The idea was to create a “second glance” building; offering only little insights and not immediately revealing its size. The answer is a U-shaped building, arranged around an intimate courtyard. From the street, only a fraction of the building complex is visible. It is not until you enter the house that you begin to realize the scale of the building. The light-flooded foyer already reveals exciting views into the courtyard and the surrounding nature. Despite the open spatial contexts, very secluded and differentiated spaces of retreat and refuge have been developed. It is the contrasts, breaks and spatial surprises that give the house its value and make it so unique, varied and worth living in.

Building project: Green meander | new construction of a residential building in Leipzig-Holzhausen
Client: Private
Completion: 2014
Photographer: Werner Huthmacher, Viet Duc Nguyen
Photographer Artworks: Wolfgang Stahl