Waldesruh House

Waldesruh House
© Simon Menges
Waldesruh House
© Simon Menges

WALDESRUH HOUSE

Helga Blocksdorf Architektur

DESIGN TEAM
Samuel Barckhausen, Arne Maxim Koll

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT UNIT
Shivani Shankar Chakraborty

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Pichler Ingenieure Gmbh

AREA
380 m²

PHOTOGRAPHS
Simon Menges

YEAR
2021

LOCATION
Hoppegarten, Germany

CATEGORY
Houses

THE UNEXPECTED SPACE

“As if they were pictures, which are arising from great depths and now on the verge of disappearing into it again. It is about this brief moment in between." - Florian Illies.

Waldesruh House
© Simon Menges
Waldesruh House
© Simon Menges

In the vicinity of infinite single-family houses is the forest, in which these buildings are located, the lowest common denominator of the greatest spatial quality.

The landscape embodied figuratively in the object of the tree is the occasion and trigger of the draft.

Waldesruh House
© Simon Menges
Waldesruh House
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The general attributes of the family house transform into new unexpected situations, when living builds around a tree.

The donor’s wish to, time and again, rearrange and present the family paintings from the storage in the basement in the living room, also exhibits the stairs as a path - like a picture, going up and down the stairs.


Waldesruh House
© Simon Menges
Waldesruh House
© Simon Menges
Waldesruh House
© Simon Menges
Waldesruh House
© Simon Menges
Waldesruh House
© Simon Menges
Waldesruh House
© Simon Menges
Waldesruh House
© Simon Menges


Waldesruh House
Elevation
Waldesruh House
Elevation
Waldesruh House
Elevation
Waldesruh House
Elevation


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Section
Waldesruh House
Section


Waldesruh House
Detail
Waldesruh House
Detail


Waldesruh House
Basement floor plan
Waldesruh House
Ground floor plan
Waldesruh House
Floor plan
Waldesruh House
Detail
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Site plan