Reconstruction of a Wooden House9 photos

The renovated house designed by Jochen Specht studio was built in 1961 and is located on a picturesque hill above Dornbirn, Austria. The plot, protected from one side by a small forest on the elevation, provides a remarkable view of the Rhine delta and Lake Constance. In 2012, the 85 m2 house, which had become too cramped for its four inhabitants, underwent a major reconstruction. The walls of the old house were decided to be preserved, and a new timber-aluminum frame structure was built around them at a certain distance, becoming the basis of the house with an updated facade and a new roof. All rooms in the house are equipped with heated floors, and a new heat pump with geothermal probes replaced the existing oil-fired boiler.