House With An Ey

House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos
House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos

HOUSE WITH AN EYE

Studio Anna Jach

LEAD ARCHITECT
Anna Jach

PHOTOGRAPHS
Alexandre Kapellos

AREA
155 M²

YEAR
2023

LOCATION
Zurich, Switzerland

CATEGORY
Houses

A very narrow but highly frequented street, with reduced parking possibility for the contractors, the client wanted to move back in as soon as possible (short construction time). .

House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos
House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos
House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos

Sustainability is the key aspect of building construction: massive reduction of the carbon footprint by the usage of local wood and local insulation material (blown-in cellulose)

Short transportation ways due to the selection of local contractors and materials.

Excavation earth was reused as a rammed-earth sitting bench in the garden.

House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos
House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos
House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos

Solar panels on the rooftop + heat pump provide electric energy and hot water. Due to the thickness of the building insulation (26cm, total wall thickness of 40cm), the heating cost was reduced by 50%.

Inside, wooden panels were left without adding an extra render as the final finishing surface, resulting in a natural way of humidity exchange, a pleasant room climate, and the smell of fresh pine wood.

House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos
House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos
House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos

No artificial chemical treatments were used for the internal wall protection, the surfaces were impregnated with natural flax oil combined with 5% of white mineral paint to prevent the wood from getting the yellow stain over time.

Construction method.

Prefabricated, sandwich-like, insulated pine wood panels, mounted together on site by 4 people using a mobile crane within 5 hours, vertical wood planks applied as a finish and protection on the exterior, groove, and tongue connections, reduced amount of screws and bolts, wall prefabrication using modern CNC-cut technology in the assembly hall 37 km away from the construction site.

House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos
House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos
House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos

Digital art.

Building facade with a programmed 3d shadow relief: CNC-wave-cut vertical facade planks cast a shadow of an open eye in the morning and a closed eye in the afternoon, giving a "living" effect to the exterior skin of the building and creating an interaction with the surrounding.


House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos
House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos
House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos
House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos
House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos
House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos
House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos
House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos
House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos

House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos
House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos
House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos
House With An Ey
© Alexandre Kapellos


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