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Single-Family House in Rodersdorf

Exterior view
Exterior view
Panoramic window,  living room
Entrance facade
Living room
Skylight in the living room
Staircase
Kitchen and Staircase
Top-floor bedroom
Basement bathroom
Skylight above the top landing
Basement floor
Basement floor
Ground floor
Ground floor
1st floor
1st floor
2nd floor
2nd floor
Long section
Long section
Long section
Long section
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Location: Rodersdorf
Date: Fertigstellung: 2015/2016
Site area: 693 m2
Building footprint: 85 m2
Living area: 172 m2

Berrel Berrel Kräutler Architekten AG
Maurice Berrel, Jürg Berrel, Raphael Kräutler

Projectarchitect: Annina Baumgartner

Project participants
Client: Privat
Wood construction engineer: PM Mangold Holzbau
Photography: Eik Frenzel

0169Single-Family House in Rodersdorf

This prefab­ricated wooden house stands on a slop­ing parcel with a view of the hills of Alsace. The cubature of this single-family home exemplifies the skilful uti­liza­tion of building regula­tions, and decon­structs the interior into split-levels in a way that pro­duces four indepen­dent residen­tial levels. The roof, along with the con­tigu­ous facades, is clad in a copper-titanium-zinc alloy, while the long sides are covered in an airy wooden slat con­struc­tion. The material­iza­tion of the facades empha­sizes the idio­syn­cratic volumetry of this wooden house. 

The overall structure is defined by the wooden shell that is sus­pen­ded below the roof, and which contains the upper stories. The extremely tall space between the shell and the build­ing enve­lope is the high­light of the house, as well as its centre. It is linked to the out­doors via a large window. Narrow sky­lights in the roof and along the sus­pen­ded shell admit light into the sculp­tural interior. Within, the core element is the built-in wooden furniture, which parti­tions and links the areas of the entry area, ward­robe, kitchen, dining area, living area, and lounge. The precise car­pen­try work allows specific uti­liza­tions to vanish into the abstract sculp­ture.

Circula­tion in the upper stories of the sus­pen­ded shell is via a mini­malist stair­case with solid, wall-braced treads. The bed­room, office, and bath­room are separa­ted by built-in wall cabi­nets. Walls and doors are aligned to form straight lines without pro­ject­ing parts.