The converted barn is part of the largest four-sided farms in the village of Sermuth, a small community in the Muldental nature reserve. The design is based on the existing and unused structure of the barn. The typology of a former simple commercial building is transformed into the presence. The existing building is reduced to its basic structure and freed from extensions. What is no longer there is replaced by something new.
The design features of the former barn, such as the ground floor with an opening to the attic, the few but large facade openings with sliding doors and the use of simple materials, form the basis of the architectural redesign.

Building project: New rooms in the barn | conversion of a barn for residential and commercial use in Muldenthal, Sermuth
Client Residential: private
Commercial client: Company Mükotec
Completion: 2013
Photographer: Werner Huthmacher, Bertram Bölkow

The neogothic St. Peter’s Church in Leipzig has, in addition to its sacred use, been booked as a venue for events more and more. But until now the church did not have enough restrooms. With the means of the neogothic era we inserted these restrooms cautiously and yet with a pinch of modernity into the listed context.
The old toilet facilities have been dismantled, the entirely outdated installations in the wall and floor have been replaced. Now, there are three restroom cabins in total, which are acoustically separated from each other by transom windows. The distinctive neo-gothic design features of the vault and the arched windows are being referenced in the new door elements. Traditional cement tiles, which can also be found in other parts of the church, were used for the floor.

Building project: Silent loo | vonversion and extension of adjoining rooms at St Peter’s Church Leipzig
Client: Ev.-Luth. parish of St Peter’s Church
Completion: 2013
Photographer: Martin Jehnichen