Bathing Hut by Share Architects
This small white building on the edge of the Danube River in Vienna was designed by Austrian studio Share Architects for use as a holiday home or party venue.
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Share Architects positioned the Bathing Hut at the water's edge, creating a two-storey space with a kitchen and living area on the lower level and a sleeping deck above with an entrance leading out to the street.
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"The Bathing Hut was conceived as a micro villa with full amenities and is a private chill-out oasis within an otherwise dense urban context," said the architects.
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"It is easily reachable from Vienna so you can even use it in the summertime during lunch breaks or as an alternative residence, and otherwise as a weekend retreat and for parties on the lake," they added.
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Constructed from reinforced concrete, the building is clad with white aluminium composite panels on the facade and roof. One edge appears to have been sliced away, leaving a row of angled windows that face up towards the sky.
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The all-white kitchen features a floating counter that can be used for preparing food or dining.
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Sliding doors lead out onto a wooden deck and jetty, offering a mooring point for boats.
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A wooden staircase runs alongs the side of the house and leads directly from the street to the river.
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Other waterside residences we've featured include a small wooden house overlooking the ocean in Scotland and a yacht house containing four apartments on the Crimean coastline.
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Photography is by Kurt Kuball.
Here's a short description from the architects:
Bathing Hut
The bathing hut was conceived as a micro villa with full amenities. Located on the waterfront of the Old Danube, but still in the centre of Vienna (Austria), it is a private chill-out oasis within an otherwise dense urban context.
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Coming from the street, the property is accessed through a large sliding gate that leads to the top terrace of the very compact arrangement. An open-air staircase along the side facade takes the visitor 3 meters below.
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On this level the main terrace open to the Old Danube, and the double-height, main living room can seamlessly connect to the outdoor space through a sliding facade.
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Inside, a suspended gallery offering wonderful views over the water is used as a sleeping deck. Under the gallery there is place for the bathroom and the adjacent open kitchen.
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In the rear of the house under the overlying top terrace place was found for a storage. A wooden floating deck, illuminated at night, offers the possibility of a boat mooring.