Minimal Concrete and Wood Home on the Edge of a Forest

Unassuming aesthetics, top-notch insulation and smart functionality are the features that define this minimal contemporary home in Genestrerio, Switzerland. The house was conceptualized and brought to life by Montemurro Aguiar Architetti keeping in mind the lovely wooden area that surrounds it. It is the green scenery outside that becomes the focal point of the open plan living. Sliding glass doors and large floor-to-ceiling windows bring the outdoors inside in an unabated fashion and décor inside the home is kept intentionally minimal to accentuate this visual. Lack of color on the inside also helps in placing the focus on the exterior landscape.

Modern Rusca House by Montemurro Aguiar Architetti in Switzerland

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A small entry welcomes you at the home with warm oak doors and wooden accents binging contrast to an otherwise stoic glass and concrete backdrop. The living area has a certain gallery-style living appeal to it with floor-to-ceiling glass wall on one side and sliding glass doors on the other. A small concrete deck provides a modest outdoor sitting area even while ushering in much needed sunlight in winter months. Custom wooden built-in benches with storage in different rooms provide great window seats with passive heating making sure that the homeowners do not have to splurge a fortune on artificial heating. [Photography: Giorgio Marafioti]

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Illuminated from the south, the forest becomes present in the living room. A patio organized to the south, allows the sunlight to penetrate into the living room and, at the same time, becomes the intimate and private space where the rooms, which are arranged transversely on the south side, are oriented.