Daily Dose 1892

Comte Meuwly - II

Monographic Images 1892 | Comte Meuwly - House for Almost Everything "The project fulfils a dual function: it serves as a home for its residents and as a place available to the village population. It aims to respond to the lack of a community space in the village since the recent closure of the local restaurant, by offering a variety of uses—workshop, exhibition space, dining, yoga, concerts, theater, … almost everything. This versatility is achieved by a vast room overlooking the orchard to the south, which is freed from any constraining elements by a series of rooms with very specific functions on the other side: entrance hall, bedroom, bathroom, storage, and kitchen. A long pivoting roof, operated by hydraulic arms, allows the space to be fully adjusted. This device enables the house to react to the fluctuating and uncertain parameters of the environment, as well as to the different needs of the potential activities it hosts: from a very open space emphasizing the relationship with the surrounding landscape, capturing as much natural light as possible, to a much more protected space once the roof is tilted downwards."