The house was built as a passive house (no cooling or heating required) with an incredible low budget, within a construction period of less than seven months.
Architect : Michael Shamiyeh - BAU|KULTUR, Austria
Location : Volkersdorf, Enns, Austria
Structure Engineer : Helmut Schiebel
Contractor : Winfried Orth
Materials : Concrete & Glass
Photographs : Paul Ott
The conception of the house became a deep engagement with Mies, in particular with the Farnsworth House, and the question of how a space should be constituted in order to open itself to the surrounding by simultaneously offering privacy. Furthermore, it became an investigation of how much freedom in space effectively determines the way of living in contrast to a few certain spatial determinations that liberate. Whereas the first model refers to Rietveld’s attempts to create freedom e.g. by means of sliding doors etc. the later model refers to Mies’ structured open plan.
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