Villa at the lake, Switzerland

Villa at the lake | Switzerland

22 september 2023

Project: Villa at the lake | Switzerland
Architect: tec ARCHITECTURE GmbH, Ermatingen | Switzerland
Architect façade renovation: LOOS MEER ARCHITEKTEN GMBH, Amriswil | Switzerland
Fabricator + Installer: K&K Fassaden AG, St. Gallen | Switzerland
Façade System: Glued
Year of Construction: 2021
Product: ALUCOBOND® PLUS anodized look C34
Photos:Manuel Martini

FROG PRINCE AT THE LAKE

Like the Frog Prince in person, straight out of a Grimms’ fairy tale, this impressive house sits on the shores of Lake Constance. Viewed from above, its segmented layout is truly reminiscent of a reptile basking in the sun by the lake. Not only the structure’s shape seemed striking; the previous façade featured dark, square façade panels with white floral motifs and distinct light coloured joints.

In the course of renovating the façade, the Swiss architects, Christian Loos and Pascal Meer updated the building, fashioning a more contemporary design. Anodized look C34 ALUCOBOND® panels, extending the full length of the storey, were bonded onto the structure creating extremely thin joints and delivering a more elegant, more timeless and more understated appearance. The surface of the façade now looks as sleek and shimmering as the skin of a wet amphibian. The result is a modern and minimal look which emphasises both the angular geometry of the building and the panorama windows. On the ground floor, the long glazed frontage overlooking the patio is framed by a wide façade which juts out by approximately one and a half metres. The ALUCOBOND® panels slant inwards towards the windows, drawing a precise, long inner edge into the corner joints and in so doing emphasise the panorama format of the lake-facing glass façade. Unlike the old façade, the new ALUCOBOND® surface reveals different nuances of brown, changing from light hazelnut and golden copper to dark black-brown during the course of the day and depending on how the light falls.

In its new, dark skin and its chameleon-like colour changes, the house seems magically alive. At the same time, the upper storey sits above the stairwell with its external gold cladding, like the Frog Prince on top of the golden ball, just before he hops into the lake with it.

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