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Goethestrasse 1 Whare Tūmataiti by Gronych + Dollega Architekten

Goethestrasse 1 Whare Tūmataiti by Gronych + Dollega Architekten is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2019 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Waihanga, Whare me te Hanganga Competition Category.


HiriwaWaihanga· 2019

Goethestrasse 1 Whare Tūmataiti

by Gronych + Dollega Architekten

Client: Gronych + Dollega Architekten

A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Waihanga Category

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The Design

About Goethestrasse 1 Whare Tūmataiti

Ko Goethestrasse 1 he whare tūmataiti kei Bad Homburg, Tiamana. Ka whakawhiti te hoahoa i tētahi mahere whanaketanga pakari hei āhuahanga hoahoanga marino kua tārua e tōna wāhi noho. Ka whakawhanake te whare i tōna ake āhua tauine e hono ana ki te whenua me ngā whare huri noa. Ka waihangatia ngā hononga nui i waenga i te roto me te waho i runga i tētahi pihi iti me ōna rākau uara nui. Ko te māramatanga, te ātārangi me ngā whakaata o te mata wai kei mua i ngā mata karaihe ka tārua i te āhuatanga o roto. Ko te raima, ngā tautoko rino me ngā tūāhanga rākau kua tāruatia i mua ka hanga i te hanganga.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hiriwa

Ko Goethestrasse 1 Whare Tūmataiti te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Goethestrasse 1 Whare Tūmataiti he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Goethestrasse 1 Whare Tūmataiti he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.

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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