House Wangen

Wangen, Switzerland

East façade, vertical wooden slat façade with pre-greying

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East façade, detail view of metal railings

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North façade, vertical wooden slat façade with pre-greying and metal railings as Juliet balconies

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Southeast façade, next to clinker brick house

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South façade at dusk with Buchberg hill in the background

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Southwest façade at dusk

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Entrance hall with slate floor and parquet staircase leading up to living space level

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Hallway with kitchen at the core in Pale Lime by Little Greene and oak parquet

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Living room with oak parquet and view of the clinker brick house

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Kitchen with rear glass wall in Pale Lime

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Split-level staircase with oak parquet

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Music room with ceiling featuring wood panelling and acoustic perforation

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Study on the middle floor with parquet stairway

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Children’s bedroom with wood-panelled gable roof

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Master ensuite in slate with parquet floor

Single Houses

Architects: Architekturbüro Herbert Bruhin

Location: Bachtelstrasse, Wangen, Switzerland
Year: 2019
Team: Marcel Walker
Construction Management: Marc Krammer

The Wangen house has a distinctive concept for its interior space: short distances connect the living spaces on different levels, with half-turn staircases leading alternately from levels facing the street to the garden and ever upwards by turns to the space beneath the roof. From rooms with a more sociable feel like the entrance hall, studio and study to the kitchen and living area, and on to the private bedrooms. The vaulted roof can be experienced both inside and out. The solid-construction house features back-ventilated, pre-greyed wooden slat cladding. The metal window frames and casements are anodised in a pearl-beige hue and lend an understated accent to the warm grey of the wooden façade.