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Goethestrasse 1 Maison privée by Gronych + Dollega Architekten

Goethestrasse 1 Maison privée by Gronych + Dollega Architekten is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2019 A' Design Award d'Argent in Design d'Architecture, Bâtiment et Structure Competition Category.


ArgentArchitecture· 2019

Goethestrasse 1 Maison privée

by Gronych + Dollega Architekten

Client: Gronych + Dollega Architekten

A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Architecture Category

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The Design

About Goethestrasse 1 Maison privée

La Goethestrasse 1 est une maison privée située à Bad Homburg, en Allemagne. Le projet transforme un plan d'urbanisme strict en une forme architecturale sereine, façonnée par son implantation. Le bâtiment développe sa propre échelle en relation avec le paysage et les constructions environnantes. De généreuses relations entre intérieur et extérieur sont créées sur une petite parcelle dotée d'arbres remarquables. La lumière, l'ombre et les reflets du plan d'eau devant les façades vitrées façonnent l'atmosphère intérieure. Le béton, les appuis en acier et les éléments préfabriqués en bois constituent la structure.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argent

Goethestrasse 1 Maison privée est lauréat de l'A' Design Award d'Argent, une reconnaissance énormément prestigieuse décernée à des designs haut de gamme, superbes et impressionnants. Les lauréats Argent sont des œuvres tout à fait brillantes et extrêmement créatives qui illustrent l'expertise, le talent et la perspicacité remarquables de leurs concepteurs. Goethestrasse 1 Maison privée est censé être une œuvre merveilleuse, une vitrine de savoir-faire, remarquablement professionnelle et profondément innovante. Ce design lauréat de l'A' Design Award d'Argent est une invention très notable et admirée, qui sert l'art, la science, le design et la technologie et en repousse les limites. Goethestrasse 1 Maison privée est une création très enviée qui éveille les désirs, apporte des sentiments positifs et suscite émerveillement et étonnement.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
The architecture develops its own sensitive scale to the landscape and the built environment.
The aim was to define generous relationships between inside and outside on the small property with valuable trees and the given building scale. The play of light and shades of the trees as well as the reflections of the water surface in front of the glazed facades create intense room atmospheres.
Dimensions & Packaging
Property size: 894 qm Dimensions: 17.40 m x 9.90 m x 10.12 m
Tags
Architecture, Bad Homburg, Concrete, Design, Wohnen im Hardtwald, pool,
Production Technology
Sustainability has been the main objective regarding the construction of the building. All materials were utilized with the focus on meaningfulness.

The dwelling house and the carport consist of concrete due to the spans, geometries as well as the plasticity.
Steel V-supports carry the loads.
The attic consists of prefabricated elemental wooden stud walls and ceilings.
Heating and cooling is provided via an air heat pump. Thermal comfort is achieved by capillary heating mats (low temperature).
Design Challenge
The confrontation with the strict planning law requirements was the biggest challenge.
Through the experimental search for the specific structural form, an architecture based on the location could be developed, free from any constraints and open to human beings with all their senses and emotions.
Research
The possible arrangements of the residential levels on the limited area of the building dimensions as well as in the given cubature underwent intensive examination. The spatial aspects, orientation, light, water, plastic shape and the valuable tree population were of great importance.
Inspiration
Our goal was to transform a very strict development plan into a serene, powerful and location-independent architectural form, while the existing trees should become part of the whole.
Project Duration
Bad Homburg, Germany
2016
Operation Flow
A tilted exterior wall is used to create the airspace that connects the ground floor with the upper floor, while also enabling natural lighting for the basement. The sloping high windows upstairs create the feeling of living within the treetops. The different levels are accessed by an open steel staircase, which also serves as a highly sculptural element of the inside area. The monolithically shaped facade of the building creates a distinct measurement in cohesion with the opulent tree population of the property.
Team Members
Peter Gronych + Yvonne Dollega
Image Credits
gronych + dollega architekten
Peter Gronych + Yvonne Dollega

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