Swiss House XXXVI

Swisshouse XXXVI is a new house in the village of Muttenz, an historic municipality on the outskirts of the city of Basel.

From a distance, the house appears to be an interpretation of traditional residential architecture and its forms from afar are familiar. This familiarity however changes as you approach closer. When you arrive in front of the house you don’t recognize the volume that you have seen from afar. Instead, you are faced with a composition of exposed concrete sects that regulates the relationship between the interior and exterior.

The interior of the building is articulated about a triple height space, so that from the living room you can feel the whole height of the building. The functions inside the house are used as sculptural design elements; the volume of the rooms on the first and second floors give shape to the void in the triple height.