Location
Ticino, Switzerland
Year
2021
Type
Residential
Size
224 m²
Status
Completed 2021
Client
Private
Project
The house stands on a terrace of an abandoned vineyard. It is built of the same gneiss as the retaining walls around it, laid by masons who worked on the original terraces.
Windows are cut deep into the wall. In winter the sun reaches the table through a single opening; in summer the wall stays cool until night.
Fig. 1
The hall, one window cut deep into the gneiss wall
Upper level plan
Scale
1:150
Fig. 3
Gneiss coursing, dry laid
Materials
Gneiss
Lime mortar
Chestnut
Bronze
Credits
Architecture
Monolith Office
Masonry
Cava Pietra Maggia
Structure
Studio Tognetti
Joinery
Falegnameria Rossi
