Vals, Suiça | Villa Vals | SeARCH e Christian Müller Architects

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Villa Vals

arquitectura: SeARCH em colaboração com Christian Müller Architects
localização: Vals, Suiça
design: Bjarne Mastenbroek, Christian Müller, Iwan Hameleers
colaboradores SeARCH: Laura Álvarez, Alexandra Schmitz, Ton Gilissen, Louis Toebosch w/ Michal Palej, Daniel Abraha, Markus Wesselmann
colaboradores Christian Müller Architects: Blazej Kazmierski, David Strebicki
projecto: 2005
início de construção: 2007







Tendo a oportunidade de construir uma casa de férias ao lado das famosas Thermal Baths de Peter Zumthor, em Vals, Bjarne Mastenbroek, Christian Müller e Iwan Hameleers fizeram algo surpreendente.

Em vez de criar um novo icon, ou um volume que de alguma forma prejudicasse visualmente as termas, decidiram fazer uma intervenção que não se assuma na paisagem, garantindo que o interior tenha acesso visual à belíssima paisagem do vale de Vals.

O edifício é assim um volume cravado na montanha, adjacente a um grande pátio. Através da forma elíptica do pátio, consegue-se que o interior tenha excelentes vistas sobre a envolvente.

O acesso à habitação é feito através de um túnel que liga a nova estrutura a um edifício existente.

Shouldn’t it be possible to conceal a house in an Alpine slope while still exploiting the wonderful views and allowing light to enter the building?

Surprised that it was permissible to construct a pair of dwellings so close to the world famous thermal bath of Vals, the client seized the opportunity to develop the site, without disturbing the bath’s expansive views. The introduction of a central patio into the steep incline creates a large façade with considerable potential for window openings. The viewing angle from the building is slightly inclined, giving an even more dramatic view of the strikingly beautiful mountains on the opposite side of the narrow valley.

The local authority’s well intentioned caution, that un-usual modern proposals were generally not favoured, proved unfounded. The planners were pleased that the proposal did not appear ‘residential’ or impose on the adjacent bath building. The scheme was not perceived as a typical structure but rather an example of pragmatic unobtrusive development in a sensitive location. The placing of the entrance via an old Graubünder barn and an underground tunnel further convinced them that the concept, while slightly absurd, could still be permitted.


Switzerland’s planning laws dictate that it is only possible to grant a definitive planning permission after a timber model of the building’s volume has first been constructed on site. This can then be accurately appraised by the local community and objected to if considered unsuitable. For this proposal, logic prevailed and this part of the process was deemed to be unnecessary.

Link:
http://www.search.nl/
http://www.christian-muller.com

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