Niederösterreich, Austria
Wolfgang Tschapeller Architect
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lukas Schaller |
The house design was formed a
concrete to be made habitable independent of the building site. The concrete shell was positioned at the edge of the remainder of a plain along the
Danube floodplains. Its basic measurements reached 615 cm by 620 cm by 2230 cm.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lukas Schaller |
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The concrete form was arranged on 4 supports – one one-legged element, two two-legged elements and one three-legged element.
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Its distance from the ground extended from 120 cm to 210 cm. A second form, soft, white and independent of the outer shell, was arranged within the concrete shell. The white form opens up and programs made habitable. The concrete shell’s inner area was 2165 cm long and approx. 515 cm high. There were two interleaved forms, each with a different hardness and materiality.
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The box house was a family home in Austria. The unique house was called Single Family House St Joseph.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lukas Schaller |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lukas Schaller |
The exposed concrete structure showed irregular-shaped windows and sat on four supporting legs. A shallow pit had been discovered underneath the hovering building. It could be abused as a car port or storage space. Despite the flat planes of the exterior shell, the interior space showed a series of faceted walls.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lukas Schaller |
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Oddly-shaped rooms and windows were formed. The interior spaces were covered completely in white, with the exception of wooden flooring in some rooms and the treads of the staircase, which cantilever out of the wall.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lukas Schaller |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lukas Schaller |
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| lower floor plan--drawing © Courtesy of Wolfgang Tschapeller Architect |
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| upper floor plan--drawing © Courtesy of Wolfgang Tschapeller Architect |
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| section--drawing © Courtesy of Wolfgang Tschapeller Architect |
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| model--drawing © Courtesy of Wolfgang Tschapeller Architect |
Project Data
Project name: St. Joseph
Location: Niederösterreich, Austria
Program: Single family house
Year: 2005 - 2007
The people
Architects: Wolfgang Tschapeller Architect
Project team: Wolfgang Tschapeller ZT GmbH with Wolfram Mehlem and Jesper Bork.
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