Bavarian idyll with a contemporary touch
Looking as archetypical as any private house in the region of Bavaria in Germany, at a closer look this one-family house is surprising by its ultramodern simplicity and landscape design with refined details of lightness and air.
Bavarian idyll with a contemporary touch
Looking as archetypical as any private house in the region of Bavaria in Germany, at a closer look this one-family house is surprising by its ultramodern simplicity and landscape design with refined details of lightness and air.
The wooden path starts at the entrance and is connecting the street with the river running along the north side, where it, as part of the structure, ends in an almost floating terrace directly beneath the river bank under a tall oak tree.
Separated and yet visually linked the rooms in the quite spacious attic are connected and divided either by glass walls or sculptural room dividers as e.g. the room for the two children. Huge windows and smaller horizontal window bands dissolve the physical border between inside and outside.
Materials and construction
The chosen materials reflect the local tradition using massive constructions, carpeted roof trusses and a typical brick roof. Since the region has a lot of regulations, there has only been room for just a little creative freedom in the exterior. The sliding shutters can be used both to reduce exposure to the sun and as view protection. The VELUX roof windows in the living room are placed on the north side of the house. ‘As typical for this region the windows in the walls are traditionally small, so we decided to get an individual characteristic by the window-stripes of smaller windows.
Furthermore, the vertical blinds are functioning as sunscreen in front of the bigger windows’, tells architect Peter Zarecky from Gassner&Zarecky Architects. Surfaces are kept white inside and out-side, but the colour anthracite is used to accent certain details on the vertical sur- faces and as the most frequent colour and contrast used inside the house. The ceiling on the first floor has been covered and disguised with prefabricated wooden boards, which go very well with the roof windows also made of wood and the floors all over the house made of pine tree.
Separated and yet visually linked the rooms in the quite spacious attic are connected and divided either by glass walls or sculptural room dividers as e.g. the room for the two children. Huge windows and smaller horizontal window bands dissolve the physical border between inside and outside.
Materials and construction
The chosen materials reflect the local tradition using massive constructions, carpeted roof trusses and a typical brick roof. Since the region has a lot of regulations, there has only been room for just a little creative freedom in the exterior. The sliding shutters can be used both to reduce exposure to the sun and as view protection. The VELUX roof windows in the living room are placed on the north side of the house. ‘As typical for this region the windows in the walls are traditionally small, so we decided to get an individual characteristic by the window-stripes of smaller windows.
Furthermore, the vertical blinds are functioning as sunscreen in front of the bigger windows’, tells architect Peter Zarecky from Gassner&Zarecky Architects. Surfaces are kept white inside and out-side, but the colour anthracite is used to accent certain details on the vertical sur- faces and as the most frequent colour and contrast used inside the house. The ceiling on the first floor has been covered and disguised with prefabricated wooden boards, which go very well with the roof windows also made of wood and the floors all over the house made of pine tree.
Functions and interior
The path-structure in shape of a corridor continues inside the house as an artery or tunnel of light running all the way through the building. All the secondary functions of the floor plan connect to the corridor at ground level: Kitchen, the guest bathroom and the lounges open up to the south with a dining and a living room at the rear.
Walking up the light staircase with floating wooden steps, the first floor contains a number of bedrooms and bathrooms for the family members subordinated the same strict floor plan as downstairs. The VELUX roof windows contribute to the stream and feeling of lightness, space and air on the upper floor.
Concept and function
Somehow modern architecture and cooking seem to be about the same, namely how to use a few ingredients the right way and create an astonishing and convincing result. Studying the project you almost feel that it’s magic and yet extremely simple at the same time, just as your favourite recipe. To make a normal size and traditionally looking Bavarian one-family house just use conventional materials and arrange them on a beautiful already prepared site. Then just add light and air and the concept is served.
In reality the design process of any architectural planning or project is never that easy, but if the architects keep it simple and focus on just a few devices, the chance of success is quite good. ‘Less is more’ concept wise and visually understood rarely fails. Since many questions were already asked and considerations made in this case, the main idea of the Heinl-Hampe House, ordered by the clients Susanne Hampe and Thomas Heinl, was basically to establish connection between the house and the surrounding area at the ground floor level within strict statutory requirements.
In fact the entire planning deals with the powerful regulations of the area, including the building typology and proportions of the house which mean that the actual design has mostly been given by the development plan of the increasingly more populated area of Naring that allows only genuine materials and colours typical for the region.
Site/location
Located less than an hour from Munich, the busy capital of Bavaria, crowded with multinational companies and known all over the world for its huge seasonal fair trades, small spots like Naring and the close by village Holzolling bei Weyarn are ‘popping up’ in the countryside. The area is full of guesthouses and smaller family operated hotels offering places for true relaxation where you can spend your time with nothing but hiking and local food if you are a tourist and not lucky enough to actually live there.
Here the Heinl-Hampe House is situated in the middle of the peaceful landscape defined by green, forested mountains. The site leads directly to a river and the house is surrounded by a wooden path-structure running all the way around the house itself.
The landscape and the architecture of the house melt together in this simple unity with the man-made path-structure as the magic glue.
Concept and function
Somehow modern architecture and cooking seem to be about the same, namely how to use a few ingredients the right way and create an astonishing and convincing result. Studying the project you almost feel that it’s magic and yet extremely simple at the same time, just as your favourite recipe. To make a normal size and traditionally looking Bavarian one-family house just use conventional materials and arrange them on a beautiful already prepared site. Then just add light and air and the concept is served.
In reality the design process of any architectural planning or project is never that easy, but if the architects keep it simple and focus on just a few devices, the chance of success is quite good. ‘Less is more’ concept wise and visually understood rarely fails. Since many questions were already asked and considerations made in this case, the main idea of the Heinl-Hampe House, ordered by the clients Susanne Hampe and Thomas Heinl, was basically to establish connection between the house and the surrounding area at the ground floor level within strict statutory requirements.
In fact the entire planning deals with the powerful regulations of the area, including the building typology and proportions of the house which mean that the actual design has mostly been given by the development plan of the increasingly more populated area of Naring that allows only genuine materials and colours typical for the region.
Site/location
Located less than an hour from Munich, the busy capital of Bavaria, crowded with multinational companies and known all over the world for its huge seasonal fair trades, small spots like Naring and the close by village Holzolling bei Weyarn are ‘popping up’ in the countryside. The area is full of guesthouses and smaller family operated hotels offering places for true relaxation where you can spend your time with nothing but hiking and local food if you are a tourist and not lucky enough to actually live there.
Here the Heinl-Hampe House is situated in the middle of the peaceful landscape defined by green, forested mountains. The site leads directly to a river and the house is surrounded by a wooden path-structure running all the way around the house itself.
The landscape and the architecture of the house melt together in this simple unity with the man-made path-structure as the magic glue.
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