Cubic Lights

Concept

Initiative
a single-family house in a cottage district
Architecture
from the vision to the connection with the purpose and finally materialization
Technology
serving space

Solution

Cubic Lights is situated in an area with a high density of private houses.

A single volume with hang up rooms creates a free-standing private house.

One who enters the ground floor of Cubic Lights will witness a completely open and therefore floating space. Hovering room boxes create different room heights – from 3 to 6m – throughout the building. The living room at ground floor is continuously glazed and opens towards the South to a wooden terrace which is flanked by a swimming pool. While inside the living room and looking up, the roof level is composed of three single cubes, freely floating above the exposed ground floor. Satellite-like, light flooded cubes which house the bed- and bathrooms of the owner.

The hanging boxes create the ceilings and take care of shading as well; furthermore the single rooms have possibilities to close them through shadings in order to create privacy when desired.

One who enters the ground floor of Cubic Lights will witness a completely open and therefore floating space which is opened to the south. Looking up, the roof level is composed of three single cubes, freely hovering above the exposed ground floor. Satellite-like, light flooded cubes which house the bed- and bathrooms of the owner.

Info

Category Private Home
City Vienna
Commissioner Private
Period 2006–2008
Type direct
Status built
Details

site: 882 m²

gross floor area: 595 m²

net floor area : 490 m²

Copyright driendl*architects ZT GmbH
Images Milli Kaufmann, Lew Rodin

Plans

090808 Lageplan Cubic Lights

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