KOSMOS Architects

Stammhaus

Transformation of a 1970-s villa in Vienna into a contemporary home for three families.
A new roof unifies and gathers the old volumes into a single, simple form. Interpreting the existing structure as a constellation of three blocks spread across three floors, the house is designed with the potential to host three families under one roof. The roof, as the central element of the housing typology, accommodates open, semi-open, and enclosed spaces, creating a matrix of environments available for inhabitation and reinterpretation.
Strategic cuts through the façade, walls, floor slabs, and roof establish a new organization within the existing structure, creating opportunities for enhanced visual and physical connections.
Photography by .norlander
Collaboration with Gordon Selbach.

Team:
Артем Китаев
Leonid Slonimskiy
Gordon Selbach
Andreas Maximilian Arndt
Vsevolod Babichuk
Simon Seliutin
Johannes Zanon

Recent work of our students got nominated to Swiss Design Prize.

‘Climatic Villa’ is a project that explores the complexities and contradictions between architectural heritage and the challenges posed by the climate crisis. It is a result of a student workshop that took place in the the historical Villa Romaine, located in the southern French city of Hyères. Once a luxurious private residence dedicated to pleasure and hedonism, Villa Romaine and its garden were transformed following multiple dystopian scenarios that society may face in the near future—such as water scarcity, floods, extreme heat, virus contamination and extreme air pollution. Students transformed different spaces within the Villa and reimagined the villa’s main hall, terrace, staircase, maintenance room, garden, and swimming pool into new radical typologies.

The workshop was a collaboration between two schools: HEAD – Genève and École Camondo Méditerranée.

The project of our students is shortlisted for the Design Prize Switzerland. Design Preis Schweiz

HEAD - Genève, Haute école d'art et de design x Villa Noailles, Hyèresch
Leonid Slonimskiy