Slope
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Project • By OOIIO Architecture • Private Houses
GAL House
A family wanted to build a special house on a plot with a significant slope west oriented, facing a wide plain full of oaks at the foot of Madrid Mountains.
The location is great, because from there you can see incredible sunsets, with the domes of El Escorial Monastery and the mountains on its background.
OOIIO Architecture
On the plot itself there were already several oak trees and very hard granite rocks emerging from the ground, a very typical landscape of this area. In fact, an old wall made of this same granite material closes the plot in its lower side. A stone barrier that is probably centuries old and will be a great opportunity to recover and integrate it as the exterior fencing of the new house.
Without a doubt, a plot in... More
Project • By Dietrich Untertrifaller • Private Houses
House K
In the far north of the Bregenzerwald lies the small community of Sulzberg on the ridge of the same-named mountain. We built a house on a steep slope in the middle of a densely built-up residential area, which makes perfect use of the limited plot of land. Due to the extreme slope, we have divided the spaces into three floors. You enter the house on the street side on the top level via a wide footbridge. Here you will find the garage, a small guest room and the spacious, open living room. Designed with maximum transparency and openness, it is only structured by the free-standing kitchen unit. The entire south front is glazed and, together with the terrace in front, celebrates the fantastic view over the Bregenzerwald to the high Vorarlberg... More
Project • By A&M ARCHITECTS • Residential Landscape
Sheltered Villas
Blending into a 12,000 sqm site in Karpathos, on a secluded area on the outwards of Menetes village, three villas make their appearance in the most humble way.
With a 23% site slope, the villas emerge from the landscape in a linear arrangement parallel to the view, respecting the natural topography. Placed amphitheatrically, the three villas have unobstructed views to the Aegean Sea while offering privacy and seclusion to their guests. A true relationship between indoor and outdoor, integrates the buildings to its surrounding. Built partially underground, the geometry and materiality reflect the site’s original textures and the buildings blend with the rough context. White, clean ribbons become retaining walls creating the on... More
Project • By BAEB Bureau d’Architectes Emmanuel Bouffioux • Social Housing
Rixensart Housing
CONSTRUCTION OF 45 DWELLINGS: 25 SOCIAL RENTAL UNITS AND 20 PRIVATE UNITS
This project is part of a public-private partnership (PPP). It consists of several housing units for a public rental destination and other private units. These dwellings have been a research subject in order to reach the low energy standard.
THE PROJECT
Our project proposes the implantation of three buildings in open order and decreasing volumes towards the back of the site in order to reveal the natural slope of the undergrowth and the strong presence of the vegetation that comes with it. This choice of masterplan, while taking advantage of the strong characteristics of the site, responds both to the future municipal development plan under study an... More