Tp3 Architekten Zt GmbH

Residential Building ASH

Residential Building ASH

Residential Building ASH

Tp3 Architekten

ARCHITECTS
Tp3 Architekten

PHOTOGRAPHER
Maximilian Haidacher

STATUS
Built

YEAR
2014

LOCATION
Linz, Austria

TYPE
Residential › Private House

One half of a semi-detached house had to be renovated and extended. However, after the first visit it turned out that a large part of the building had to be taken down.

Residential Building ASH
Residential Building ASH

Since it was a semi-detached house, we decided to approach the task with the theme of "symmetry". The formerly identical semi-detached houses now were different since a few years earlier the other half of the house had been increased with a second floor.

The result was a complete disharmony among the two halves of the semi-detached house.

Residential Building ASH
Residential Building ASH

The design deals with the theme of "symmetry-asymmetry" intending to restore the lost harmony by increasing the one-story building to a two-story building:

this only could be realized by a gabled roof in order to stay connected with the neighboring silhouette.

The roof slope was adjusted to the one of the other half of the house. Through the cantilevered upper floor, the entrance area got a covered access.

Together with the paneling the upper floor now creates a form simulating insertion which however, indicates symmetry due to the eaves extending towards zero. Thus, the house obtains its independence without forgetting its "twin".

Residential Building ASH
Residential Building ASH

Since the house is oriented eastwards into the garden, the house and the interiors are lacking the afternoon sun.

Through the formation of a glass-covered atrium, the building now is open to the afternoon sun.

Residential Building ASH
Residential Building ASH

The garden facade tilts a few degrees forward, together with the roof slope it bestows the whole building with a new unity.

A covered, sheltered terrace on the first floor, which is connected to the garden through a new spiral staircase, additionally increases the functional qualities. The terrace provides an elevated open space with a framed view towards the garden.

Residential Building ASH

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