House Sagengüetli

Niederurnen, Switzerland

Façade with cladding of fibre cement Eternit from west

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View to the garden from west

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Façade with cladding of fibre cement Eternit and loggia from southeast

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Detail Façade from southeast

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Façade from southwest with terrace and loggia

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Handcrafted kitchen in black medium density fibreboard

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View to the home office

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View from the home office to the staircase and coloured sideboard

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Home office with a view

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Open space up to the roof

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Single Houses

Architects: Architekturbüro Herbert Bruhin

Location: Sagengüetli, 8867 Niederurnen, Switzerland
Year: 2006

Haus Sagengüetli, a two-storey home with a shallow-pitched gable roof, is harmoniously integrated into the surroundings. It features a uniform exterior cladding of fibre cement panels manufactured in the region. The narrow panels are fastened with rivets in a manner reminiscent of a bridge construction. Due to the alluvial soil, the house stands on a base foundation. Two recesses in the volume of the structure accentuate the entrance and terrace, and provide structure to the floor plan of the residential floor. A core painted in orange-red encapsulates the staircase, wardrobe, bathroom and library and connects the two floors with an ornamental verve.