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Location
Zurich
Period
2012
My role
Internship

Chesa Astordix

Samedan, Engadine, 2012

Location
Samedan, Engadine
Year
2012
Context
Employed
Office
steigerconcept, Zurich
Role
Internship, responsible for the entire design
Services
Preliminary study, design
Photo: Photomontage: Benno Helpenstein
Black-and-white photomontage of the converted house with a white façade and irregular windows against the mountain panorama

[Draft: please complete] Conversion and extension of an existing chalet on the slope above Samedan in the Upper Engadine into a multi-family house with several flats and a new garage built into the slope.

The design retains the volume of the house with its shallow pitched roof and translates the Engadine tradition into a contemporary language: a white rendered façade with freely placed windows of different sizes sits on a solid natural stone base, which extends into the terrain as a retaining wall and houses the garage.

As an intern at steigerconcept, I was responsible for the entire design, from the preliminary studies and drawings to the 3D models and photomontages.

Team

Internship at steigerconcept, Zurich

Existing building

The chalet on the slope above Samedan before the conversion.

Black-and-white photo of the existing chalet with timber balconies on the slope, the mountain massif behind
Photomontage of the design from the same viewpoint: white façade, irregular windows and natural stone base
The same view with the design

Design

Elevation, section and floor plans from the design phase. Yellow and red mark demolition and new construction.

Elevation of the house with natural stone base, retaining walls and garage on the slope
Elevation
Section through the house, staircase and underground garage in the slope
Section
Ground floor plan with flat and staircase
Ground floor
First floor plan
First floor
3D model of the house with terraced retaining walls, driveway and garage structure on the slope
3D model

Realisation

The finished house after the conversion.

Photos: [check photographer]

The converted house with white façade and natural stone base against a blue sky
Glazed extension with glass balustrade next to the white rendered façade
Glazed staircase façade with a view of Samedan and the snow-covered mountains
Staircase with black railing and light stone floor
Narrow basement corridor with floor lights and a black wall
Open kitchen with light blue fronts beneath sloping ceilings with timber beams
Bathroom with glass shower and a sauna in light-coloured wood
View of Samedan with the house on the slope in front of a wooded mountain