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Single Family House in Germany

Single Family House in Germany
© Michael Nast

SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE

Brandt + Simon Architekten

ARCHITECTS
Brandt + Simon Architekten

PHOTOGRAPHS
Michael Nast

AREA
784.0 m²

YEAR
2009

LOCATION
Germany

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

The untypical facade of coloured plain tiles make this house a peculiar new member of the urban fabric.

Single Family House in Germany
© Michael Nast
Single Family House in Germany
© Michael Nast

Simultaneously the hasty passerby will not neccessarily take notice of the greenish structure blending with plants and trees deep in the gap between neighbouring buildings.

The huge number of plain tiles and the chosen range of colour lead to an interplay between the very traditional building material in its almost handmade haptic quality and the pixel-like apearance of the whole facade from a distance.

Single Family House in Germany
© Michael Nast
Single Family House in Germany
© Michael Nast

The colour gradiant is laid out as a repeating pattern and is planed into great detail. It recalls the former nursery on the estate and also interprets the clients brief to built a „garden house“.

While using the plain tiles for the whole facade a massive and durable solution was found, which beside its design potential provides a technically perfect coverage for the timber frame construction behind.

To complete the overall „green thought“ of the building cellulose (recycled paper) has been used exclusivly for thermal insulation and heating is substantially supported by passive solar energy panels.

Single Family House in Germany
© Michael Nast


Single Family House in Germany
© Michael Nast
Single Family House in Germany


Single Family House in Germany
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Single Family House in Germany
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Single Family House in Germany
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Single Family House in Germany
Elevation East
Single Family House in Germany
Elevation South
Single Family House in Germany
Elevation North


Single Family House in Germany
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Single Family House in Germany
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Single Family House in Germany
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Single Family House in Germany
Site plan
Single Family House in Germany
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