Widagasse

The small residential complex with a total of 8 units is located on Widagasse in Dornbirn, a low-traffic side street near the city center, surrounded by small-scale structures with predominantly 2-3 story single-family houses. The key design idea therefore envisages a corresponding development with two buildings slightly rotated towards each other instead of one large structure. Although the buildings are proportionally related, each with three floors, their roof shapes and materials contrast each other. One has a shingle facade and a slightly sloping gable roof, while the other has a plastered facade and a flat roof with solar panels.

To visually connect the two buildings, the windows and the vertical wooden slats of the balcony railings are a constant design element. A shared underground car park connects the houses, allowing generous garden areas for the two south-facing 3-bedroom apartments on the ground floor. The apartments on the first floors, as well as the two penthouse apartments on the top floors, also have south-facing living areas with balconies. The two buildings rotated towards each other create private areas with a high quality of living. The residential complex fits perfectly into the small-scale structure of the surrounding area.

Location
Dornbirn, Vorarlberg
Finished
2014