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Family House Sankt Augustin

Family House Sankt Augustin
© Tobias Hein

Family House Sankt Augustin

GRAFT

ARCHITECTS
Graft

FOUNDING PARTNER
Lars Krückeberg, Wolfram Putz, Thomas Willemeit

DESIGN TEAM
Raphael Hemmer, Stefanie Götz, Rita Schmidt, Sebastian Gernhardt, Denis Hegic, Izabela Pavel, Alexandra Tobescu

PHOTOGRAPHS
Tobias Hein, Jan Kraege

YEAR
2014

LOCATION
Sankt Augustin, Germany

CATEGORY
Dorms

Text description provided by architect.

The Ronald McDonald House is a Charity House that provides space and a home for families whose hospitalized children are in the process of receiving medical treatment.

Family House Sankt Augustin
© Tobias Hein
Family House Sankt Augustin
© Tobias Hein

The house is a dynamic bended structure that finds its resting position on top of a small hill amongst the surrounding topography.

On the ground floor, a long table centrally located in the public area serves as community space for the entire house.

Family House Sankt Augustin
© Tobias Hein
Family House Sankt Augustin
© Tobias Hein

It is here that parents find the opportunity to engage in conversation with each other while preparing meals together, thus creating a reciprocal sense of support and understanding.

This central area also has an elongated interactive ramp.

Family House Sankt Augustin
© Tobias Hein
Family House Sankt Augustin
© Tobias Hein

This ramp has many community uses, such as a landscape with spaces for sitting and lying down, a playground for children, a performance stage, and quiet working areas for parents.

It also connects the interior community spaces with a large outdoor terrace.

Family House Sankt Augustin
© Tobias Hein
Family House Sankt Augustin
© Tobias Hein

Each room has a spectacular view over the fields of Sankt Augustin, with all 25 apartments oriented towards the sunset.

Every apartment has customized furniture integrated into the window frame.

Family House Sankt Augustin
© Tobias Hein
Family House Sankt Augustin
© Tobias Hein

The entire structure does not seem like a conventional guest house but rather like an iconographic building sculpture – a light and abstract gesture as expression for hope and confidence during difficult times.

Family House Sankt Augustin
© Tobias Hein
Family House Sankt Augustin
© Tobias Hein


Family House Sankt Augustin
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Family House Sankt Augustin
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Family House Sankt Augustin
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