Interior
The split-level design of the space inside the house functionally divides it into different zones with different functions like car park, common area, kids, parents and cosy chill out space. The split level design gives a unique composition of the rooms that enables the family to be very close together although in separate rooms.
White walls and glossy semi transparent materials emphasize the feeling of a modern facility hothouse. The VELUX roof windows smoothly unite the lower and upper floor, like a comfortable living machine.
Interior
The split-level design of the space inside the house functionally divides it into different zones with different functions like car park, common area, kids, parents and cosy chill out space. The split level design gives a unique composition of the rooms that enables the family to be very close together although in separate rooms.
White walls and glossy semi transparent materials emphasize the feeling of a modern facility hothouse. The VELUX roof windows smoothly unite the lower and upper floor, like a comfortable living machine.
Interior
The split-level design of the space inside the house functionally divides it into different zones with different functions like car park, common area, kids, parents and cosy chill out space. The split level design gives a unique composition of the rooms that enables the family to be very close together although in separate rooms.
White walls and glossy semi transparent materials emphasize the feeling of a modern facility hothouse. The VELUX roof windows smoothly unite the lower and upper floor, like a comfortable living machine.
Just another one-family house with a traditional gable roof and ditto use of materials? Well, not quite. Both the exterior texture despite its retro look and the unconventional use of windows make Casa D in Austria a unique example of ultramodern living in an area with flooding threats.
Concept and economy
The private one-family house Casa D is the home of a typical family with likewise traditional needs.
The client’s brief was three bedrooms, two bathrooms; living-dining-cooking could take place in one room; a terrace, a carport, and last, but not least: It should be affordable. The budget and the exact cost of the house were approximately 200,000 €.
The chosen roof is a gable roof construction as required by the building regulations in the area. This traditional roof design combined with the colours and materials gives the exterior a bit of a 1970ies look. However, although it resembles an archetypical gable roof, the roof of Casa D differs by the cuts and use of windows and the special, exterior texture.
The pattern of the exterior somehow gives the impression of a reptile’s skin (or even a very huge Louis Vuitton leather bag).
Site/location
Casa D is situated in the middle of a flooding area near the Danube and the city of Hartkirchen in Austria. Since flooding is a real threat in this urban zone near the riverbank the ground level of the house has been lifted above the average ground level. The surrounding houses are quite conventionally designed on the borderline of banality, but they all conceal the secret of possible flooding experiences.
Through the gable roof Casa D is connec-ting itself to its environment, but at the same time is acting as an independent and contemporary monolith.
Materials
To highlight the structural shape the building was covered with a texture of brown-reddish concrete slabs placed lengthwise to create a diagonal structure. Hereby the construction parts – roof, wall and floor – melt into a solid, monochrome unit. Four slim steel pillars support the house together with the easy access terrace and garden staircase ramp.
The building was settled at 15 cm above the 100 years old waterline to prevent troubles at flooding, like swimming furniture and emergence of river-life elements inside the house.
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