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    Yellow House Olgiati

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    The document summarizes the renovation of the Yellow House in Flims, Switzerland by architect Valerio Olgiati. The previous 19th century building was gutted, with interior walls and windows removed to create an empty exhibition space. The structure was pared back to exterior load-bearing walls and reinforced with a freely designed wooden structure. The renovated house was painted entirely white inside and out to serve as a "brutal" and "apparitional" empty shell with no historical significance at the center of the community.

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    The document summarizes the renovation of the Yellow House in Flims, Switzerland by architect Valerio Olgiati. The previous 19th century building was gutted, with interior walls and windows removed to create an empty exhibition space. The structure was pared back to exterior load-bearing walls and reinforced with a freely designed wooden structure. The renovated house was painted entirely white inside and out to serve as a "brutal" and "apparitional" empty shell with no historical significance at the center of the community.

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    The document summarizes the renovation of the Yellow House in Flims, Switzerland by architect Valerio Olgiati. The previous 19th century building was gutted, with interior walls and windows removed to create an empty exhibition space. The structure was pared back to exterior load-bearing walls and reinforced with a freely designed wooden structure. The renovated house was painted entirely white inside and out to serve as a "brutal" and "apparitional" empty shell with no historical significance at the center of the community.

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    Yellow House Olgiati

    Uploaded by

    Mehmet A. Bayrak
    The document summarizes the renovation of the Yellow House in Flims, Switzerland by architect Valerio Olgiati. The previous 19th century building was gutted, with interior walls and windows removed to create an empty exhibition space. The structure was pared back to exterior load-bearing walls and reinforced with a freely designed wooden structure. The renovated house was painted entirely white inside and out to serve as a "brutal" and "apparitional" empty shell with no historical significance at the center of the community.

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    The building was an empty shell that was donated to the municipality to be renovated according to the principles of Valerio Olgiati's architecture. It was gutted and reconstructed as a white cube to serve as a museum.

    The building was completely gutted and the interior was rebuilt with a solid wood structure. The windows were reduced in size and the entryway and gable on the street side facade were removed.

    The interior was rebuilt in solid wood with a geometric inner structure supported by wood pillars. The windows were made smaller and uniform in appearance.

    Das Gelbe Haus

    ( The Yellow House, Flims, Switzerland ) by Valerio Olgiati

    01 CONTEXT
    * was designed as a master builders house in the center of Flims,Switzerland * builded in the second half of the 19th century * surrounded by recently renovated buildings , new buildings in a discrete traditional style * unoccipied for 20 years before its renovation * Rudolf Olgiati , father of Valeri Olgiati donated the house to municipality before his death. * his require was renovating the building according to the principles of his own architecture * the facades were to be defined as brutal
    *Previous Condition

    * the building to be painted white from top to bottom * municipality decided to transform the building into a museum * the conditions were carried out by his son Valerio Olgiati in a most radical way as an instable white cube at the very center of the community

    *The Yellow House An empthy shell of no historical significance

    02 TYPOLOGY
    * the previous plan of the building was divided into small sections so was not suitable for an exhibition space. * the building was completely gutted to create a total space * the interior was rebuilt in solid wood * the windows reduced in size, resemble small, black, deep holes , all look the same * the entryway and the gable of the on the street side facade have dissappeared

    *The Yellow House An empthy shell of no historical significance

    03 STRUCTURE
    structure is cored out to the bearing exterior wall such geometric inner structure characterized by an element of chance: the connection of the cross beams and also position of the supporting wood pillar is freely chosen * The bright white surface invests the childlike archaism and sensual materiality of the structure with the character of an abstract thought, which in turn lends the building its apparitional appearance.

    04 MATERIALITY
    * the rough stone was reworked with the hammer to give the walls a sculptural archaic texture. * the stripped, ruin like house was then repainted with chalk whiting. * The roof was removed and replaced with randomly shaped stone slabs. * Windows were fitted with new concrete reveals cast in situ.

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