House MIL in Vienna - Metamorphosis of a Shack

摘要

The architects FROETSCHER LICHTENWAGNER have made an airy garden residence out of a dilapidated backyard workshop.The individual functions have been consistently separated and placed in larch boxes positioned on the floor slab.The space between them defines an open living area with tall sliding glass doors.The screed continues seamlessly onto the patio terrace: an outdoor room.rnJumps in scale The client loves Vienna's sixth district, the sky and space and originally she dreamt of having an attic conversion. Then she came across the workshop that lay hidden in a backyard in Mariahilf (the sixth district). Before buying it she asked architects FROETSCHER LICHTENWAGNERrnto look at the place and see if it would be possible to make it into a comfortable garden house, and a single apartment.