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Spado Architects

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© Kurt Kuball

ARCHITECTS
Spado Architects

LOCATION
Austria

CATEGORY
Houses

AREA
161.0 sqm

YEAR
2013

PHOTOGRAPHS
Kurt Kuball

STRUCTURAL CONSULTANT
Consultant: Kastner Zt Gmbh

PROJECT MANAGERS
Hannes Schienegger, Harald Weber

SITE AREA
3467 Sqm

House SPI
© Kurt Kuball
House SPI
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House SPI
© Kurt Kuball

The expressive silhouette of the contour building.The property on which the building stands is situated around 1100 m above sea level on the Saualm in the Görtschitz Valley in Carinthia.

The contractor wished for a new interpretation of an Alpine farmhouse, a contemporary interpretation of rural architecture.

House SPI
© Kurt Kuball
House SPI
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The two-storey building is designed as a base in solid construction with an overlying timber frame construction. The ridge of the roof runs from north to south.

The projection of the upper floor to the south creates a covered patio on the ground floor and a covered outer area upstairs.

House SPI
© Kurt Kuball
House SPI
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Which also acts as a sunshade towards the south for the full-surface glazing of the separable living room on this level.

The architecture relies on functionality and restraint and is characterised by its renunciation of the superfluous.

Local larch was used for the wooden façade and the wooden roof. The roof pitch also corresponds with local conditions.

House SPI
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House SPI
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By these means, associations are generated with rural architecture, such as mood, settled life, history, identity and homeland.

At this altitude, larch weathers to a silvery-grey and produces a natural patina that leads to the harmony between the building and the surrounding landscape.

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House SPI
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