Floor plan
About architect
| Project | House for Gudrun |
| Design | Sven Matt |
| Area | 100 sqm |
| Budget | € 170,000 |
| Primary energy requirement | 35 kWh / m²a |
| Year | 2010 |
| Location | Mellau, Vorarlberg, Austria |
| Photography | Björn Matt |
Sometimes there is no alternative to your own house: for your own peace, your own freedom, your own nature, your own way. Even the tight budget of a tight budget could not dissuade the client from her plans.
This is how this “two-room apartment” 100 sqm prefab wooden house was built in prefabricated wood, one storey, without a basement on a concrete floor slab.
The interior of the small, black-glazed prefab wooden house offers living and living space along the entire depth of the 100 sqm house, plus two other small rooms: one connected privately, the other accessible from the hallway.
Behind the entrance is a core for technology and wet room. You look outside through four large openings - one on each outer wall. Depending on their function, direction and surroundings, they reach down to the floor or are set off with a parapet, cut flat into the facade or deeply notched: in the east the access, in the north the bedrooms, in the south the dining area, in the west the private exit for a view of the valley.
The space economy led to the integration of the service components into the walls. This includes a wardrobe, kitchenette, built-in closet and a small writing space. A seat in the rear wall of the wet room is also included. This niche is darkened with concrete panels, as if you should be able to concentrate and retreat here - otherwise silver fir dominates the interior.
Entrance, hallway and functional cells have the usual room height, bedroom and living room extend below the flat sloping roof, making the rooms appear spacious. The building is heated by the woodchip heater of the neighboring house: the system supplies the underfloor heating under the ground cement screed.
Description from architects.
"Your own calm, your own freedom, your own nature, your own Art."
Large living space, two small bedrooms and the entrance area are offset by one organized core with technology and wet room. Four large openings form four image sections, four views inside. Depending on the direction and surroundings, with or without parapet - deeply incised or placed flat in the facade. Prime the private exit with a view of the expanding valley to the west, then to the east the access, dormitories to the north, dining area with a short hall to the south, where the neighboring buildings are closest.
The walls are designed in such a way that they integrate low-lying windows and serving components - kitchen units, built-in cupboards, a small writing place. The cloakroom and seat are also recessed in the central core of the bathroom. This is inside appears on the outside, however, with dark walls made of concrete control panels in contrast to the otherwise prevalent silver fir. The space remains free for small furniture.
There she lives. The large window to the west looks out into the distance, the entrance in the east points to the neighbors and in the center stands the dark core with fire and water. Sitting on the wooden deck, in the open air, she takes part in nature, with regular visits from neighbors and irregular visits from deer, fox and others.
Floor plan
About architect
Innauer Matt Architects from the Bregenzerwald region interpret projects closely related to the location, the landscape, and its inhabitants. Founded in 2012 by Markus Innauer (*1980) and Sven Matt (*1980), they create atmospherically dense and finely detailed works among the mountains that combine the existing with the new. The central theme is always the search for an architecture that creates familiar, enduring places through a calm everydayness.
Awards
2025
- Houses Award I Award I Heuberg
2024
- Monument Protection Medal 2024 I Bezau Museum
- HEINZE Architecture Award I Best Project I Kunstraum Kassel
- DAM Award I Finalist I Kunstraum Kassel
- Mies van der Rohe Award I Nominee I Kunstraum Kassel
2023
- ZV Building Owners' Award 2023 I Nomination I Revitalization of Kriechere 70
- Material Award I 2023 I Kunstraum Kassel I Award
- Heinze Architecture Award I 2023 I Best Design I Award Winner I Jägerbau Headquarters
- German Architecture Award I 2023 I Award I Kunstraum Kassel
- Vorarlberg Timber Construction Award 2023 I Award Winner I Kunstraum Kassel
- Vorarlberg Timber Construction Award 2023 I Award Winner I Kreuzfeld Children's Home
- Vorarlberg Timber Construction Award 2023 I Award Winner I Revitalization of Kriechere 70
- German Timber Construction Award I Shortlist I Kunstraum Kassel
- Houses Award 2023 I Award I Berghaus Eller
- Austrian Concrete Prize I Nomination I Jägerbau Headquarters
- HolzbauPlus Federal Competition I 1st Prize I Kunstraum Kassel
- BDA Hessen I Simon-Louis-du-Ry Plaque I Kunstraum Kassel
2021
- Vorarlberg Timber Construction Prize 2021 I Award Winner I Berghaus Eller
- Vorarlberg Timber Construction Prize 2021 I Recognition I Lochau Beach
- BigSEE Architecture Award I Winner I Patscherkofelbahn
2020
- Houses of the Year 2020 I Shortlist I House with 3 Eyes
- AIT Award, Award, Patscherkofelbahn
2019
- Barbara Cappochin International Architecture Prize 2019 I Honorable Mention Faith & Form 2019 I Honor
- Award I Bergkapelle Wirmboden
- Big See Architecture Award 2019 I Winner I Haus Höller
- German Design Award 2019 I Winner I Georunde Rindberg
- Houses Award 2019 I Award I Haus Tschengla
- House Award 2019 I Award I Haus Höller
2018
- ZV Building Owners' Award 2018, Georunde Rindberg
- 40 under 40 Award, The best emerging young Architects & Designers
- 2018 Houses of the Year 2018 I Recognition I Haus Tschengla
- Architecture Award Color.Structure.Surface 2018, 2nd Prize, Bergkapelle Wirmboden
- AIT Award, Newcomer Category, Bergkapelle Wirmboden
- IHM Award "Planned + Executed", Award, Gartenwerkstatt Strubobuob
2017
- State Design Award 2017, Spatial Design Category, Georunde Rindberg
- 2A Continental Architecture Award 2017, Gold, Georunde Rindberg
- 2A Continental Architecture Award 2017, Silver, Gartenwerkstatt Strubobuob
- 2A Continental Architecture Award 2017, Silver, Bergkapelle Wirmboden
2016
- House Award 2016, Interior Award, House for Julia and Björn
- Focus, Top Architectural Firm 2017
2015
- Styrian Timber Construction Award 2015, Award, House RF
- Houses of the Year 2015, Award, House for Julia and Björn
- Vorarlberg Timber Construction Award 2015, Award, House for Julia and Björn
- Best Architects Award 2016, House Feurstein
- Best Architects Award 2016, House for Julia and Björn
- Houses of the Year 2015, Award, House for Julia and Björn
- Hypo Building Owners' Award 2015, Jury Recognition
| Address | Kriechere 70, 6870 Bezau, Austria | |
| Phone | +43 5514 26615 | |
| office@innauer-matt.com | ||
| Website | http://www.innauer-matt.com/ |
House for Gudrun - 100 sqm Prefab Wooden House, Austria