Underground House (into the Hill) (Traditional Swiss Instruments March)
Mountain | reviews | videos | photos
(Click on "Show More" for complete description) Maison sous-terraine (iin/à Vals, Switzerland / Suisse) (Images by Iwan Baan) There are a lot of benefits to building houses underground; they are cheap, almost free, to heat and cool, and they don't block the views. Wells probably would have found this house by SeArch and Christian Müller Architects a bit over the top; his works were more modest and restrained. It is very big and there is a lot of concrete in it, and can hardly be called green, but there are some interesting ideas. In Vals, Switzerland there are famous thermal baths with amazing views, so in order to build close to the baths, the architects buried the house into the hill. Shouldn't it be possible to conceal a house in an Alpine slope while still exploiting the wonderful views and allowing light to enter the building? Surprised that it was permissible to construct a pair of dwellings so close to the world famous thermal bath of Vals, the client seized the opportunity to develop the site, without disturbing the bath's expansive views. The introduction of a central patio into the steep incline creates a large façade with considerable potential for window openings. The viewing angle from the building is slightly inclined, giving an even more dramatic view of the strikingly beautiful mountains on the opposite side of the narrow valley. The local authority's well intentioned caution, that un-usual modern proposals were generally not favoured, proved unfounded. The planners were pleased that the proposal did not appear 'residential' or impose on the adjacent bath building. The scheme was not perceived as a typical structure but rather an example of pragmatic unobtrusive development in a sensitive location. The placing of the entrance via an old Graubünder barn and an underground tunnel further convinced them that the concept, while slightly absurd, could still be permitted. Switzerland's planning laws dictate that it is only possible to grant a definitive planning permission after a timber model of the building's volume has first been constructed on site. This can then be accurately appraised by the local community and objected to if considered unsuitable. For this proposal, logic prevailed and this part of the process was deemed to be unnecessary. Mudic / Musique : Traditional Swiss Instruments: Idiophones Clapping Box -Walliser Fronleichnamsmarch. Instruments de musique tradionnels suisses.
Comments
-
music is kind of annoying
-
Hate the tapping
-
shut up idiot
-
Nice hse irritating music. Mismatched.
-
Love the house...hate that noise that was supposed to be music.
-
if they covered the front it could be like a 5 star bunker
-
Quit complaining about the music, you idiots.. there's a mute button!
-
Damn it losed my phone were could be in that house
-
whos the stupid idiot that thought up the music, tried to watch the video,,so anoying
-
Ticking noise is familiar
-
The music was, ahem, about as soothing as someone tapping their fingernails on a tabletop to music only they can hear. Tell the musicians not to quit their day jobs lest their chilren go hungrey. Ta!
-
It gets better once it's stuck in your head for a week.
-
hello, what a gorgeous design. I would like to know more about the house in details. Would that be possible ? Thanks and with kind regards, Peter Blaney Davidson
-
Beautiful home!
-
What happens when it rains?
-
9gag brought me here . Yup it's real!
-
The music SUX !!! I't killed my ears with the headphones on !!
-
Great house, crappy music
-
@ClairaGEagleHawk Thank you for writing! I hope the designers will read your comment! :)
-
the house sux,but the music ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!
1m 20sLenght