Atelier Albert Oehlen
18/01/2016.
By Ábalos + Sentkiewicz and Enguita & Lasso Architects. [Appnzell] Switzerland
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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.
More information
AS+. ÁBALOS+SENTKIEWICZ ARQUITECTOS
Ábalos+Sentkiewicz arquitectos, AS+. Madrid-based architecture practice was founded and led by Iñaki Ábalos and Renata Sentkiewicz in 2006. The practice has local offices in Cambridge (USA) and Shanghai (China).
Iñaki Ábalos and Renata Sentkiewicz have taught in prestigious university centres such as GSD-Harvard University, Architectural Association, Columbia, Cornell, Princeton, and ETSAM, combining academic, professional and research activities. Iñaki Ábalos has been Chair of the Department of Architecture at GSD Harvard University and RIBA International Fellowship 2009 (Royal Institute of British Architects). Abalos is currently Chaired Professor at ETSAM.
The projects and built work of Abalos+Sentkiewicz AS+ are internationally recognized and have been the subject of individual exhibitions and many collective exhibitions in the most prestigious centres: GSD Harvard, AA-London, Pavillon de l’Arsenale-Paris, MoMA-NYC (5 built works in three different exhibitions: Light construction, ON Site, Groundswell), Chicago Architecture Biennial, Biennale di Architettura di Venezia, etc. This prestige also reflects in the 40 awards received (25 of them first prizes) in architecture competitions. Another 46 awards have been given to different research and design activities, 19 of them to Built Works. Their professional work has been collected in 12 monographs and their theoretical work has been compiled through 12 books. Critic William Curtis has chosen one work of the firm, the Pavilion in the Retiro Park, as one of the three best works built in Spain during the last 30 years.
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.
