RIDGE HOUSE

Ridge House is a tiny home designed to be situated on a sloped mountainside plot in the town of Poschiavo, Switzerland. The design is conceived as an architectural microcosm, encapsulating the diverse spatial conditions and vantage points found in the surrounding mountainous terrain. Echoing the snow-capped ridges of the Swiss Alps, the home presents itself externally as a pearl-white sawtooth gable roof resting atop rough poured concrete walls. Inside, the space unfolds into a large, open-plan interior featuring three stepped platforms that gradually lead the eye toward a floor-to-ceiling window on the lowest level, framing a panoramic view of the valley below. Much like descending into a valley, each step down reveals an expanding negative volume, as the gabled roof simultaneously rises in height, amplifying the perception of space. Running parallel to this descent is a narrow, 0.8-meter-wide linear space accessible from each of the three platforms. This narrow space houses a laundry area, bathroom, and sauna—each enclosed by skylights that draw the gaze upward, evoking the spatial experience of traversing a slot canyon or a narrow mountain pass.