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Haus Wurth
Haus Wurth
Wormeldange, Luxembourg
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Haus Wurth
Wormeldange, Luxembourg
Type
YEAR
2007
SIZE
10,000 sqft - 25,000 sqft
The house lies directly on the left bank of the Mosel, at the entrance to a wine-growing town, and is built directly into the vineyards.
It consists of three levels and a converted attic. But one recognises this fact only from the Mosel as, due to the slope, part of the building is embedded in the earth. The lowest level – with the entrance area, garage and basement – indeed vanishes on three sides into the site and is lit only from the façade (southeast) towards the Mosel, and the client has to take into account the fact that it could be inundated during severe flooding. The first floor also partly disappears into the slope; it contains the cooking, dining and living area as well as a terrace (above the garage) towards the Mosel. On the second floor are the bedrooms and a second terrace that faces towards the vineyard. There is a further sleeping area in the attic.
The residents of Wormeldange quickly gave this house a nickname: “the praying hand in the vineyard”. This is derived from the articulation of the building volume into “fingers” that only touch each other on the slope side.
This device allowed the architect to introduce a great deal of light to the house.
The two gable façades – towards the vineyard, towards the Mosel – are completely glazed. Two bands of windows in the roof and the façade interrupt the skin of the building, which is otherwise homogeneously clad with Corten steel.
It consists of three levels and a converted attic. But one recognises this fact only from the Mosel as, due to the slope, part of the building is embedded in the earth. The lowest level – with the entrance area, garage and basement – indeed vanishes on three sides into the site and is lit only from the façade (southeast) towards the Mosel, and the client has to take into account the fact that it could be inundated during severe flooding. The first floor also partly disappears into the slope; it contains the cooking, dining and living area as well as a terrace (above the garage) towards the Mosel. On the second floor are the bedrooms and a second terrace that faces towards the vineyard. There is a further sleeping area in the attic.
The residents of Wormeldange quickly gave this house a nickname: “the praying hand in the vineyard”. This is derived from the articulation of the building volume into “fingers” that only touch each other on the slope side.
This device allowed the architect to introduce a great deal of light to the house.
The two gable façades – towards the vineyard, towards the Mosel – are completely glazed. Two bands of windows in the roof and the façade interrupt the skin of the building, which is otherwise homogeneously clad with Corten steel.
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