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Casa Forest / Daluz Gonzalez Architekten

03:00 - 16 August, 2016
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Architects
Daluz Gonzalez Architekten
Location
Basel, Switzerland

Project Year
2016
Photographs
Philippe Wiget Photography, Alexandra Kreja

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From the architect. The southward-sloping plot not far from basel is framed to the east and south by
a beautiful deciduous forest. Breathtaking views into the dense, deep- green foliage in the summer
and the leafless and airy branch structure in the winter were a decisive factor in calibrating the
daylight and arranging the spaces in this home in interplay with the natural surroundings, becoming
the leitmotif for the architecture.

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The wishes and the spatial programme envisaged by a family of five nature enthusiasts and art
lovers could thus be strategically integrated into a compact crystalline sculpture utilising the plot
right to the boundary line. The dierentiation between bedrooms and private areas on the one hand
and airy open areas on the other (entryway, dining room, kitchen, fireplace, study, library) is made
tangible through tunnel-like stairs and room-like platforms that form a sequence and spatial
continuum. the central high hallway is part of every room sequence, connecting them all visually.
The living room floats like a birds nest between branches. Walls and ceilings of exposed concrete as
well as sleek built-in furniture in oak evoke an elemental, reduced impression, not attempting to
rival the natural surroundings.

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The waxed raw plaster walls of the private rooms are polished so that they reflect the outdoors,
bringing it inside even more strongly through their careful details. On the roof, a large terrace
perches in a reserved fashion. The earth-coloured exterior skin and angular volumetry of the
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building engage in an ongoing dialogue with the natural environment, constantly seeking to both
contrast and harmonise with nature.

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