The plot on which this three-story home is built lies slightly below the level of the surrounding area on the edge of a single-family residential district. The response to this  difference in level is an intelligently designed semibasement, above which soar a full floor and an attic. The emblematic facade and the carefully dimensioned saddle roof projecting on all sides add an archaic touch to the building. It?s kind of presented on a pedestal.

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Architects: Felippi Wyssen Architects

Location: Muttenz, Switzerland

Architect In Charge: Felippi Wyssen Architects

Area: 600.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Valentin Jeck , Courtesy of Felippi Wyssen Architects, Mark Niedermann
Structural Engineer: Jürg Merz

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From the architect. The plot on which this three-story home is built lies slightly below the level of the surrounding area on the edge of a single-family residential district. The response to this  difference in level is an intelligently designed semibasement, above which soar a full floor and an attic. The emblematic facade and the carefully dimensioned saddle roof projecting on all sides add an archaic touch to the building. It?s kind of presented on a pedestal.

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