An allotment house in the hills of Vienna. A summer retreat for relaxation, socialising and gardening. Optimized floor space with a maximum of efficiency. The maximum gross floor area is limited by building laws to 35m2, the building height to 5m. The house is meant to host a family of four persons.
Villa minimale: Villa Rotonda (A. Palladio / Vicenza, IT) meets „Kings Road House“ (R. Schindler/ Los Angeles, US).
The ground floor consists of a central dining space, a bathroom, a kitchen , a cozy niche and a staircase. On the upper level there are three bunks with a “camping”-feeling and views to the stars through skylights.
Four identical wooden „sheds“ are put together in form of a windmill with a central oculus inside. Prefabricated timber construction with larch cladding on the outside with a copper roof and sea pine plywood cladding on the inside.
The relationship between inside and outside is essential to the atmosphere of the space: the landscape flows through the building and offers views into nature in all four directions.