© Roland Halbe
Vineyards and extensive, scattered settlements against a background of wooded mountain slopes shape the character of the upper Rhone Valley in the Swiss canton of Valais.
At the edge of the small town of Fully the architects Bonnard Woeffray built a house for a three-person family that stands out on account of its unusual floor plan typology and gold anodized, corrugated aluminium cladding. According to the architects the colour of the back-ventilated, gently shimmering shell was inspired by the mood created by the light of the autumn sun in the vineyards around the house as they turn golden.
There was already a two-storey dwelling house on the site with a render facade and an unusual semi-circular shape. To allow the residents of both houses as much private space as possible the architects placed the new building in the extreme south-east corner of the site and shaped it so that the houses do not block each other’s view of the landscape. For the residents of the new house a huge dormer in the north facade brings the Alpine panorama into the living room. At the same time the parapet is high enough to prevent people seeing into the building.
At the edge of the small town of Fully the architects Bonnard Woeffray built a house for a three-person family that stands out on account of its unusual floor plan typology and gold anodized, corrugated aluminium cladding. According to the architects the colour of the back-ventilated, gently shimmering shell was inspired by the mood created by the light of the autumn sun in the vineyards around the house as they turn golden.
There was already a two-storey dwelling house on the site with a render facade and an unusual semi-circular shape. To allow the residents of both houses as much private space as possible the architects placed the new building in the extreme south-east corner of the site and shaped it so that the houses do not block each other’s view of the landscape. For the residents of the new house a huge dormer in the north facade brings the Alpine panorama into the living room. At the same time the parapet is high enough to prevent people seeing into the building.