1 minute read
EIGER HOUSE
Floating Boulder
Advertisement
YEAR: 2021
TYPOLOGY: FLOATING RESIDENCE
SITE: COSTAVOLPINO (BR)
PARTNERS: SARA BALETTI, LUCA BELLAN
Boulder
EIGER HOUSE is a wooden house floating on a concrete base. It is inserted in the context of high environmental value of Costa Volpino, on Lake Iseo, near the small port and a sailing club. In an intervention of complete redesign of the system of routes and tourist attractions, this building looks like a house and a sport equipment at the same time. In fact, the commissioning family wanted to retire from the city by placing itself in the right balance between lake and mountain, swimming and climbing. From the inside, in fact, a climbing boulder develops covering part of the external facades, configuring an ascending path that leads to the panoramic terrace on the roof. An internal courtyard, then, dialogues with the outside and is framed inside by the different flights of stairs. The levels of the house are in fact interlocked, offering double-height spaces and sharing. The entire structure is designed in XLAM panels, using drywall technology to maintain the buoyancy of the platform. EIGER HOUSE, therefore, in addition to offering a stay of high scenic value, integrates and enriches the system of sports activities already present in the area, interpreting the best of its context: between the waves of Lake Iseo and the mountains of Val Camonica.
Maximum volume: 1200 mc
Structural Decks
Climbing wall panels engage the roof with lattice structures.
Large skylights interrupt the zinc roof to bring light inside.
The XLAM structure is exploited to its full potential, allowing complex geometries without additional aids.
The basement, a concrete tank filled with EPS, floats and supports cantilevers thanks to steel brackets.
