Geneva based architect Javier Müller completed a house transformation in Commugny, Vaud, Switzerland, through a minimal intervention that focuses on abstraction, simplicity of geometry and economy of means.
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Description:
Intervene in a construction of
the 70s, understand the history and its different layers. We bet on a discreet
intervention that puts in value its context, redistributing the existing space
through a minimal intervention that unifies and transforms the space into a
coherent formal unit. The transformation is based on geometry, introducing
strong elements that define and characterize the space treated as a single
fluid. We worked on abstraction, seeking simplicity through an economy of means
and a minimal expression. We gave importance and use as only composition tools
light, materials and cared details. This is all what our architecture is all
about, trying to find timeless ambiances capable of making us lose the notion
of time. A timeless beauty that may have been built yesterday or tomorrow,
adapted to everyone because architecture goal is to make people who inhabit
feel better.
A complete abstraction of the
existing space, we simply kept the memory of the wood as connector with history
and the different interventions in the house. A single fluid space defines the
ground floor, differentiating rooms marked by geometry and light. A visual
continuity through spaces between three floors connected by a large window that
appears as the protagonist over the living room. A new fireplace volume and
central staircase ensure vertical visual and programmatic connection. 3 doors
in wood appear as “paintings” in dialogue with the floor of the rooms level and
the stairs that mark the level differences. A continuous floor in polished
concrete and the materiality of the stainless steel offers a series of
contrasts of shapes, geometries and textures on a white background canvas.
Source: Javier Müller
