The image of this village is characterized by its structural density. Starting from the “Rödelbach” creek and the main road with its compact building structures alongside the road, the appearance of this village develops with increasing heights to a loose architectural structure. These are built as three- or four-sided farms, that continue to dissolve into the fields, meadows and forests. The property of this residential building stretches from the creek in the valley, across the dissolving farm structures and into the wide landscape.

The conceptual idea is to anchor the new residential ensemble within the property and the local surroundings as if they had always been part of it. The main building, consisting of two connected, staggered volumes and the barn is an interpretation of the three-sided farm that is typical of rural regions in the Ore Mountains. Apart from this structural interpretation the ensemble rounds off the village through its axial connection to the neighbouring buildings.

The result is a unique home, that not only speaks the language of its surroundings, but also translates the regional and historical features into a contemporary yet familiar architecture. Regionally typical materials, like brick and slate, characterize the exterior of the building trilogy. The materials used on the inside, like wood and natural stones are equally natural and durable. A residential ensemble of integrity and longevity is being formed. Because the most ecological building is the one that lives the longest.

Building project: Crinitzberg residential ensemble | new building of a family home in the Ore Mountains
Client: private
Completion: 2026 – under construction

For many years, this property in the forest has been carefully planted by an ambitious botanist, the previous owner of the site. The new owners have made it their goal to preserve and continue this natural heritage. Therefore, the new building was to be added into the existing greenery as carefully as possible. As an elongated, rectangular volume, with a cantilevered roof on all sides, the new building stands out discreetly yet expressive within its context of the forest. The cantilevered roof is continued with a surrounding terrace. A lifted and roofed front area that creates the connection between inside and outside. As dark as the surrounding pine trees the exterior appearance of the house is characterized by an anthracite-colored glazed wooden cladding. To emphasize the views into nature, the inside of the building is also developed with dark colours. The high open spaces on the short sides of the building allow the view up into the wooden construction of the roof. The feeling of maximal comfort and safety continues in the living area that is lowered into the ground. It is the interplay of contrasts that give this house and site its identity. Refuge and intimacy on the one hand, wide views and spaciousness on the other.

Building project: Forrest hideaway | new building in the pine forest
Client: private
Completion: 2026 – under construction

This unique site is located south of the city center of Halle/Saale. The historic coffee garden was built at the beginning of the 18th century. Until the middle of the 20th century, it was a popular destination for daytrips and retreats. To reactivate the full potential and the unmistakable charm of this historically valuable, listed place it was necessary to develop an extremely sensitive approach to the existing buildings that were to be preserved. Our concept was to reuse the historic buildings, convert them and transform them to meet the new requirements.
However, due to the diverse uses and needs, new building structures were additionally necessary. These necessary extensions will be built on the old building’s original footprints. In the past, during medieval times, the site was already built up much more densely anyways. The natural combination between old and new is created by the use of qualitative, timeless materials like natural stones, finely textured lime plaster, and coffered windows and doors.
The former Kaffeegarten is to be reactivated in its form and function. New “ingredients” such as a delicatessen, a restaurant, a hotel and vacation apartments as well as space for therapy and art transform this place, that is so rich in history, into a contemporary, unmistakable place of recreation.

Building project: Coffee garden Am Mühlwerder | Renovation and extension of a historic ensemble for catering and accommodation
Client: GWG Gesellschaft für Wohn- und Gewerbeimmobilien Halle-Neustadt mbH
Completion: 2026 – under construction

The village of “Greifenhain” is part of the region “Kohrener Land”. It is a beautiful landscape, also known as “Tuscany of saxony”, with its gentle hills, fields and wide meadows. Here, a former four-sided farm of which only two buildings currently remain, located in a central position within the village, will be converted into a retreat. A place for art and culinary delights as well as retreat and contemplation.

The potentials of the property lie within its contrast and opposites.
Open green space to closed courtyard. A long main house to a small stable. Large, vaulted areas with thick, massive foundations to small, simple chambers with light timber framing.
Based on these historical conditions, the Hofgut is to derive its new, differentiated uses. The former stable building in the north will be revitalized in form of a new building.
Its cubature refers to the historic building. However, instead of the small former openings, the pure wooden construction now opens up into the adjacent meadows with large façade openings.
The existing structures will be rebuilt, adapted, and refurbished as little as possible and as much as necessary for the new functions. The aim is to retain the basic appearance of the facility and to create an independent yet familiar place out of the conditions of the property and the historical features of the village. A natural architecture with maximum flexibility of use, magnificent views and plenty of natural daylight. A new anchor with national appeal. A building between forest and meadow, between privacy and community. A farmstead that has always been a natural part of the village and is now being given a new life.

Building project: HILDEN | Conversion of a four-sided courtyard into a Retreat
Client: Private
Completion: 2026 – under construction

Gut Kerkow is an organic farm in the heart of the Uckermark region.
In addition to day tourists, who are interested in agriculture and organic products, Gut Kerkow attracts more and more people who want to enjoy the place and the landscape for a longer period of time. In order to satisfy these desires, specific recreational spaces are being created at three different locations in the vicinity of the estate. The architecture is based on the simple farm buildings of the surrounding area. Nevertheless, the buildings are intended to provide new impulses for the estate and the region. All of the buildings will be built using ecological wooden construction and will be supplied with energy from the farm’s own biogas plant.
A new apartment house with six residential units and a wellness area marks the start of the construction work in the north of the existing complex. Based on the architecture of Nordic longhouses and with dark wooden cladding, the compact building mediates between the historic farm and the wide landscape of the Uckermark region. The building is designed as a pure timber construction.

Further holiday apartments are planned in the southeastern part of the extensive property.
In the neighbouring residential area, however, the focus lies on detached buildings.
Approximately nine holiday homes are planned in an open style with a loose connection to each other’s positions, as can be found in the immediate vicinity. The holiday homes will be integrated into the landscape and will be positioned rather freely on the plots, in harmony with the existing vegetation. A further goal is to integrate the houses into the estate and to strengthen its touristic potential.
The single- and in some cases multi-storey houses with their steep hipped roofs merge with the landscape and the surrounding buildings.
The use of local materials and stylistic elements such as wood and brick play a major role here too. An interplay of tradition and presence that transfers the history of Kerkow unagitated into the present day.

Building project: Holiday cottages Gut Kerkow | New holiday ensembles and retreats in the Uckermark
Client: Gut Kerkow Tourismus GmbH
Completion: 2026 – in planning