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Transformation and Extension of an Annex Building into a Housing Unit. Project executed with a minimal budget. The project deals with an old structure situated on a sloping site. This building consists of concrete slabs, lintels, and columns, spread over two levels with parking spaces on the roof. It measures 5 meters by 5 meters at the upper level and is reduced by half in depth at the lower level. The whole structure evokes a Modernist construction, compact and integrated into its natural surroundings.
The goal was to transform this structure into a functional dwelling, incorporating a bedroom, a bathroom, and a kitchen. The building extension was carried out in a strategic and constrained manner, opting for an extension to the south by doubling the existing grid. The extension is a simple volume of 5 cubic meters.
The structural scheme expressed on the facade seems to defy usual norms, but it does so in service of a composition with the old building, where the appearance does not immediately reveal the inner logic. The project leverages these budgetary, structural, and contextual constraints to propose a construction in dialogue with its environment, as well as with the rich Valais tradition of concrete works during the 20th century.
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MON58 House
Place: Savièse, Valais, Switzerland
Studio: Associati
Author: Christophe Alhanko, Loris Guillard, Mikaël Sachs
Completion: 2023-2024
Photo: EWIIS + Lydia Genecand, Claire Alhanko
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