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JAYAKYNE.
SwissHouse XXXIV
Location:
Galbisio, Switzerland
Time of Study:
1st year - 2nd semester - Stage 4
Architect:
Davide Macullo Architects
Precedent:
Davide Macullo, born in Giornico in 1965, studied art, architecture and interior design and now lives and works in Lugano, Switzerland – about 36 kilometres away from the site of Swisshouse XXXIV in Galbisio, Switzerland. Macullo was project architect and responsible for over 200 international projects worldwide between 1990 and 2010. Davide Macullo and his team’s ethos of the studio is “Drawing from context”. This ethos has won him awards and published work both at home and abroad. Davide Macullo Architects cover master planning and product design alongside architecture.
1:50 Floor Plan.
The building is trying to maintain a sense of past, whilst also creating a sense of moving forward into the future. Swisshouse XXXIV is made from locally sourced stone and sits in the untouched, antient landscapes, contrasting with the stark character of such a meticulously designed space. Oddly, this contradiction works, and brings together two worlds with spectacular results. However, goal for the space remains in that it is meant to give comfort to its inhabitants and drive towards the future, working to improve our quality of life.
Swisshouse XXXIV, located in Galbisio, Ticino, Switzerland, started construction and was finished by 2017. The buildings context almost as important as the building itself making it express meaning already suggested by its context When approaching the building, it is a compositional masterpiece from the well aligned concrete blades to the well-placed openings making a view of every direction. Inside becomes a different world with modern designs and sheik surfaces. The black floor contrasting the white walls complement each other, alongside the wooden table tops in the kitchen and the chrome railings at the stairs.
1:500 Site Plan.
Swisshouse XXXIV is in fact supposed to be a house or dwelling. The design began as a cube, and then was cut into sections and displaced to create its shape to open the space into the Alpine landscape. The base of the design was very ordered, even though the outcome is very fragmented.
1:50 Elevation.
Perspective Drawing.
1:100 section.
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