Neutral colors, simple materials and right angles. the style of Wallimann Reichen adopts some of the dictates of brutalism and brings them (also) to this building Basel, In Switzerland. He is a new four-story residential project, which stands on a plot of land with a reduced perimeter, which the architects wanted to take advantage of by inserting environments with different uses, almost variations on a theme that apparently left little room for inventiveness. After all, the busy Kleinbasel neighborhood and strict building regulations shaped the building. However, in such a narrow grid, the vertical development has made it possible to give a distinctive character to the interiors, blending perfectly with the environment. Blaesi House and Studio It includes four apartments and a studio.
The main challenge to solve was to facilitate free and open circulation in a relatively narrow space. For this reason we opted for a simple plan, built around the center of the house. To save precious meters, a careful functional design was necessary, also capable of altering the most conventional proportions. A result possible thanks to Valuation of the continuity between interior and exterior.and therefore the ability to make the most of an otherwise anonymous façade. The spatial container, framed by a painted industrial wall, with its horizontal environments that accompany the two facades, finds its external counterpart in the ribbon windows. On the south side, large sliding windows transform the respective dining and living room areas into a loggia flooded with light.
If the apartments are developed on the surface, the attic expands vertically. The studio is perceived as a perforated spatial unit, disarticulated into two floors. By connecting the ground floor meeting area via a staircase to a raised workspace in the basement, the building’s profile could be fully utilized. It is not surprising, therefore, that the interiors also present an evident stylistic unity, formed by the abundant use of exposed concrete, sometimes softened by simple shapes reminiscent of those of bricks, almost as if the gaze passed through them, in contrast to the floors perfectly smooth. The material palette is stripped down to the basics, with an imposing spruce-paneled pitched ceiling and minimalist furniture, aside from the pretty armchair. Go By Michel Ducaroy.
Stefano Annovazzi Lodi is a freelance collaborator who mainly deals with cultural and design projects for Elledecor. It seems that for years he has been dedicating himself to a novel with which he will win the Nobel Prize, meanwhile he revises his acceptance speech and works as a short story editor for a production company in Rome.