Primitive Hut 3

Source: Jürg Zimmermann archdaily.com

Duplex House in Küsnacht, Küsnacht, Switzerland, 2007 designed by Rossetti + Wyss Architekten

The building area of 430sqm generates living space for two units. Due to the small available space, the levels are arranged vertically. The new building reacts with the exterior to its surroundings: the structure, the gable, the position and the outer surface are in harmony with the environment. -- ArchDaily

Source: Linda Blatzek archdaily.com

Kasel, Kasel, Germany, 2009 designed by Architekten Stein Hemmes Wirtz

The +Energy House is located in the wine community Kasel, in the Ruwer valley, and repeats the two storey with a gable roof structure in the village. Currently it is used as an office, but can be converted to a home when needed. The elongated structure was built with solid wood construction on a concrete floor slab. All structural and partition walls are made of solid wood plate elements, which remain undisguised in the interior, where an ivory-colored glaze applied to the walls and ceillings reveals the texture of the wood structure. -- ArchDaily

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Passive House, Bessancourt, France, 2009 designed by Karawitz Architecture

Aesthetically, this house is a sculptural and abstract replica of a traditional house.  The design by Karawitz Architecture reveals a double faced site sensitive house that is closed on the North to limit energy loss and opened on the South to take benefit of free sunshine. -- ArchDaily

Source: Roger Frei archdaily.com

Rhine Falls Visitor Center, Laufen-Uhwiesen, Switzerland, 2010 designed by Leuppi & Schafroth Architekten

Located in Canton Zurich, the Rhine Falls visitor center defines the entry to Laufen castle and the pathway leading to Europe’s largest waterfall. The program required integrating a souvenir shop, bistro, public toilet facilities and a multipurpose hall into an existing staff house. The difficult task of transforming the nondescript house into a public building was achieved by extending the pitched roof and developing a new skin that wraps the entire structure. The new façade, made of weatherproof steel plates, forms a suit of armor that unifies the building into a primary form. -- ArchDaily

Source: Koen Van Damme archdaily.com

DC2 Residence, Tielrode, Temse, Belgium, 2011 designed by Vincent Van Duysen Architects

The concept of Van Duysen to go back to the simple rural building typology (a long volume parallel to the street, with a 45° gable roof) refers to the tradition of simple farm houses in the region. -- ArchDaily

Source: Joachim Belaieff archdaily.com

Gotland Summer House, Gotland, Sweden, 2012 designed by Enflo Arkitekter

A summer house for a young family. The site on the Swedish island Gotland in the Baltic Sea is surrounded by open fields to the north and low forest in the south.Local building traditions are important in this region, as well as for the architect and client. -- ArchDaily

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Alden Biesen, Alden-Biesen, Belgium, 2012 designed by a2o architecten

The building is restricted in materials and details by merely providing a shape that creates space. The steel frame, which includes minimal facilities to make the construction weather-tight, forms the basis of the volume. The wooden elements complete the shape. The simplicity of its shape is extended to its usage. Large folding doors make entry and exit of machinery easy. The facade apertures are covered by wooden cladding that acts as a filter. The newly added shape speaks the same language as the existing buildings, but distinguishes its role by the materials used. The building takes a modest attitude against the historic setting and the landscape. It is flexible in its use and can be disassembled. -- ArchDaily

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Gammelgarn Mattsarve, Ängmansvägen, Katthammarsvik, Sweden, 2012 designed by LLP Arkitektkontor

The very small house is kept low and has been placed In the middle of the site, with a garden with some fruit trees facing the road and a private side facing the heath. The entrance to the road is withdrawn under a roof of corrugated polycarbonate greenhouse panels. To the north a series of window doors. At the entrance it is possible to look right through the building from north to south. An open kitchen/livingroom extends from the entrance with a fireplace and further along the windows to the north, with a separate entrance in the western wall. A cloakroom and bathroom with elevated windows facing the terrace. Bedrooms to the east. -- ArchDaily

Source: Takumi Ota archdaily.com

Kinubashi Pharmacy, Tochigi, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, 2012 designed by Soeda and associates Architects

In response to such surrounding condition, we come to a conclusion that a simple and large pitched roof would work best to prevent accumulation of falling leaves. Therefore we design the whole building as a pitched-roof volume. Instead of installing windows on the south and the north facades, we decide to provide operable skylights on the roof to let natural light and wind inside. Several skylights are located within the northern portion of the roof with consideration to prevent direct intense sunlight in summer. -- ArchDaily

Source: Juan Baraja archdaily.com

Portable House ÁPH80, Spain, 2013 designed by Ábaton Arquitectura

ÁBATON has developed the ÁPH80 series as a dwelling ideal for 2 people, easily transported by road and ready to be placed almost anywhere. The proportions are the result of a thorough study by our architects’ team so that the different spaces are recognizable and the feeling indoors is one of fullness. It is a simple yet sturdy construction made of materials chosen to provide both comfort and balance. -- ArchDaily

Source: Kai Nakamura archdaily.com

Koya No Sumika, Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, 2013 designed by mA-style Architects

A V-beam roof truss is made with 62mm panels and structural plywood on both sides, and it is topped with a 69mm thin roof. By overlapping the bearing walls and the V-beam frame, and by using a variety of finishes, contrasting spaces are created and a sense of scale in the vertical direction is born in the flat house. -- ArchDaily

Source: Hwang Hyochel archdaily.com

Low Cost House, Jangheung-gun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea, 2013 designed by JYA-RCHITECTS

The huge budget issue naturally led us to find ideas to save the costs while creating a larger space. A room to cut costs was finally found in building materials. What we chose was ‘container houses’ which could minimize both field works and construction time. -- ArchDaily

Source: Alfonso Herranz archdaily.com

Meeting Bar, Plaza Castilla, Madrid, Spain, 2013 designed by Losada García arquitectos

The light structure bolted, the set of interior finishes and the construction of the facade through light facade systems, manifest the spirit to reach a constructive system responsible, fast, economic, tech: prefabrication. -- ArchDail

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Maison Simon, 70 Rue de Pont de Planches, 70130 Vezet, France, 2013 designed by Mathieu Noël & Élodie Bonnefous architectes

The house position is closest to the path, frees up space for the future garden. Explicitly referring to the archetype of the “Monopoly” house, the house is a simple volume that develops while length.  -- ArchDaily

Source: Moritz Bernoully archdaily.com

House in Hollansche Rading, Hollandsche Rading, The Netherlands, 2013 designed by Korteknie Stuhlmacher Architecten

In the facades, an idiosyncratic play of proportions, geometries and secondary elements like canopies and downpipes gives the constructions a strong personality. -- ArchDaily

Source: Hiroki Kawata archdaily.com

4n House, Ikoma, Nara, Japan, 2013 designed by ninkipen!

The site had been divided into two levels with a retaining wall, and vehicle access was to the lower level only. We removed the wall, connecting the two levels with a gentle slope, and floated the house above it. By elevating the house on piloti we created good views and an all weather outdoor space which is also a children’s playground and the entrance porch. -- ArchDaily

Source: Ioana Marinescu archdaily.com

House in Balsthal, Balsthal, Switzerland, 2013 designed by Pascal Flammer Architekten

This timber house is about different ways of perceiving the landscape surrounding it.   -- ArchDaily

Source: Wai Ming Ng archdaily.com

Writer’s Shed, Hackney, London, UK, 2014 designed by WSD Architecture

Drawing on the historically intimate relationship between writers and their shed’s, the space was conceived as a haven in the city; a fairy-tale hut at the bottom of the garden where the client could retreat and immerse himself in his work. The offset pitch of the roof allowed for a large north-facing skylight; flooding the workspace with natural light. -- ArchDaily

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Black Gables, Louisdale, NS, Canada, 2014 designed by Omar Gandhi Architect

Black Gables are simply put, two modest sized gabled buildings, jet black, with a metal roof. The two buildings, one for primary living and the other for a studio and darkroom are located at skewed angles to one another so as to take advantage of the best views, exposure to appropriate daylighting and an overall playful composition. -- ArchDaily

Source: Miran Kambič archdaily.com

The Black Barn, Šentrupert, Slovenia, 2014 designed by Arhitektura d.o.o.

Although the client’s idea of a modern hayrack which would function both as a barn house and prominent protocol house seemed controversial at first, however, the idea revealed a great archetypal and development potential, which is inherent in the architecture of a hayrack in Slovenian cultural awareness. -- ArchDaily

Source: Jeremías Gonzalez archdaily.com

Maison L, Bruz, France, 2014 designed by Atelier 56S

These are characterised by a compact and simple volume with a two slope slate roof.  Since we could not create openings of more than 1.4 metre, we used brise soleils to enclose the first floor completely. When fully open, the brise soleils have a width of 6.5 metres, offering excellent views to the nearby park. -- ArchDaily