Modern architect's house close to nature and the city

The residential building is divided into three building volumes of different materials, which are staggered diagonally from north-east to south-west.

On the ground floor, the two-storey valley side offers a view of the landscape through the exposed panoramic window in the white rendered façade, while the basement has a solid base made of quarrystone masonry and a direct connection to the garden. The single-storey hillside side is optimally oriented towards the sun thanks to a glazed building volume with a conservatory and visually integrates the garden into the large living area.

The well-kept garden runs around the building right up to the street, allowing it to be integrated into the landscape without a courtyard or parking spaces in front of the house. The carport at the side with a light membrane sail is part of the garden design. A sheltered gravel terrace is located in the south-western corner of the property facing away from the road.

The entrance to the basement is directly from the carport into a vestibule, which houses the house connections and building services behind floor-to-ceiling cupboard doors and provides access to the kitchen with utility room. Behind this is the central distribution corridor with a generous spiral staircase to the ground floor, which receives daylight from above thanks to the open arrangement. The two rooms on the street side and the bathroom could also be structurally partitioned off as a granny apartment. On the slope side, there are two rooms below ground level that are heated and ventilated and lit via windows with light wells. In addition to being used as a storage room, these can be used as a hobby room, sports room, workroom, party room or similar. The clear room heights are 2.51 m throughout.

The ground floor with the 3.44 m high central living area is accessed either via the spiral staircase from the basement or directly from the outside entrance via the wide garden staircase. To the south is an unheated conservatory, which can be opened like a terrace to the garden via large sliding doors. To the north, towards the residential street, is the dining room with a panoramic window, opening up a transparent visual relationship from the garden diagonally through the entire building to the North German Plain. The kitchen can be connected to the dining room via a double-leaf all-glass sliding door. The clear room heights here are 2.64 m. In addition to the guest WC, the bedroom is also directly connected to the living room. The bathroom is accessed internally via the bedroom.

The solid construction consists of 15 cm thick reinforced concrete walls against the ground, 17.5 cm thick load-bearing exterior walls made of sand-lime brick and 20 cm thick reinforced concrete ceilings. In the interior, only a few reinforced concrete supports are used for load transfer. This means that all non-load-bearing interior walls made of 11.5 cm sand-lime brick can give way to a different floor plan at any time.
The basement has a natural stone facing made of quarry stone with an average thickness of 14 cm in front of 15 cm of core insulation. The white plaster façade of the upper floor is a composite thermal insulation system 20 cm thick, consisting of mineral wool insulation and a fine-grained mineral plaster system with a dispersion coating.
The glass façade and windows made of aluminum block profiles have a contemporary insulation value (Uf =1.3 W/m²K). On the west side, the glass façade is fronted by sliding shutters made of larch wood, which act as sun and privacy protection and create a cozy atmosphere. A continuous skylight band detaches the ceiling of the living room from the walls in an almost floating manner and allows for optimal lighting and sunlight.

The house is situated on the northern slope of the Wiehengebirge in a very quiet location with an exceptional view of the North German Plain. The 687 sqm plot rises diagonally from the residential street in the north to the boundary wall in the south by approximately six meters. The surrounding plots are built up with detached houses in a friendly and helpful neighborhood.

The forest of the Wiehengebirge Nature Park to the south is approx. 400 m away and the Grosses Torfmoor nature reserve to the north can be explored quickly by bike after approx. 2 km.

In the village with approx. 2,500 inhabitants, the facilities for daily needs can be reached on foot. Two supermarkets, a bakery, restaurant, family doctor, bank and day care for senior citizens are approx. 800 m away, the church and kindergarten are 300 m away and the elementary school is 1,000 m away. Cultural activities (e.g. theater group, trombone choir) and sports clubs (handball, soccer, tennis, etc.) are available in the village.

The nearest small town (26,000 inhabitants) with a corresponding infrastructure (secondary schools, hospital, theater, restaurants, retail outlets, etc.) is 6 km away and is also connected by bus. The nearest train station with ICE connection is approx. 20 min. away by car (also possible by bus), the A30 highway approx. 15 min. and the A2 approx. 20 min.