In Russia, there is still no general tendency to purchase housing in mountainous areas. While few can afford to have a beautiful house in the mountains. Nevertheless, there is a certain interest in buying such real estate, mainly among young successful businessmen who purchase such housing as a base for family holidays on vacation..
In addition to the obvious plus – clean air, mountain vacations provide incomparable privacy. A milder climate in winter, warm summers with cool nights are a great addition to the tranquility of a real holiday. Construction in the mountains has a number of design features, in comparison with the construction of a cottage on the plain.
Houses on mountain slopes are designed taking into account irregularities and elevation differences. They solve the problem of placement in two ways: they create one large flat area, a kind of plateau, under the foundation of a building or several small terraces for stepped buildings, usually for houses with more than two floors. Usually a building has two or three floors, the roof must be designed taking into account precipitation and has an additional angle of inclination, an increased slope. The balconies do not have glazing, which is typical for mountain buildings, but are designed in the form of open encircling terraces.
Houses on the slopes of the mountains have additional supports and step-like slopes leading down. Usually, concrete columns are used, they support the part of the structure overhanging the slope and wide slabs of concrete or stones, which make movement on the territory with a steep slope more comfortable.
Chalets have long been recognized as the most fashionable and beautiful houses in the mountains. It is these buildings that the inhabitants of the Alpine mountains have erected and are erecting for themselves. A chalet is a combined structure, the first floor of the building is made of stone or brick, the second one is made of timber or logs. This design is not in vain popular, the combination of wood and stone lightens the overall weight of the structure, which makes it safer in mountainous areas.
The view of a beautiful house in the mountains, against the background of green hills, blue skies and snow-white mountain peaks, leaves no one indifferent, both outside and inside, mountain houses are designed to give warmth and shelter.
Traditional participants in the interiors of houses on the slopes of the mountains, you can safely call, wood trim, natural stone, open beamed ceilings, and the obligatory fireplace. The warm atmosphere of the house against the background of white mountain snows wins more and more hearts every year, it is safe to say that every year, the number of people who want to spend their holidays in the mountains, and not on the beach, will grow, and their house in the mountains will not less desirable than a trip to hot countries.
Photo of a house in the mountains of the Haus Wiesenhof project by Gogl Architekten.
Photo of a house in the mountains of the El viento project by Otto Medem Arquitectura.
Photo of a house in the mountains of the Private residence project – west Vancouver from DGBK.
