#house b

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House B by Kart Projects in Brunswick, Australia

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House B Extension

Biberach an der Riss, Germany

Aretz Dürr Architecture

photo by Luca Claussen photography

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Gus Wüstemann Architects  |  House B.

Photos: Bruno Helbling.

Via: Behance.

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“Addition, not Demolition” Saving the old to make way for the new House B designed by smartvoll is an example of how the unbridled will of a family not to tear down the old house has inspired the new architecture in the most positive way. Adding instead of demolishing has become a design mantra due to the vigorous desire to preserve. Photography by Dimitar Gamizov

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“The sum of the parts does not add up to a mere balance, but creates a powerful centre, that is not only comfortable but where you feel at home,” says Dimitar Gamizov of smartvoll Architekten

Concept A family of six is desperate to preserve an old house on a plot of land in Klosterneuburg/Austria – a ruin that is too small but charming. The program is enormous and in order not to „crush“ the old house from a visual perspective, we turn one annex into three: the children’s tower, the living room and the dining area, which connects old and new and where the family comes together like around a campfire. The three new volumes are shifted around and against the old cottage in such a way, that three utterly different interior and exterior spaces are created. We simply love to give individual rooms radically different qualities: The living room looks straight out into the vineyards, the children’s tower overlooks the valley and a small breakfast terrace says hello to the neighbours in the southeast. All this can be discovered in a matter of minutes in this cluster of houses and despite the distinctive spatial areas, one always has the feeling of strolling through a continuous space. Equally diversified exterior spaces are added to the interiors: When a part of the family still has breakfast on the south terrace, the children’s birthday party in the west garden is already in full swing and between the renovated old house and the living room three fathers are chilling over a drink!

First Orientation One enters the property immediately via one of the three outdoor areas. From here you can enter the renovated existing building via a few steps or take a look into the central and permeable dining area – the heart of the building. From here you have a view of the south terrace as well as the garden in front of the vineyards – it is the central space and a link to different parts of the garden – it feels a bit like being in the middle of the green. The dining room does not only connect the outdoor areas, it is the connecting link for all the interior areas as well: to the west the living room, to the north-east the two-storey children’s tower with 4 children’s rooms and in the south the existing building with the kitchen on the ground floor and the parents’ bedroom on the upper floor.

The gardens are not large empty voids. By sitting between the volumes and being connected by the dining area, they originate with the best of both worlds: they form a combined large entity and at the same time are small, easily graspable and visible sections, each with its own character. We think that a lot of colorful things are richer than little of the same. The garden is substantial – because open space is essential!

Saving the old to allow for the New We have taken the desire of the owners to preserve the existing house at all costs very seriously. Existing buildings are atmospheric sources that enhance every bare new building with their history, patina and charm. A sure instinct, care and caution is needed here in dealing with the volumes. A small existing house is happy to be overwhelmed by new and large volumes. This is certainly one of the reasons why we decided to accommodate the new spatial programme in three new buildings. These form a passe-partout that presents and celebrates the old rather than letting it perish – the solitary effect of the existing building is not damaged by the additions, but rather enhanced. We also did not want to devalue the existing building in functional terms. The kitchen – the gravitational centre of every single-family home – is located in the old part in direct proximity to the dining room. Family frequency should not be taken away from the old, but should contribute to a lively exchange between old and new, and this is exactly how the functions are arranged: one constantly commutes back and forth between existing and new buildings. In this way, we are able to continuously allow the residents to benefit from the tension-filled alternation between charmingly aged and newly designed architecture.

BY smartvoll architects CONSULTANTS Buschina & Partner (constructional engineer) PROJECT NAME “Haus B., Addition, not Demolition” PROJECT TYPE Single Family Home PROJECT LOCATION Klosterneuburg near Vienna / Austria PROJECT TEAM Dimitar Gamizov, Olya Sendetska, Philipp Buxbaum, Christian Kircher PROJECT SIZE 200m² CREDITS smartvoll architects | http://www.smartvoll.com SOCIAL MEDIA instagram: @smartvoll RENDERINGS Tobias Colz PHOTOS Dimitar Gamizov

House B by smartvoll “Addition, not Demolition” Saving the old to make way for the new House B designed by…

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House B, Westcliff Ridge is a project designed by Daffonchio and Associates Architects. The clients’ brief was to create a sustainable modern home that exploited views from the site, which is situated just off the Valley road on the Westcliff ridge and overlooks the jacaranda trees of the Northern suburbs parks and Johannesburg Zoo. Photography by Elsa Young, Candace Marshall Smith, Chiara Frisone

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The core concepts of the design are rooted in a green, modern lifestyle. The first sustainable aspect is the orientation of the residence, with the main living areas and bedrooms of the house orientated toward the north, sun control at East and West, and insulation mass at South.

The northern façade is fully glazed to maximise natural light and views. External, mechanically operated shutters provide both privacy and sun control for the bedrooms on the first floor. Vertical louvers allow winter sun to penetrate the house in winter in the morning while projecting a shade in summer. Large areas of glazing on the facades could imply open heat loss and heat gain, but in this case, the choice of double glazing mitigates this, effectively providing insulation.

Cavity walls provide further insulation and thermal mass. Polystyrene block and beam slabs add performance to the standard insulation layer. Other green principles that were incorporated were the use of solar geysers for domestic hot water and heat pumps which feed the hot water underfloor heating. The slope of the site also played an important role in the design of the house. The house is stepped over four levels which follow the natural slope so as to cause the minimum possible footprint.

The arrival level contains four garages and a cottage. The level above is the open plan living area with high ceilings. To the north, this area opens out onto a covered patio and to the south, it accesses the garden. A spiral staircase goes up to the second and third levels. The second level houses the bedrooms, and the third level leads to the swimming pool and viewing deck area. The pool and pool walkway extends into the koppie* and links the house with the landscape, where all indigenous trees have been preserved and new ones have been added.

House B, Westcliff Ridge by Daffonchio and Associates Architects House B, Westcliff Ridge is a project designed by Daffonchio and Associates Architects. The clients’ brief was to create a sustainable modern home that exploited views from the site, which is situated just off the Valley road on the Westcliff ridge and overlooks the jacaranda trees of the Northern suburbs parks and Johannesburg Zoo.

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Paranoia

  Here are the rules of the game: Someone in House B has your name, you are their target. You have someone else’s name, they are your target. Point of the game, murder. 

 Of course when I say murder I mean place a sticky note on your targets shoulder that has their name on it. 

 The only safety is declared every day at midnight. The more nights you survive, the better your chances are of winning. Simple.  

Safety of the day is holding someone’s hand. My target and I are in the lounge, he knows I’m after him 

We’re in the lounge, I’m making a burrito so I don’t have my sticky note on me and I’m generally known for being too lazy to actually try so he’s chillin. He leaves for whatever reason, giving me the perfect opportunity to sneak to my room, grab the sticky note and lunge at any given opportunity. 

 Well that didn’t go as planned, he ran out the door and stayed on the other side. I wasn’t going to chase him so I taunted him through the glass, coaxing him to try and go to his room. 

 Next thing I know my ‘friend’ tipped off my assassin and he came though the stair case, killing me on the spot with my burrito in my left hand and my keys in my right. I’d say that’s some next level karma. 

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The Unit Architektur - House B. (2002)

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E2A Architekten, House B, Stafa, Switzerland, 2014

Photography Rasmus Norlander