251. Valerio Olgiati /// House Kucher /// Rottenburg am Neckar, Germany /// 1991
OfHouses guest curated by Jeff Kaplon (Subtilitas):
The idea of traditions (pt 2)
Similar to Baum’s residence, Olgiati’s Kucher house highlights a similar strained dialog with the adjacent 19th century homes of Rottenburg am Neckar. A series of traditional elements including tall exaggerated dormers, repetitive juliet balconies, and a steep gabled roof harken the formalism of the residential archetype. However, the house is at conflict with the overabundance of referential tropes; the facade at the base literally bulging if filled to capacity. The complex construction required to resolve the intersection of these seemingly basic elements necessitated prefabrication in order to have a degree of precision of less than 3mm over the span of the entire house.
(Photos: © Archive Olgiati. Recent photo: © Werk, Bauen + Wohnen 1-2 (2015). Photo Source: ‘Valerio Olgiati’ 2G 37 (2006); Hochparterre 4 (1991), 105.)
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