X-07 Wolf

Above: north elevation. Bottom: South elevation.

The Building

Guided by the various parameters of the brief, the project lead to an exploration of an unfiltered dialogue with the context and natural elements. The concept for the housing project was derived from the aim of designing a "smart" building able to react to different atmospheric conditions as well as enabling an ease of maintenance. This lead to different treatments of the two main facades and guided the choice of the materials, colors and dimensions of the openings.

Detail of the northern facade.

On its northern facade, the building is equipped with a "skin" (ventilated facade, HPL panels) which becomes a powerful architectural element as its protective task is aesthetically enforced and made evident and clear. The "skin" translates into a roof as it turns from the vertical to the horizontal plane. The openings are reduced to the minimum in the apartments while three of the volumes which house entrances and staircases are left completely open to light, emerging as super scaled soft lamps at night. The colors are cold, lines hard and the corners sharp, as this side of the building attempts to evoke the glacial landscapes

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