![House M / Caramel Architekten - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5012/3c4a/28ba/0d36/b700/00ef/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1361414089)
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Architects: Caramel Architekten
- Area: 112 m²
- Year: 2007
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Photographs:Otto Hainzl
Text description provided by the architects. Sitting on the slope of pöstlingberg in linz, the 12 x 12 meter cube takes full advantage of the lot by establishing itself as far into the north-eastern corner of the site as building codes permit. These two sides have a very hermetic appearance, thus preventing neighbors from looking in.
![House M / Caramel Architekten - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5012/3c58/28ba/0d36/b700/00f3/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1360996415)
By contrast, the house opens itself toward the south and west with two all-glass façades. the west side of the building offers a magnificent view of the danube valley and receives sunlight until late in the evening; an externally mounted textile curtain guards against excessive sunlight and overheating. The south façade pulls away from the edge of the cube in free-form retreat, producing a covered terrace area. extending directly from the terrace is a large swimming pond.
![House M / Caramel Architekten - Image 9 of 12](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5012/3c55/28ba/0d36/b700/00f2/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1360996411)
Moving inwards from the southwest open kitchen / dining / living areas that face the swimming pond, one comes to the non-public bedroom units lying to the northeast.
![House M / Caramel Architekten - Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5012/3c5c/28ba/0d36/b700/00f4/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1360996419)
The cellarless house is made out of prefabricated high-performance structural insulated panels, which were installed onto the concrete floor slab in only a few hours with the help of a truck-mounted crane. The diagonally arranged pillars along the west façade provide structural reinforcement.
![House M / Caramel Architekten - Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5012/3c4e/28ba/0d36/b700/00f0/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1360996403)
Slightly inclined toward the east, the roof slab offers gutterless drainage over the façade and into a gravel-filled french drain at the back of the house.
![House M / Caramel Architekten - Windows, Facade, Handrail](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5012/3c52/28ba/0d36/b700/00f1/medium_jpg/stringio.jpg?1360996408)
The cube is enveloped in synthetic membranes. For the roof area white epdm was used; for the façade area (invisibly welded to the roof liner), white teflon-coated pvc, which was secured at intervals through the thermal insulation layer between the outer membrane and the structural panels.
![House M / Caramel Architekten - Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5012/3c40/28ba/0d36/b700/00ed/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1360996387)
The simple form of the building volume, the high degree of prefabrication, its excellent cellulose-fiber thermal insulation, as well as the application of calorific value technology and external shading all contribute to making this a very economical and ecological building.
![House M / Caramel Architekten - Garden](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5012/3c3d/28ba/0d36/b700/00ec/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1360996384)