Kinderhaus Ohmstrasse Metzingen
Stadtmuseum Kassel
For the renovation and extension of an existing museum building in Kassel we chose to add a volume on the roof and reorganize the internal routing of the exhibition spaces.
Two routes for visitors of the museum and guests for the rooftop terrace are combined into one new staircase that defines the spatial organisation of the new museum.
This attractive new element on the inside is complemented by the skin of the new rooftop extension that gives the museum a new presence in the public streetspace.
Kindergarten St. Maria
Hochstapler
The competition "student housing for the ETH Science City" was challenging participants to design a habitat for the international young researchers. Our project is situated at the edge of the Science City and thus forming a visual link between the city and the campus at Hönggerberg. With its iconic design it represents the ETH's ambition in the global competition of science cities
Derived from a standard perimeter block a sculptural volume is shaped by rotating and folding, resulting in an hybrid that continues the urban texture but also marks the entrance to the campus.
With its sculptural appearance and its height,
convertible house #1
The competition "Simplicity" was initiated in 2006 by Comité de Fantasie and organized in association with CASla within the tradition of experimental housing areas in Almere which has resulted in the widely acclaimed locations De Fantasie and De Realiteit in Almere.
Situated in a unique location on a clearing in the woods the 12 chosen designs will form a new sustainable neighbourhood for individual housing desires and imagination.
With freedom from welfare supervision and only few commitments towards building regulations Simplicity aims to show the potentials of private initiatives on the housing market.
The constantly changing intensity of use in relation to season, weather and number of inhabitants and guests is facilitated by the variability of the inhabitable volume.
This variability is the result of the combination of a fixed and a mobile volume on rails. The fixed volume contains all necessary functions and installations whereas the mobile volume offers flexible space for circulation and living.. Kitchen, bathroom, heating, walking closet and beds are integrated into specially shaped cocoons.
There are 2 different radical modes with each its own delicate relation between inside and outside:
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Haus Raidl
The existing balloon frame building from the 1950s is located in a postwar refugee neighbourhood which has become more and more gentrified.
The new owner who inherited the house from an old lady wanted not only to upgrade the facade to modern standards but also to make a statement towards all the new villas around. We chose to give the house a new bright yellow wooden facade and a new balcony with lake view.
LightSpaceLab
Originating from the intention to experiment on the perception of space in relation to light, this temporary building was conceived and constructed as a laboratory.
With its scaffolding structure, removable wooden panels and a textile cover this cube of approximately 7x7x7m was an attraction during the summer of 1995 to both tourists and students. A documentary on the building process and research has been published on VHS.