Mushroom Growing House

  • Schwanden, Glarus Süd, Glarus, Switzerland
  • An educational growing house where the skills of recycling, cultivating, hunting and cooking fungi should be taught.
  • A timber frame construction which rests on a rubble stone foundation following the gradient of the slope in the surrounding covered by two roofs touching in the center of the building dividing the functions.
  • The space in between connects the forest with the mountains. The walls, floors and the roof are supported by stronger pillars. The roof points to an activity in the room and become asymmetrical.

People: Cook, Make

typology: School, Workshop

Climate: Heat, Light

Location: Forest, Mountain, Village

Material: Wood, Stone

Era: 2000s


Contributor: Alejandro Pérez Giner
04 June 2019