Spillmann Echsle Architects AG

House Uesslingen

House Uesslingen
© Roger Frei

HOUSE UESSLINGEN

Spillmann Echsle Architekten

YEAR
2008

LOCATION
Uesslingen-buch, Switzerland

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

The 300 sqm single family house lies on a slope at the edge of the village of Üsslingen in the Canton Thurgau. It is a prefabricated timber construction on a pre-cast concrete basement. 

House Uesslingen
© Roger Frei
House Uesslingen
© Roger Frei

The positioning of the building itself results from the topographical conditions.

The house is entered on the top floor (living area). From there one descends down past the sleeping area on the middle floor to the basement (work/cellar) and further on to the outdoor pool on the terrace.

House Uesslingen
© Roger Frei
House Uesslingen
© Roger Frei

The idea of the triple sawtooth roof originally derives from the local building laws that only allow pitched roofs, the latter of which connotate with the typical factory roof when lined up in a series.

Thus the top floor of this small “factory for living” is divided into three areas for working, cooking and living.


House Uesslingen
Floor Plan
House Uesslingen
Floor Plan
House Uesslingen
Roof Plan


House Uesslingen
Section
House Uesslingen
Sections


House Uesslingen
Elevations
House Uesslingen
Elevations


House Uesslingen
Situation Plan

Spillmann Echsle Architects AG
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Spillmann Echsle Architects AG
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