"The floor plan shows a large trapezoidal that opens to the south and a narrow tapered trapezoid to the north, in the middle as a joint the box with shower, sink and toilet. Only the west wall in the northern trapezoid is parallel to the east wall in the southern trapezoid, otherwise the house lies like a curved boomerang in the meadow. The whole thing is made of red-coloured lightweight concrete. Shell construction equals finishing. The raw exposed concrete wall with its violent appearance leaves us in peace, it does not pretend, it shows and it is what it is. A play of light and shadow. Aesthetic rigorism excludes all qualities of grace as well as narrative moments. Livio Vacchini once said in an interview that architecture needs "rigore" in order to achieve validity. That's what it means. The technology is secondary, not much has changed, you sit on the doorstep and look at the sun. The solar energy is used without conversion losses via the large sliding windows, and stored in the floor and walls. If it doesn't work, a basic stove that emits radiant heat for over 10 hours and an electric underfloor heating system for floor temperature control helps."
Source: Axel Tilch Gisela Drexler Architekten
[Photos: Michael Christian Peters] (http://peters-fotodesign.com/)
