Bernardo Bader Architekt ZT GmbH

Haus Am Stürcherwald

Haus Am Stürcherwald
© Gustav Willeit Guworld

HAUS AM STÜRCHERWALD

Bernardo Bader Architekten

CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR
Jürgen Haller | Mellau

TEAM
Philipp Bechter (PL), Joachim Ambrosig | Dornbirn

STRUCTURAL
Merz Kley Partner | Dornbirn

PHOTOGRAPHS
Gustav Willeit Guworld

AREA
200.0 m2

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
Laterns, Austria

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

1000 meters above sea level in the Vorarlberger village Laterns is the solitarily Haus am Stürcherwald situated. The plot of land was considered as unsuitable land since it is a remaining area in between a street section.

Haus Am Stürcherwald
© Gustav Willeit Guworld
Haus Am Stürcherwald
© Gustav Willeit Guworld

To profit from the fantastic view and reduce the impact to the land to a minimum the building is positioned at the very edge of the site and drafted in a compact, elongated form.

The design of the house is based on the traditional archetype agricultural houses and the typical Walserhouse. The gabled roof and the strict structured wooden facade are representing elements of the present.

Haus Am Stürcherwald
© Gustav Willeit Guworld
Haus Am Stürcherwald
© Gustav Willeit Guworld
Haus Am Stürcherwald
© Gustav Willeit Guworld

The tight layout and the strict organisation of the floor plan enable to get a maximum of natural light at the main floor.

The movement of the sun from the east loggia to the one in the west makes living in the mountains to a true experience.

The private rooms like bedrooms and bathrooms are situated at the top floor. These rooms are defined by white coated walls with a fine grained loam rendering.

Haus Am Stürcherwald
© Gustav Willeit Guworld
Haus Am Stürcherwald
© Gustav Willeit Guworld
Haus Am Stürcherwald
© Gustav Willeit Guworld

Interesting in spite of the easy cubing is the spatial sculptural linking between both floors. Some parts of the living area are reaching out to the roof top where open galleries correlate main floor with top floor.

The outer skin of the building is made of rough sawn larch slats in different widths. The inner construction is built out of the same wood but in a planed and sanded implementation.

On first sight Haus am Stürcherwald seems to be unspectacular but it is a convincing proof of reactivating the traditional building types without using any clichés of a classical Land- and Forest houses. It is a cultural achievement that also shows the context of the present time. On a closer inspection it disclose the subtly intervention.

Haus Am Stürcherwald
© Gustav Willeit Guworld
Haus Am Stürcherwald
© Gustav Willeit Guworld


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