The outdated house was transformed into a villa in the Bauhaus style

Two young people in the Swedish town of Särö decided on a radical change of a house that was completely inadequate in its layout and stylistically long out of fashion. They embarked on the reconstruction in Bauhaus style, one of the most significant avant-garde schools of art, design, and architecture. To allow maximum daylight into the house and enjoy uninterrupted views of the surrounding landscape without compromising the energy efficiency of the building, they implemented a glazed facade using the thermal insulation system Schüco FW 50+.HI and sliding aluminum systems Schüco ASS 50.
In addition to the formal simplicity, cubist shapes of building structures with flat roofs, and minimalist use of building materials (concrete), the Bauhaus style is associated with large glazed areas of the facade. The owners of the house in Särö wanted to systematically embody these design principles into the expanded and partially newly built middle floor of the villa. The panoramic view of the surrounding landscape from all parts of the space was to be as generous as possible. The owners also wished to select glazed sliding systems that could be used flexibly depending on the season and weather. Therefore, the technological and visual parameters of the systems were an important prerequisite.
The combination of the Schüco FW 50+.HI facade post-and-beam system with superior thermal insulation and the Schüco ASS 50 sliding and lift-sliding system proved to be a functional and visually aesthetic solution, resulting in a consistent appearance of the facade and large-format windows with narrow sight lines of frames in the interior. Special aluminum constructions with narrow sight lines of profiles allow for bearing increased loads in the form of large glazed areas – in this case with safety glass. This achieved maximum light passage with minimal frame sight lines and minimized space consumption for the installation of building elements.