Villa minimale

An allotment house in the suburban hills of Vienna. A summer retreat for relaxation, sociable events and gardening. Optimized floor space with maximum of efficiency. The maximum gross floor area is limited by building laws to 35m², the building height to 5m. The house is meant to host a family of four persons. Villa minimale: Villa Rotonda meets Kings Road House. The ground floor consists of a central dining space, a bathroom, a kitchen, a cozy niche and a staircase. On the upper level there are three bunks with a “camping”-feeling and views to the stars through skylights. Four identical wooden „sheds“ are put together in form of a windmill with a central oculus inside. Prefabricated timber construction with larch cladding on the outside with a copper roof and sea pine plywood cladding on the inside. The relationship/flow between interior and exterior is crucial to the atmosphere inside the house: the landscape flows through the building allowing views into nature in all four directions.