DRA Family House by Querkraft Architects

Project Data:

DRA Family House
Architect: Querkraft Architects
Project management: erwin stättner
Land and effective area: 650 m2 / 250 m2
Construction: stahlkonstruktion
Most important materials: stahl, beton, glas, aluminium
Start of planning: 2001
Completion: 2003
Photographer: herta hurnaus

DRA family house is a unique housing project designed by Querkraft Architects using steel construction suspended over 2/3 of the site in A-1160 wien, Austria. An exceptional view over the city - a small site, on which building guidelines permitted building only in its centre - a slope, too steep for concrete mixers to reach: the frame structure for a daring proposal, up to 2/3 cantilevered out. under the house lies an additional open space. the aluminium skin envelopes both the building and the balcony.

a cellar (concrete) in the hillside as plinth, a skeleton ( steel) as the supporting structure, a skin (aluminium) as the wrapping element.

consultants

structural engineer: gmeiner+haferl, wien
coordination: w.kutzelnig, wien
mechanical engineer: röhrer, korneuburg
steel: primetzhofer, leonding
bau: schubert
glas: meisl
facade / roof: isolit isolier gmbh, graz
wooden construction: buhl, gars am kamp

The external aluminium skin envelops the inner room and the balcony. one house. one skin. two elements: room and free space.