Rheinhof, Hohenems
Rheinhof, Hohenems

Project Information

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  • Project Leader
    Ing. Herbert Reimann (Landeshochbauamt)
  • Colleague
    Martin Rümmele
  • Cost Planning
    Bmst. Gerold Hämmerle
  • Building Site Manager
    Ing. Herbert Reimann (Landeshochbauamt)


  • Builder-Owner
    Amt der Vorarlberger Landesregierung

    Location
    Hohenems

    Completition
    2008

    Project Phases
    Single Family House
    Cow Shed
    Cool Storage

    Rights
    Text Hermann Kaufmann + Partner ZT GmbH,
    Translation Bronwen Rolls

    Photo Bruno Klomfar

    Rheinhof, Hohenems

    The perfectly optimised modest family home. 

    It is often said that from the ashes of a tragedy, something beautiful rises. This applies to the Rheinhof in Hohenems. After a fire devastated the educational buildings it was decided to invest in a new centre and barn units. Alongside these new developments it was also decided to create a new, small residential unit for the site manager and this part of the project, we optimised.

    The small family house is now a modern farmhouse. It stands on the spot we proposed, one that is the best distance from the existing tree. Built from timber and clad with natural, vertical, sawed silver fir. Oriented to the south and west and developed from the north, with a small extension for the essential car and a covered patio. The whole building is subdued and modest; its dimensions are the result of an in-depth optimisation process.

    Also modest is the energy consumption due to an optimised building envelope and good surface to volume ratio. About 2 cubic meters of wood should be enough to keep the house warm. The low-lying, and therefore protected Passive House windows show the high standard of insulation and give the timber construction an unusual plasticity, which is emphasised even more by the flush-fitting asymmetric roof.

    The internal layout is tailored to the everyday life of a small family, focused on the ground floor and around the central heating oven. The small individual rooms upstairs have a certain generosity by the openness of the pitched roof.

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    Public

      Publications
    • Wohnhaus Rheinhof – heimelig-moderner Bauernkasten
      ZN Z-174, 100 Österreichische Häuser, S. 108-109
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