![Snail House / Atelier d.org - Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5014/0ac4/28ba/0d3b/4500/0d8b/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414061707)
- Year: 2009
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Photographs:Stéphane Spach
Text description provided by the architects. Building a house in the slope in Reinhardsmunster. Linking a living space to the land, which extends onto its roof.
![Snail House / Atelier d.org - Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5014/0aa6/28ba/0d3b/4500/0d83/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414061712)
Slopes are considered outstanding locations that allow to think about housing differently: structuring, or re-structuring the so-called « classical » models are eased by allowing variations of the natural flat layout due to the slope.
![Snail House / Atelier d.org - Image 9 of 13](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5014/0ab1/28ba/0d3b/4500/0d86/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414061726)
To make the most of the slope, the layout of the proposed house is in between a digged in building and the rooms supported by the slope with half-stories to follow the slope.
![Snail House / Atelier d.org - Windows, Deck](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5014/0aa9/28ba/0d3b/4500/0d84/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414061721)
respect of the original land
![Snail House / Atelier d.org - Image 10 of 13](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5014/0ab5/28ba/0d3b/4500/0d87/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414061728)
minimal earth-moving
![Snail House / Atelier d.org - Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5014/0aa0/28ba/0d3b/4500/0d81/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414061710)
multiple openings with centred views / multiple-oriented views
![Snail House / Atelier d.org - Windows, Bed, Bedroom](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5014/0abc/28ba/0d3b/4500/0d89/medium_jpg/stringio.jpg?1414061715)
direct and multiple entrances to each storey (the roof is also fully used)
![Snail House / Atelier d.org - Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5014/0ab9/28ba/0d3b/4500/0d88/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414061730)
small visual impact / volumetry
efficient natural thermal insulation / wind exposure