Amalia House Austria

Amalia - named after the grandmother of her owners - is a holiday cabin to host family members spread all over Austria. Despite of her compact 4.8 x 14.3m dimensions she offers space for up to six people without having to spare any comfort. The prefabricated wood construction set up by one day and met the basic conditions for a low-budget structure. The ground floor is split in two separate levels, where the kitchen and dining area raised up above the living room. A simple staircase leads up to the first floor with two bedrooms, one for adult's in the cantilever and on the back the children's room with a sloping floor. Located on top of a hill in Kirchbach, Styria, Amalia gives view to her surrounding from everywhere within. From the dining table you have a view over the valley through the window on the north façade and two large window openings in the living area bring the landscape into the heart of the room. At a distance the look of a salient, angular and solid structure you see up close the origin of the strange reflection-absorbing cover -artificial grass. The special haptic qualities are reasons for choice as well as the building's relationship to the outside and its connection to the surrounding landscape.