with Prof. Gion A. Caminada.
› Can good architecture stem the migration in mountain villages? People once lived and worked in the Val Lumnezia valley in Switzerland. Over the last century, production increasingly disappeared from the villages and people moved away. The present project shows a proposed solution to make the merging of living and working places attractive in a contemporary village context.
Most of the building site is located on a north-facing slope, from where the access to the site is given. The slope reaches its highest point in a distance of 25m parallel to the street. It was precisely these topographical conditions and the solar radiation that were decisive for the design. Individual building volumes react to any given situation and are set precisely according to their use. The individual buildings form together a coherent conglomeration consisting of three apartment buildings, three workshops and three connecting stair towers. The dwelling houses are located on the highest point of the site and are facing southward.
The buildings slightly open up like a paper fan, which allows a transfer to the neighboring buildings as well as an adaptation to the road layout. The workshop buildings are positioned with the gable facing the street and rise above a cellar and garage floor. The entrances to the apartments and workshops are located opposite each other in the stair tower.
The house is designed as a timber frame construction and extends from one concrete stair tower to another. Narrow rooms connect the two views of the valley Vals and the nearby ski area. The living and dining room are positioned in between facing the south. Behind it, facing the north, are the bedrooms with own bathroom. The workshops are also constructed out of wood. The efficient supporting system of the wooden skeleton was used to reach a column-free space. In the inside the choice of material enhances the contrast between the concrete and the wooden structure. On the outside, a wooden dress is wrapped over the entire ensemble to merge the individual buildings.
