The clients had a vision, and the architects faced the challenge of translating it into a real building. Realizing the leporello form of the structure—as the architects from the Pure Group in Regensburg emphasize—presented both static and constructive difficulties. What appears so straightforward, as if a few pieces were simply cut from a block, proved to be a genuine challenge. For the dramatically cantilevered upper floor, which sits offset above the ground level, a solution had to be engineered that now provides weather-protected coverage for the terrace. The structural and technical requirements for the floating cantilevers and recessed loggias are ingeniously concealed, making this complex building mass appear deceptively simple.

The couple living in the villa preferred privacy and opted for a relatively closed front facade for their new home. This stands in stark contrast to the rear side, with its expansive garden and pool. Here, the building opens up dramatically with floor-to-ceiling sliding windows featuring elegantly slender and purist profiles that open up to two-thirds of their width. With all panes fully open, you essentially sit outdoors—interior and exterior spaces seamlessly merge. The warm wood surfaces of the flooring, stairs, and built-in furnishings, along with the wooden edging of the pool and terrace flooring, provide a striking counterpoint to the modern clarity of the building's cubic form and whitewashed facades.

The architects were responsible not only for design phases 1–8 but also provided the complete range of interior architecture services. The technical systems are, of course, state-of-the-art, including smart home technology. The planning phase took two years, with construction running from 2017 to 2019.

The villa's distinctive cubic form naturally influences the interior floor plans. The functional distribution across two floors—totaling 334 m² of living space—follows a classical arrangement: cooking, dining, and living areas on the ground floor. The upper floor accommodates a home office, guest room, bedroom and bathroom suites, plus a loggia.

www.puregruppe.de

Photography Credits:

Herbert Stolz
www.herbertstolz.de

(Published in CUBE Munich 03|21)