Building in Brione / Wespi de Meuron Romeo Architects

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Minusio, Switzerland
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Text description provided by the architects. The new building is located in a privileged but sprawled urban area above Locarno, with an overwhelming view on the city, the surrounding mountains and the lake. The project is a discrete reaction to a daily subject: to build into a crowded and chaotic urbanized area.

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Therefore all attributes of a classical house were totally omitted. Two simple steaning cubes are emerging from the hill – fragmentarily - more associated to the landscape than to the other existing buildings – more alike a wall than a house – and time less.

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Habitable interiors are generated through cavities. Two similar big openings, with wooden grids serving as moveable gates, are providing access and view.

Building in Brione / Wespi de Meuron Romeo Architects - Bed, Bedroom, Windows
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Additional light is taken in through courtyards. The water of the swimming pool, embedded in the valley facing cube, merges perfectly with the lake.

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Cite: "Building in Brione / Wespi de Meuron Romeo Architects" 19 Jul 2016. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/791579/building-in-brione-wespi-de-meuron-romeo-architects> ISSN 0719-8884

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