HouseVariety: St. Joseph / By Wolfgang Tschapeller Architect

Niederösterreich, Austria
Wolfgang Tschapeller Architect
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

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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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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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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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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.