This new single-family home owes much of its appeal to its exceptional location. It's the kind of setting most homeowners dream about: perched on a hillside overlooking Lake Starnberg. Munich-based Peter Glöckner Architektur was commissioned to design a new residence for a family of four children. On this gently sloping plot in a new development area, the architects brilliantly solved the spatial puzzle: each child received their own bedroom. A basement, double garage, and roof terraces rounded out the family's requirements.

The solution was a split-level design spanning seven stacked levels. The lowest level houses the basement, garage, and entry. The kitchen and dining room sit above, with the living area a half-level higher. The children occupy levels four and five, with a guest room squeezed in as well. Level six is reserved for the parents—bedroom, master bath, dressing room, and access to the roof terraces. A flat roof crowns the composition, perfectly suited to the sloping terrain. Six steps separate each half-level.

This split-level design demanded innovative structural and mechanical solutions. The stairs feature prefabricated, colored exposed concrete—a material choice the clients and architect aligned on quickly. In the living areas, a raw concrete wall with board-pattern texture defines the boundary between living space and stairwell. The bathrooms dispense with traditional tilework entirely; instead, walls and floors receive seamless, jointless coatings. Parquet appears in the living areas, concrete elsewhere. All interior cabinetry was carefully coordinated and custom-built by a skilled carpenter. From the outside, the aesthetic mirrors the interior logic: stacked and offset cubes whose components seem to interweave. Heating comes from an energy-efficient fuel cell system, while a heat recovery ventilation system manages indoor air quality. Motorized sliding shutters and blinds provide sun control.

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Photography:
Gerrit Glöckner

(Published in CUBE Munich 02|25)