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Villa at the Lake of Constance
Matrix in space
At a new house at Lake Constance, Architects Biehler and Weith display the incredible impact a cleverly considered façade can have on a building.
They have omitted everything which characterises a traditional house: apparent
window frames, visible floor levels, symmetrical roof surfaces and orthogonal
floor plans. The outcome is a sculptural building without comparable scale. The
architects, however, envelop the concrete structure with rear-ventilated, large-format ALUCOBOND® panels, whose dark joints create a grid pattern over the whole building volume. A matrix is generated for the space, creating order and spatially integrating the building with its angles and openings, the gradient of the slants and the resulting perspectives. The large-format
and sheen of the coloured tray panels ensure that the grid format does not make the house look conformist or constrained.
Project: Villa at the Lake of Constance, Constance, Germany
Architects: Biehler Weith Associated, Constance, Germany
Construction: Cassette SZ20
Year of Construction: 2014
Product: ALUCOBOND® PLUS anodized look C32
Photos: Brigida Gonzalez
