Disneyland mountain house is a modern interpritation of the vernacular architecture of Alsace

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Disneyland mountain home by GENS association libérale d’architecture - interior.

Disneyland mountain house reinterprets vernacular architecture of Alsace in France exterior

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This retirement home for a couple located in an Alsatian village puts an interesting spin on the local building policy focused on minimalism and tradition. Architecture studio GENS: Association Libérale d'Architecture designed the house as a contemporary response to traditional mountain architecture by exaggerating some of its trademark elements.

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Merging contemporary design and traditional elements, the house, named Disneyland, reinterprets the regional vernacular.

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The building policies in the village of Zutzendorf in France insist on building structures that will fit perfectly into the existing context.

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In order to comply with the strict regulations, the architects included a steeply pitched oversized roof that references the shape and incline of a neighboring house and overhangs a partially glazed ground floor.

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The house only shows a tile covered gable roof, hiding the contemporary loft underneath.

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Ground floor is a free space, totally opened to the south facing garden; simply structured by a sauna and a shelf.

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On the top of this first house hovers another one, a retreat hidden in the bush of the industrial carpentry, looking down over the first one or escaping to the remote landscape.