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Charrat Transformation by clavienrossier
Geneva studio clavienrossier created this home in the Swiss Alps by adding two tinted concrete volumes atop the remains of a stone house and adjacent barn.
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The project is located in Charrat in the Valais canton of Switzerland and involved demolishing much of the existing structure while retaining the original cellars and floors.
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The two concrete additions have faceted walls, angled inwards towards an opening in each side.
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Rooms in the new upper storeys are connected, with circulation around the edge of each volume.
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Photographs are by Roger Frei.
Here are some more details from the architects:
Situated away from the village, this house included an adjacent barn and had a too vast volume to be renewed in its totality.
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Only elements which can easily be reused were preserved, cellars and floors of the pre-existent house. The rest was demolished.
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Volumes of visible tinted concrete replaced the double-sided roof and the transformed area.
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The big openings so created allow the light to penetrate more generously.
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The geometry of the superstructures results both from a formal desire and from a will to remove the wall thickness.
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The various-slopes faces enhance the highly varied game of the shadows throughout the day. There are no corridors.
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Circulation is made along the external wall, from room to room.
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The overall view continues beyond the windows, opening onto the surrounding landscape.
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