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Single Family House St Joseph by Wolfgang Tschapeller
This concrete house on stilts is a family home in Austria by Vienna studio Wolfgang Tschapeller Architekt.
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Called Single Family House St Joseph, the exposed concrete structure features irregular-shaped windows and sits on four supporting legs.
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A shallow pit has been dug underneath the hovering building and can be utilised as a car port or storage space.
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Despite the flat planes of the exterior shell, the interior space features a series of faceted walls, forming oddly-shaped rooms and windows.
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The interior spaces are finished completely in white, with the exception of wooden flooring in some rooms and the treads of the staircase, which cantilever out of the wall.
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Photographs are by Lukas Schaller unless otherwise stated.
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The following information is from the architects:
Single Family House St Joseph by Wolfgang Tschapeller ArchitektSt. Joseph
St. Joseph is a concrete form to be made habitable independent of the building site.
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The concrete shell is placed at the edge of the remainder of a plain along the Danube floodplains.
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Its basic measurements are 615 cm by 620 cm by 2230 cm.
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Above photograph is by Roland Krauss
The concrete form is set on 4 supports – one one-legged element, two two-legged elements and one three-legged element.
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Its distance from the ground ranges from 120 cm to 210 cm.
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A second form, soft, white and independent of the outer shell, is set within the concrete shell.
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Above photograph is by Wolfgang Tschapeller
The white form opens up and programs – makes habitable, if you wish – the concrete shell’s inner area, which is 2165 cm long and approx. 515 cm high.
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Above photograph is by Roland Krauss
These are two interleaved forms, each with a different hardness and materiality.
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Official name of project: St. Joseph
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Location: Lower Austria, Austria
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Project Team: Wolfgang Tschapeller ZT GmbH with Wolfram Mehlem and Jesper Bork
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Above photograph is by Werner Feiersinger
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Above photograph is by Sebastian Holzinger
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Above photograph is by Sebastian Holzinger
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Above photograph is by Wolfgang Tschapeller
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Above photograph is by Werner Feiersinger
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