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Article from issue 5/2007 »Concrete, Masonry and Stone«

Residence in Fürstenaubruck

documentation p. 485 - 487
Architect Caminada, Gion | Structural Engineer Conzett Bronzini Gartmann AG |

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1:20 Horizontal section
1:20 Vertical section
1:200 Floor plans
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In an orchard in Fürstenbruck, a village south of Chur, a single-family house is set between the heterogeneous residential fabric and a forest, the latter separating the house from a stream. Horizontal laced-beam walls structure the building’s core, and provide the spatial definition for the living space and bedrooms. These wood walls are arranged to create a variety of areas and niches. The exterior, autonomous envelope is a stud-wall system; inside the house a suspended reinforced-concrete slab furnishes thermal mass and favourable acoustics. The hybrid construction form blends the structural and atmospheric advantages of solid timber construction with highly articulated, differentiated spaces.