SAG Architektur: Detached house, Burg - best architects 26

SAG Architektur

Detached house, Burg

best architects 26

single family homes

Place

Burg, Switzerland

Photos

Barbara Bühler

Description

The family home is located on the edge of Burg and is oriented towards the magnificent views of the landscape. The square structure is characterised by spatial references to the surroundings on all sides and is framed by a wrap-around veranda. The veranda allows for various lounge areas with a connection to the surroundings. The living space, organised on one floor in a prefabricated timber construction, lies on a base embedded in the topography. The inner centre with kitchen, fireplace and a large central skylight forms the heart of the living area. The room opens up on three sides to the surrounding space via the veranda. The bedrooms, studio and media room are arranged around the centre. The direct connection to the centre via sliding doors creates maximum transparency and spatial relationships. The projections and recesses of the room chambers result in an exciting veranda layer with a variety of living qualities and sight lines. The residential house accessed from the valley side via a covered outdoor space integrated into the base, which serves as a storage area, timber store and access point. The simple, untreated materials and the sheet metal tent roof evoke rural living between a natural meadow with an orchard and a wild hedge.