Yellow House Olgiati
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Das Gelbe Haus( The Yellow House, Flims, Switzerland )
by Valerio Olgiati
*Previous Condition
* unoccipied for 20 yearsbefore its renovation
* Rudolf Olgiati , father ofValeri Olgiati donated thehouse to municipality beforehis death.
* his require was renovatingthe building according to theprinciples of his ownarchitecture
* the facades were to bedefined as “brutal”
* the building to be paintedwhite from top to bottom
* municipality decided totransform the building into amuseum
* the conditions were carriedout by his son Valerio Olgiatiin a most radical way as aninstable white cube at the verycenter of the community
01 CONTEXT
*The Yellow House An empthy shell of no historical significance
* was designed as a master builder’s housein the center of Flims,Switzerland
* builded in the second half of the 19thcentury
* surrounded by recently renovated buildings, new buildings in a discrete traditional style
*The Yellow House An empthy shell of no historical significance
* the previous plan of the building was dividedinto small sections so was not suitable for an exhibition space.
* the building was completely gutted to createa total space
* the interior was rebuilt in solid wood
* the windows reduced in size, resemblesmall, black, deep holes , all look the same
* the entryway and the gable of the on thestreet side facade have dissappeared
02 TYPOLOGY
03 STRUCTURE• structure is cored out to the bearing exteriorwall
• such geometric inner structurecharacterized by an element of chance: theconnection of the cross beams and alsoposition of the supporting wood pillar is freelychosen
* The bright white surface invests the childlikearchaism and sensual materiality of thestructure with the character of an abstractthought, which in turn lends the building its‘apparitional’ appearance.
04 MATERIALITY
* the rough stone was reworked with thehammer to give the walls a sculptural archaictexture.
* the stripped, ruin like house was thenrepainted with chalk whiting.
* The roof was removed and replaced withrandomly shaped stone slabs.
* Windows were fitted with new concretereveals cast in situ.