House Wangen

Wangen, Switzerland
East façade, vertical wooden slat façade with pre-greying
Photo © Basile Bornand
East façade, detail view of metal railings
Photo © Basile Bornand
North façade, vertical wooden slat façade with pre-greying and metal railings as Juliet balconies
Photo © Basile Bornand
Southeast façade, next to clinker brick house
Photo © Basile Bornand
South façade at dusk with Buchberg hill in the background
Photo © Basile Bornand
Southwest façade at dusk
Photo © Basile Bornand
Entrance hall with slate floor and parquet staircase leading up to living space level
Photo © Basile Bornand
Hallway with kitchen at the core in Pale Lime by Little Greene and oak parquet
Photo © Basile Bornand
Living room with oak parquet and view of the clinker brick house
Photo © Basile Bornand
Kitchen with rear glass wall in Pale Lime
Photo © Basile Bornand
Split-level staircase with oak parquet
Photo © Basile Bornand
Music room with ceiling featuring wood panelling and acoustic perforation
Photo © Basile Bornand
Study on the middle floor with parquet stairway
Photo © Basile Bornand
Children’s bedroom with wood-panelled gable roof
Photo © Basile Bornand
Master ensuite in slate with parquet floor
Photo © Basile Bornand
Architects
Architekturbüro Herbert Bruhin
Location
Bachtelstrasse, Wangen, Switzerland
Year
2019
Team
Marcel Walker
Construction Management
Marc Krammer

The Wangen house has a distinctive concept for its interior space: short distances connect the living spaces on different levels, with half-turn staircases leading alternately from levels facing the street to the garden and ever upwards by turns to the space beneath the roof. From rooms with a more sociable feel like the entrance hall, studio and study to the kitchen and living area, and on to the private bedrooms. The vaulted roof can be experienced both inside and out. The solid-construction house features back-ventilated, pre-greyed wooden slat cladding. The metal window frames and casements are anodised in a pearl-beige hue and lend an understated accent to the warm grey of the wooden façade.

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