Anodised aluminium panels surround windows and doors set into the angular concrete facades of this house in Tübingen, Germany, by Steimle Architekten .
The S3 Home is a house for a family members of 5 that occupies a sloping plot inside of a residential improvement overlooking the city.
Stuttgart-primarily based Steimle Architekten created the three-storey property to make the most of views across a close by valley in direction of the Swabian Alps, even though presenting closed facades to the neighbouring properties.
The creating characteristics a horseshoe-shaped prepare with a courtyard at its centre. Its angled edges and rooflines aid to visually break up the predominantly reliable mass.
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“The sculptural form of the constructing opens itself to the Neckar river valley and its views,” said the architects. “The volume and its clear edges create a sharply defined form consciously emerging as an independent construction from its surroundings.”
At the decrease level, a garage that is partly submerged in the slope tasks outwards from the property in the direction of the street. The rest of this floor is devoted to solutions and a studio.
Internal stairs ascend to the open residing region on the ground floor, which extends close to the central void to adjoin the double-height kitchen and dining space.
The dining location can be opened up to outdoors on either side, and the living space connects with the patio on one side and a massive poolside deck on the other.
Every single of the openings in the facade is integrated into an aluminium surface.
The place the residing space connects with the decked outside room, the folded facade generates an angled recess that is exaggerated by the junction among the two materials remedies.
“These back-folded recessions take reference to the different levels of the topographic contour and transmit the landscape to the interior,” the architects suggested. “Like this the backyard is accessible from all 3 ranges.”
The faceted aesthetic continues onto the decking, exactly where measures and a zigzagging bench merge with the surface.
Smooth surfaces employed on the building’s exterior are evoked in the fitted cabinetry used all through the inner spaces, which also assures the rooms remain totally free of clutter.
“The needed storage spaces are integrated as constructed-in furniture in the wall surfaces and harmonise with the bright design and style and ease-of-space notion,” extra the architects.
Pale decking, which references the parquet flooring utilized indoors, extends from the pool area around the sides of the residence and onto the central patio.
Photography is by Brigida González.
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