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Villa on the edge of the Vienna Woods
Villa on the edge of the Vienna Woods
Vienna, Austria
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Villa on the edge of the Vienna Woods
Vienna, Austria
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2016
SIZE
5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft
Architect Lukas Groh and RATAPLAN have ingeniously embedded a luxury villa in the sculpted terraces of a hillside garden. Most of the interior space disappears into the ground, while the two upper floors of the home make a gentle impression on the landscape. The top floor, where the bedrooms are located, is clad in raw aluminium – reflecting the sky so perfectly that the building’s presence seems to dissolve into the air.
Unique location
A dream location for a tailor-made house, on a steep hillside with fantastic views over Vienna. The site is located high up a windy, cobbled road in Vienna’s well-heeled 19th district. The Vienna Woods start immediately to the north; old, heritage-listed wineries and villas make up the neighbourhood on the city side of the house. Lukas Groh and RATAPLAN developed a highly unorthodox, sophisticated home that is embedded deep in the ground, and interacts with its special location on the hillside in ways that defy architectural norms. At each level the building connects with a different part of the steep site, revealing another aspect of the location. The outdoors is directly accessible from every floor, and from indoors a plethora of views over Vienna and the Vienna Woods can be enjoyed.
Intricately interwoven
Although it is spread across five levels, from the road that winds by this generously proportioned home appears to be a two-storey building. Floor-to-ceiling glass fronting, slender pillars, a tasteful slatted fence surrounding the property, Venetian blinds for shade, a pergola that seamlessly extends the living level of the house to the lawn in the garden, and the top floor’s raw aluminium facade complete the illusion. Due to the ingenious geometry and the variety of materials that this large home incorporates, it appears to be significantly smaller than it actually is. In reality, the building’s various levels are cleverly interwoven and interlinked.
Unique location
A dream location for a tailor-made house, on a steep hillside with fantastic views over Vienna. The site is located high up a windy, cobbled road in Vienna’s well-heeled 19th district. The Vienna Woods start immediately to the north; old, heritage-listed wineries and villas make up the neighbourhood on the city side of the house. Lukas Groh and RATAPLAN developed a highly unorthodox, sophisticated home that is embedded deep in the ground, and interacts with its special location on the hillside in ways that defy architectural norms. At each level the building connects with a different part of the steep site, revealing another aspect of the location. The outdoors is directly accessible from every floor, and from indoors a plethora of views over Vienna and the Vienna Woods can be enjoyed.
Intricately interwoven
Although it is spread across five levels, from the road that winds by this generously proportioned home appears to be a two-storey building. Floor-to-ceiling glass fronting, slender pillars, a tasteful slatted fence surrounding the property, Venetian blinds for shade, a pergola that seamlessly extends the living level of the house to the lawn in the garden, and the top floor’s raw aluminium facade complete the illusion. Due to the ingenious geometry and the variety of materials that this large home incorporates, it appears to be significantly smaller than it actually is. In reality, the building’s various levels are cleverly interwoven and interlinked.
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