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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. 2Verandas in Zürich, Switzerland by Gus WüstemannOctober 19th, 2012 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Gus Wüstemann This is a house for a young South African family in Erlenbach, just outside Zurich along the lake.The plot is in a suburban context and therefor pretty dense with family homes, typical for the area. The site is on a slope, where on top there are beautiful views to the lake with evening sun and at the lower part there is a group of smaller family houses.  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling
 Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling Periphery Our solution for this plot was to occupy the periphery of the site, with the main house on top of the hill and the pool house at the bottom, both houses connected through a solid stony promenade: 2 verandas.  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling The park can be consumed as nature from all three sides and therefor there is no ‚left over’ of land. The stony promenade connects the two verandas, is a site of its own, where you walk or sit and enjoy the view to the lake or the park. With the promenade, the garden moves up to the level of the living room and it connects all levels of the house with the garden.  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling 2 verandas The main house is a stony, concrete, hammer shaped volume over two levels, that contains the living rooms. In the upper part is the ‚public ‘living room for invitations and dining with a beautiful view over the lake of Zurich. On the ground level is the family lounge with an exterior patio that can be joined as one room with the living room. All the windows disappear and the inside and outside patio become one. That patio connects all bedrooms and is a lounge to sit together privately and watch a movie.  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling The circulations in and out of that space are controlled by concrete volumes at the ceiling that condense the space through mass and light and slow the circulation.  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling The upper living room has a shark fin like shape, so the space is very high at the back of the Space with northern sky lights, and is lower at the front to frame the view.  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling Mass with no windows The inside and the outside are joined, as we let all the windows disappear, so there is only the concrete mass left. The inside becomes a covered outside space : Mediterranean feeling in the northern hemisphere.  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling Mass and light We chose natural and raw materials like concrete, travertine or wood. The concrete is formed and communicates with the space through light gaps that give that extra feeling of finesse to the shear mass of the concrete. Throughout the whole house indirect lights are giving directions, and attract the periphery of the spaces rather than the center. The indirect light is creating the atmosphere.  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling On the underground floor there is a gym, a movie room and wine cellar all arranged around the light up masses of the concrete that give the house a whole different playful area. There is raw concrete and raw wood and therefor a lot of texture.  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling  Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling  Courtesy Gus Wüstemann Architects
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