Bergmeisterwolf

Twisted House S Vacation Apartments

Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
© Gustav Willeit

TWISTED HOUSE S VACATION APARTMENTS

bergmeisterwolf architekten

ARCHITECTS IN CHARGE
Gerd Bergmeister, Michaela Wolf with A Saggio architecture

PHOTOGRAPHS
Gustav Willeit

AREA
615.0 m2

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
Brixen, Italy

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

Five vacation houses sharing the same basement (garage) are developed autonomously around a common courtyard in the upper levels.

Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
© Gustav Willeit
Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
© Gustav Willeit

In this way, the roofs of each unit have different shapes that blend with the landscape, remodeling and completing it.

The challenge is to find new proportions and relations with the existing, becoming part of the context and contributing with the construction of the place.

The compound is placed on a hillside and develops following the existing topography, stopping where the perimeter walls find the existing contour lines of the hill: architecture goes along with landscape.

Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
© Gustav Willeit
Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
© Gustav Willeit
Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
© Gustav Willeit

The buildings face the street on one side and the courtyard on the other, shaping this element both as an external space as an intimate and protected place immersed in nature.

Traditional materials such as wood and stone have been chosen: quarter logs for the facades and natural stone for the basement.

Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
© Gustav Willeit
Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
© Gustav Willeit

A wooden brise-soleil casts ever changing shadows on the interior, acting on the perception of time and space through the seasons.

Openings on vertical and horizontal planes of the building envelope frame unexpected views of the landscape and provide a dynamic light and shadow play on the five house volumes.

Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
© Gustav Willeit


Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
© Gustav Willeit
Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
© Gustav Willeit
Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
© Gustav Willeit
Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
© Gustav Willeit
Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
© Gustav Willeit
Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
© Gustav Willeit
Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
© Gustav Willeit
Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
© Gustav Willeit
Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
© Gustav Willeit
Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
© Gustav Willeit


Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
© Gustav Willeit
Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
© Gustav Willeit
Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
© Gustav Willeit


Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
Ground Floor Plan
Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
Second Floor Plan
Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
Third Floor Plan
Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
Site Plan


Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
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Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
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Twisted House S Vacation Apartments
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Bergmeisterwolf
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Bergmeisterwolf
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