House in Scaiano / Wespi de Meuron Romeo architects

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Caviano, Switzerland
  • Architects: Wespi de Meuron Romeo architects: Markus Wespi Jérôme de Meuron architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  330
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2005
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Sto
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Text description provided by the architects. This house for vacations is located at the border of a small historical village, which is still quite good preserved. There is a beautiful view over the lake and towards the mountains.

It's only possible to reach the house by foot. There isn't a street leading close to the site, what made the construction more difficult.

House in Scaiano / Wespi de Meuron Romeo architects - Interior Photography, Table, Chair

The house defines the border of the historical village, so we created a sort of a boundary wall where you can live inside. It was important to get the permission for a flat roof (what usually is impossible in a historical area) to create a simple cube like a wall. Even as important as the form was to use the same material (natural stones) the walls in this area are made with.

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Without the old roof we obtained a new abstract form, which is modern and at the same time very old. The walls haven't been changed in any way, it was like this long time before, but it was invisible.

House in Scaiano / Wespi de Meuron Romeo architects - Exterior Photography, Windows

The house is very small and there wasn't enough space to integrate also the bathroom in the existing volume. So it's hidden underneath the ground to be able to leave the appearance of the house like it was before.

House in Scaiano / Wespi de Meuron Romeo architects - Interior Photography, Kitchen, Table, Countertop, Chair

In the inside there were a lot of different levels which gave the character of the house. They have been maintained and connected by a lot of small stairs.

The windows have been placed at the inside or the outside of the walls, so depending the point of view some are visible and some are not, they seems not to be at all.

House in Scaiano / Wespi de Meuron Romeo architects - Exterior Photography, Table, Chair, Windows

Some inside walls were slanting and they haven't been corrected, they even have been increased to obtain a aspect more massive

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Cite: "House in Scaiano / Wespi de Meuron Romeo architects" 19 Apr 2009. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/19797/house-in-scaiano-wespi-de-meuron> ISSN 0719-8884

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