Atelier Albert Oehlen
18/01/2016.
By Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects. [Appnzell] Switzerland
metalocus, BRANLY ERNESTO PÉREZ
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The project, located in Bülher, Switzerland, is an interesting proposal made by the collaboration of two studios: Ábalos + Sentkiewicz Architects and Enguita & Lasso de la Vega Architects. The two-story building is the Albert Oehlen’s studio, a contemporary German artist, placed within the neo-expressionist movement.
Exterior view. Atelier Albert Oehlen by Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects. Photography © José Hevia
Exterior view. Atelier Albert Oehlen by Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects. Photography © José Hevia
Exterior view. Atelier Albert Oehlen by Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects. Photography © José Hevia
Exterior view. Atelier Albert Oehlen by Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects. Photography © José Hevia
Exterior view. Atelier Albert Oehlen by Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects. Photography © José Hevia
Exterior view. Atelier Albert Oehlen by Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects. Photography © José Hevia
Exterior view. Atelier Albert Oehlen by Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects. Photography © José Hevia
Interior view. Atelier Albert Oehlen by Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects. Photography © José Hevia
Interior view. Atelier Albert Oehlen by Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects. Photography © José Hevia
Interior view. Atelier Albert Oehlen by Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects. Photography © José Hevia
Interior view. Atelier Albert Oehlen by Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects. Photography © José Hevia
vInterior view. Atelier Albert Oehlen by Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects. Photography © José Hevia
Stairs. Atelier Albert Oehlen by Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects. Photography © José Hevia
Detail of roof. Atelier Albert Oehlen by Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects. Photography © José Hevia
Plans. Atelier Albert Oehlen by Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects.
Elevation. Atelier Albert Oehlen by Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects.
Section. Atelier Albert Oehlen by Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects.
Ground floor plan. Elevation. Atelier Albert Oehlen by Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects.
First floor plan. Atelier Albert Oehlen by Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects.
Section. Atelier Albert Oehlen by Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects.
Sketch. Atelier Albert Oehlen by Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects.
Night exterior view. Atelier Albert Oehlen by Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects, Appnzell, Switzerland. Photography © José Hevia Blac
Night exterior view. Atelier Albert Oehlen by Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects, Appnzell, Switzerland. Photography © José Hevia Blac
Night exterior view. Atelier Albert Oehlen by Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects, Appnzell, Switzerland. Photography © José Hevia Blac
Ábalos + Sentkiewicz Architects and Enguita & Lasso de la Vega Architects presents this small construction situated on a rugged land which is almost permanently covered by snow. Its white color of the building makes it mimics the environment, giving a feeling of perfect homogeneity and integration into its environment.
Description of project by Enguita & Lasso de la Vega Architects
The studio is located on a steep terrain that is almost always covered with snow, tucked into the hillside towards the north and opening up to the south to harbor an open-plan space for the artist´s workshop, and a lower-ground floor for storage. A large window brings the landscape into the atelier, while two skylights guarantee zenithal illumination. The main volume and skylights are cut of the hillside defining a triangle, giving the building a characteristic image that is highlighted with its white industrial finishes, in tune with the snow-covered roofs and fields around it.
Environmentally speaking, the project seeks making the volume as compact as possible, burrowing it partially. The south-facing openings (with exterior, adjustable and motorized blinds) collect sunlight and ensure that the workspace is adequately lit. Geothermal energy provides climate control, using construction systems that ensure thermal inertia: concrete structure in the buried areas and in the rest of the complex veneered wood with chipboard panels and insulation made of recycled paper and salt. All this clad with industrial boards, and protected with a green roof that follows the terrain´s flow.
Text.- Enguita & Lasso de la Vega Architects
CREDITS. DATA SHEET.-
Architects.- Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso de la Vega.
Directors.- Iñaki Ábalos y Paloma Lasso de la Vega.
Constructor.- Fhehner Holzbau AG (Andreas Fhehner, arq.)
Consultants.- ESTIA / Bernard Paule.
Client.- Albert Oehlen.
Type.- New construction building.
Area.- 331,00 sqm.
Budget.- 900.000€
Dates.- Project.- 2005. Construction.- 2007- 2009.
Location.- Bühler. Appenzell. Switzerland.
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AS+. ÁBALOS+SENTKIEWICZ ARQUITECTOS
Ábalos+Sentkiewicz arquitectos. Iñaki Ábalos and Renata Sentkiewicz have worked together since 1999, first in Ábalos&Herreros and since 2006 in Ábalos+Sentkiewicz arquitectos. The work they develop stands out for proposing an original synthesis of technical rigor, formal imagination and discipline integration between architecture, environment and landscape, an approach they have named as “A Thermodynamic Beauty”. Their recent work has been collected in monographs as DA Architecture Doc. n.63, COAA, 2007, Abalos + Sentkiewicz arquitectos, (Thermodynamic beauty), 2G n.56 (GG, 2011) and Logroño Intermodal Station (Q estudio, 2012).
They have been awarded in many international competitions, being widely published and subject of individual (Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Cataluña, Barcelona. 2000, 2005; AA School, London. 2003; Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. 2004; Fundación ICO, Madrid, 2005; Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid. 2007; Universitá Roma Tre, Roma, 2009, Bienal de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires, 2011) and collective exhibitions (Biennale di Architettura di Venezia, Venice, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2012; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1995, 2005, 2006; Pavillon de l’arsenale, Paris, 2006; Ecological Urbanism, GSD Harvard University, 2009; Laboratorio Gran Vía, Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, 2010; Proyecto Tierra, Alhóndiga, Bilbao 2010).
Ábalos+Sentkiewicz arquitectos, with offices in Boston and Madrid, stands out the contemporary scene as one of the few international firms able to combine a deep sense of authorship (all designs are personally directed by the partners of the firm) with a systematic collaborative attitude involving in the design process from the very first steps professionals of different fields, clients and institutions, something that reflects in the success of their built work, both in the urban realm and specialized media.
Luis Enguita, Paloma Lasso de la Vega. Enguita and Lasso de la Vega
Luis Enguita and Paloma Lasso de la Vega are both architects graduated from Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid.
The studio Enguita & Lasso de la Vega is characterized by developing three different but convergent working lines. The first and principal is the one related to professional architecture works, building and restoration projects, and architectural competitions, where they have achieved wide recognition and won important prizes. The second one is related to art and museography specialization, artist collaborations, design and exhibition curation. Finally, a third one related to investigation, theoretical texts, doctoral courses and book publishing.
