White, bright and with a clear cubic design, this detached house takes its place in a small housing estate on the outskirts of the city. The solid construction is made up of two building sections: Towards the street, the house appears to have two storeys, while on the garden side there is additional space for a gallery storey in the pitched roof that rises towards the middle of the building. The directly adjacent double garage is deliberately concealed behind an elongated wall that is clad with horizontal wooden slats. Both the flat roof and the gently sloping monopitch roof are extensively greened.

On the first floor of the house, which has a full basement, there is a checkroom, a guest WC and storage room, a small guest room that can also be used as an office, an open-plan eat-in kitchen with a spacious dining area and the living room with a seating area by the open fireplace. The first floor opens onto the garden via floor-to-ceiling glazing. The large terrace is partially integrated into the building. In addition to the generous glazing, the living room is dominated by a fireplace wall with sculptural incisions. The fireplace wall and an exposed concrete wall that runs parallel to it across all floors are located in the center and form the heart of the house. The staircase, which is lit from above, connects to the exposed concrete wall. On the upper floor, facing the garden, there are three children's rooms and the master bedroom. In addition to the access zone, a utility room and the bathrooms for the parents and children are located on the street side. All three children's rooms are enlarged via an additional gallery floor, while the master bedroom with dressing room opens upwards into the rising ridge.

In addition to the well thought-out, clearly zoned floor plan with plenty of natural light, the many carefully planned details characterize the project: the sculptural fireplace wall with the integrated seating area, the deep, framed "peep window" at the dining area with a view of the garden and the bathrooms, including the furniture.

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Photos:

Stephan Baumann
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(Published in CUBE Stuttgart 04|22)