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Architects: Wespi de Meuron Romeo architects
- Year: 2005
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Photographs:Hannes Henz
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Manufacturers: Gaggenau, Sanitas Troesch, V-Zug
![Building in Brione / Wespi de Meuron Romeo Architects - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/578c/69ed/e58e/cee2/ef00/0021/medium_jpg/0612_2_000172Korr179.jpg?1468819941)
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](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/578c/6b5a/e58e/ce93/5100/0024/newsletter/0612_000431.jpg?1468820307)
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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