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.
Apartment Building in Domat/Ems, Switzerland by RAPHAEL ZUBER, Architect
December 10th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: RAPHAEL ZUBER, Architect
The building has five floors with one apartment on each of them. The main space is reached directly from the outside by an elevator and an external staircase, which gives every unit a private character.
The balcony, its load bearing structure and the different openings create the sensation of experiencing one corner of the building as its center – as the center of a seemingly infinite space. The horizontal window in the main space, being attached on the inside of the wall, gives to this wall the character of an outside facade, creating a close connection between inside and outside and private and public.
The construction of the building is radically straightforward, using only common standard products.
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