Haus P. at Ranggen, Austria
Erich Gutmorgeth’s speciality is difficult locations. The architect advises his client to find a site that nobody else wants to obtain, because these plots are mostly available at a low price. Then, the saved money is meant to improve the building A detached home near Innsbruck shows the result, which can be achieved with this strategy here, the view had to be shielded from the mundane, neighbouring structure in country house style Gutmorgeth therefore covered the house with a second skin of perpendicular slats, set apart from the facade at a small distance and creating an intermediate zone, which is used as a terrace. The terrace extends over two floors up to the roof, so that it is both protected from rain and appears particularly spacious. The external layer filters the view towards the outside: if the resident looks through the facade vertically, the surroundings become visible, but if he directs his gaze at a tangent across the slats, they close and block out the neighbouring area The second skin breaks up in some places and allows well-calculated views of the charming Tirolian hills in the distance.
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