Thalwil Home / Harry Gugger Studio
Textual content description offered by the architects. Thalwil Home is embedded in a steeply sloping, wooded plot with an impressive view of Lake Zurich. These site-specific circumstances decided the genesis of the undertaking.
Because of the constricting web site circumstances, the essential form of the home is inevitably a polygon shaped by the results of the regulatory constructing line and the forest distance line. In accordance with the constructing and zoning necessities, a staggering top is developed with a basement, two full flooring, and {a partially} set-back attic degree.
The ingenious use of the bay window rule and the association of the flooring as cut up ranges make most use of the plot and provides the home stunning spatial generosity and variety. With the intention to enable the bay home windows to seem as facade fragments, as required by constructing regulation, they’re folded out within the east and west from a clearly recognizable bend line. This permits well-tailored rooms to be shaped on the constricted south facet, in addition to a spacious roof terrace.
In relation to the steep topography, the cut up ranges enable for optimum embedding into the terrain with terraced out of doors areas on all ranges. A beneficiant staircase with quick flights of stairs creates a pure spatial context. The concrete slabs relaxation on a load-bearing brick inside leaf. The outside insulation is protected by in situ concrete shells. On the similar time, the concrete envelope ensures a easy and environment friendly transition from the below-ground to the above-ground façade construction.
To present the home a mineral texture and strengthen its plastic presence, the floor of the concrete facade is bush-hammered. The chosen colour for the concrete is a light-weight, heat beige-gray. The beneficiant home windows are constructed of oak frames and look like bordered by a clean stone cornice. In actual fact, the cornices are untreated off-form concrete.
The backyard design makes reference to the native setting with its views of the panorama and the instantly adjoining forest. The terraced open area is split into 4 backyard zones: the forest backyard, the backyard grove, the perennial backyard, and the herb backyard. A curved round path connects the backyard zones. In a staged choreography, one is guided via the completely different backyard areas and their moods, which continuously change throughout the course of the seasons and instances of the day.
