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Contour House at the foot of a mountain

Private residence · Alpine valley

A home drawn
from the land.

Contour House follows the slope instead of defeating it.

The commission

Not an object placed in nature. A sequence shaped by light, wind, and the rituals of home.

1,240 m² siteSouth-east lightCompleted 2026

Reading the site

Before a plan,
there is a place.

Morning light enters from the ridge. Valley wind cools the courtyard. The house turns slowly toward both.

Morning light
Valley wind
Ridge view
Architectural site analysis showing the home responding to landscape
The plan opens where the valley does.

A lived sequence

01

Arrive under shelter.

A low timber canopy compresses the threshold before the valley opens beyond.

Mountain home arrival
Contour House gathering spaces
Contour House resting wing relation to the site

Material logic

Three surfaces.
One atmosphere.

Each material answers a physical job, then carries that truth into the feeling of the rooms.

Warm vertical timber detail
TimberWarmth where hands meet the home.
Tactile local stone detail
StoneWeight drawn from the site.
Soft mineral plaster in morning light
Mineral plasterLight held across quiet rooms.
Quiet architectural interior opening to landscape

Begin with the land

Build less.
Belong more.

Discuss a place