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Charrat Transformation by ClavienrossierDecember 3rd, 2010
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Geneva studio Clavienrossier created this home in the Swiss Alps by adding two tinted
concrete volumes atop the remains of a stone house and adjacent barn.
The project is located in Charrat in the Valais canton of Switzerland and involved demolishing much of the existing structure while retaining the original cellars and floors.
Photographs are by Roger Frei.
Here are some more details from the architects:
Situated away from the village, this house included an adjacent barn and had a too vast volume to be renewed in its totality.
Only elements which can easily be reused were preserved, cellars and floors of the pre-existent house. The rest was demolished.
The geometry of the superstructures results both from a formal desire and from a will to remove the wall thickness.
The overall view continues beyond the windows, opening onto the surrounding landscape.
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