Holiday House Rigi Scheidegg by AFGH
This building designed on the periphery of the property distance from other neighboring houses to give possibility for future expansion. The concrete cellar anchors the building in the sloping terrain and houses the entrance area and the technical servicing, on top of which is the wooden volume of the building which appears something like a ship. This floor juts out to a great extent towards the east so that a covered, protected entrance is created.
The concrete chimney of the open fireplace rises like a mast out of the cellar, and together with a concrete wall forms the bracing backbone behind which the two single-flight staircases connect the 3 storeys. On the ground floor is a large living room spread over two different levels and with different ceiling heights.
The deliberately low area containing the kitchen generated in the low parlours in mountain huts feeling. The 5-meter long fixed-glazed panorama window frames the breathtaking view like a picture to introduces a contemporary modernity. The polygonal plan form makes a differentiated spatial division possible and gives the open fireplace its particular status at the widest spot in the room.
Location : Scheidegg, Switzerland
Architect : AFGH
