Luna Productions

Apartment Building Deitingen

Apartment Building Deitingen
© Mark Drotsky

APARTMENT BUILDING DEITINGEN

luna productions

ARCHITECTS
luna productions

MANUFACTURERS
Laufen, VELUX Group, Villeroy & Boch, Concret, Wood

PHOTOGRAPHS
Mark Drotsky

AREA
436.0 m2

PROJECT YEAR
2018

LOCATION
Deitingen, Switzerland

CATEGORY
Residential

Text description provided by architect.

The new building marks the end of the built structure. Together with the carpenter’s shop across the street and the neighbouring residential buildings, it defines a common courtyard: a meeting place for the whole neighbourhood.

Apartment Building Deitingen
© Mark Drotsky
Apartment Building Deitingen
© Mark Drotsky

On the other side of the building emerges a private outdoor area at the creek with a view into the nature.

On a concrete foundation and under a gable roof, the two wooden cubes with an inverted corner stand angled to each other. The space between the cubes forms the entrance areas.

Apartment Building Deitingen
© Mark Drotsky
Apartment Building Deitingen
© Mark Drotsky

The breaking up and bending of the volume creates spaces and proportions that correspond to the small-scale environment.

Due to the separation into two volumes, each apartment has its own floor and the outdoor spaces are generous, despite the high density.

Apartment Building Deitingen
© Mark Drotsky
Apartment Building Deitingen
© Mark Drotsky

The dining area, around which all the rooms are arranged, is located in the centre of the apartments, facing south and towards the courtyard.

Materials in their raw form determine the apartments’ appearance, they will visibly age. Two fruit trees were shifted and integrated into the new environment.

Apartment Building Deitingen
© Mark Drotsky
Apartment Building Deitingen
© Mark Drotsky

A cherry tree had to give way to the new building but was erected again only a few meters from its original place, where it carries the roof with its branches.

A hybrid construction form with solid wood was used to design the building.

Apartment Building Deitingen
© Mark Drotsky
Apartment Building Deitingen
© Mark Drotsky

The exterior walls of the two cubes are made of laid sand-lime bricks, which were insulated on the outside and covered with a sawn spruce cladding.

The walls for the access are double-skinned, constructed with an outer layer of raw concrete.

Apartment Building Deitingen
© Mark Drotsky
Apartment Building Deitingen
© Mark Drotsky

As a stiffening element, this ensures earthquake resistance and meets the high requirements for acoustics and fire protection.

Thanks to the vapour diffusion-open construction of sand-lime brick and wood cladding, high standards for the living climate could be met.

Apartment Building Deitingen
© Mark Drotsky


Apartment Building Deitingen
© Mark Drotsky
Apartment Building Deitingen
© Mark Drotsky
Apartment Building Deitingen
© Mark Drotsky


Apartment Building Deitingen
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Site Plan
Apartment Building Deitingen
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Apartment Building Deitingen
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