SIMA
SIMA
Single-Family House SIMA: Situated on a Slope with a Pool and Panoramic Views
Through the staggered arrangement of its floors, SIMA settles into the slope, gains a continuous garden with a pool, and opens a wide view across the valley below.
Floors in Offset
Single-Familey House | Location: pronounced hillside setting at the edge of the settlement with far-reaching views | Living floor space: 310 m² | Volume: 1,742 m³ | Rooms: 7.5 rooms | Construction: masonry construction
SIMA is a single-family home whose floors shift against one another, running parallel to the slope. Triggered by the oversized garage on the lowest level, this offset shapes the entire organisation of the house: it minimises circulation, separates the children's and parents' areas clearly from one another, and forms the visible ordering principle of the facade.
At the Edge of the Forest
The plot lies at the edge of the settlement and is bordered to the east by a forest, which gives the garden a sense of seclusion. Toward the street, SIMA appears compact, with the oversized garage forming its base. By shifting the floors parallel to the slope, a continuous green space with a pool opens up on the garden side, together with an unobstructed view across the valley below.
Children Below, Parents Above
From the garage, the entrance hall leads up through the staggered levels into the house. On the middle floor lie the children's rooms along with the kitchen and dining area, which opens through the covered sitting area toward the pool. One level up, beneath the gable roof, lie the living room, office and library, together with the parents' area with dressing room, bathroom and sauna. Two seat windows, formed as "rooms within the wall", allow the interior and the garden to be experienced at once.
Gable Roof and Light Facade
The gable roof defines the living room with its exposed timber structure, giving it the chalet character the clients wanted, without losing the relationship to the dining area and the terrace. Outwardly, SIMA presents a light-coloured plaster facade, while retaining stones in the garden hold back the sloping terrain. The offset between the floors remains the defining element throughout, inside and out.
