STUDIO KAEFI

Hütte Oberer Geisskopf

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Description

The project examines the careful refinement of a traditional Strickbau mountain house on the Bödele Pass in Vorarlberg. We approach the building as a process of uncovering, clarifying, and activating the spatial potential already embedded in the historic structure. The careful exposure of its material and spatial logic becomes the primary architectural act.

At the center of our interest lies the log wall (Strickbauwand) that separates the living quarters from the former service areas. By revealing this construction and selectively opening it, light and air can be drawn into the deep center of the house. This intervention becomes a spatial mediator: strengthening the atmospheric qualities of the living spaces while improving the most constrained rooms of the house — the kitchen, bathroom, and small chambers. Through these and further small, precise interventions, the historic building regains its clarity while adapting to contemporary patterns of inhabitation.

Location
Type
Client

Bödele, Vorarlberg, Austria
Residential
Private

Team

Kay Fischer, Jonas Käckenmester

Sign View

View of the Alps

Kitchen

Strickbauwand

Ground floor, Option 1

First floor, Option 1

Ground floor, Option 2

First floor, Option 2

Ground floor, Option 3

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