Wespi de Meuron Romeo Architetti事务所设计的房屋外立面为粗糙的混凝土饰面。建筑顺着道路的地势向下，俯瞰整个瑞士马焦雷湖，建筑周围枝繁叶茂。
Coarse concrete walls encase this house by Wespi de Meuron Romeo Architetti, which overlooks Switzerland's Lake Maggiore from a wooded site sunken down below street level .
该建筑是事务所为他的三位董事Jér?me de Meuron、他的妻子Paola和他们7岁的孩子设计的。建筑坐落于马焦雷湖东海岸Caviano的一个陡峭的斜坡上，紧邻建筑事务所。
The firm designed Casa Dem for one of its three directors, Jér?me de Meuron, his wife Paola and their seven-year-old child.
It is set into a steep slope beside the architects' studio in Caviano – a region on the eastern shoreline of Lake Maggiore.
Two of the building's three storeys sit below street level. When approached from the road, the house appears to be just one storey tall, but from the valley below its tall narrow form is revealed.
Deep square windows cut in the building's craggy concrete walls let light into the internal courtyards that bracket the two upper floors.
“随着天气的变化，建筑表面粗糙的水洗混凝土颜色将变得越来越深。” 建筑师Wespi, de Meuron and Romeo说。
"The polygonal exterior shape and the steep topography of the site let the building appear as an archaic stone block in middle of the forest," said the studio.
"This is reinforced by the rough washed concrete surfaces becoming darker by the weathering," said Wespi, de Meuron and Romeo.
"To the mountain-sided street, the construction presents itself as a closed, simple one-storey volume," they added. "To the valley side, the house appears as a narrow three-storey tower
建筑最顶层作为主要的生活区域。建筑表面粗糙的混凝土墙面加以粉刷，并用Jér?me de Meuron 和Hanspeter Wespi的雕塑作品做为装饰。
The top floor of the house is used as the primary living area. The rough concrete walls of the room are decorated with paintings and sculptures by Jér?me de Meuron and Hanspeter Wespi.
The living space connects directly with the street via a flagstone courtyard, which features a small seating area built into the wall. Cutaways in the outer wall offer residents views of the surrounding vegetation.
A second courtyard on the other side of the living space faces onto the back of the property.
"The inner courtyard on the seaside releases the view to the lake and the mountains through a big roofed opening; while its closed wall surfaces reflect the sunlight to the inside," said the architects.
"Both courtyards, each with a wisteria, let the living room become a garden room and let the inhabitants experience the varying atmospheres of the weather and the light in an unusual intense way."
The first floor, entirely hidden from the street, faces out towards the forest and lake. Here, two bedrooms are ventilated by angular loggias, while a cellar and workshop are located in the base of the structure.
Project credits:
Architects: Wespi de Meuron Romeo Architects
Engineer: de Giorgi & Partners
Building physics: IFEC Ingegneria
Master builder: Canonica
Windows: Morotti
Plasterer: Paolucci
Joiner: Romeo Buss
Furniture design: Wespi de Meuron Romeo Architects
Fittings: Superplan Kaldewei, Pro, Architec, Emporio Via Manzoni, Arwa Twin, Sanit?r Tr?esch
Photography: Hannes Henz
由于规划限制，该建筑采用了不规则的五角形平面形式，但也显示了建筑对周围的森林、道路及邻居的最小的影响。
“建筑规范决定了建筑的外在形式，这也无形中使内部形式随之改变。”建筑师解释道。
The building has an irregular pentagonal form that was dictated by planning restrictions, which stated minimum distances from a nearby forest, road and neighbouring property.
"The building laws determined the outer form of the building, what often happens when leftover plots are developed," explained the architects.
