Returning clients – a family with two young children – entrusted G22 Projects with designing their dream home. Building on a successful partnership in Schongau, the Lana-based South Tyrolean architects created this spacious villa. The three-storey structure showcases an additive design approach: mirrored cubic volumes interconnected, stacked, and subtly offset to create the home's defining visual statement. The staggered cubes on the ground and first floors feature crisp white plaster, with the first floor dramatically cantilevering beyond the base to dominate the entire composition. The smaller second-storey cube retreats inward and is wrapped in dark metal panels.

This geometric language carries through to the interior, where spatial organization follows an intuitive hierarchy. The ground floor, with its flowing open plan, centres entirely on living. Beyond the entrance, the living room, generously scaled kitchen, and dining area unfold seamlessly. The white kitchen combines classic cabinetry with a sociable island counter. An open fireplace gracefully divides the living room while maintaining spatial continuity – form and function in perfect balance. The true centrepiece is the staircase: commanding in scale, dark in material, and finished with timber treads. Its vertical steel balustrade and refined railings rotate 180 degrees as they ascend. Despite its bold materiality, the light-filled stairwell creates a cohesive dialogue with the surrounding spaces. The first floor holds the master suite with ensuite, two children's bedrooms, a shared bath, and a utility area. The second storey accommodates a recreation room, guest bath, and flexible guest quarters. Throughout, the design language remains pared back – elegant, minimalist, with purposeful colour accents that play warm against cool surfaces. Expansive glazing dissolves boundaries between interior and landscape, flooding rooms with natural light. From anywhere in the home, sightlines lead outward to nature. The result is generously proportioned, openly planned, and enriched with space for every family member to thrive. The living areas, kitchen, and dining zone all connect directly to the newly landscaped garden, with its wraparound terrace and intimate seating zones.

www.g22projects.com

Photography Credits:

Günter Standl
www.guenterstandl.de

(Published in CUBE Munich 01|23)