Architects:Dietrich | Untertrifaller Architekten

Area :295 m²

Year :2019

Photographs :Albrecht I. Schnabel

Electrics :Fink

Project Management : Felix Kruck

Timber Construction : Zeh Holzbau

Country : Germany

On the edge of a densely built residential area in the Allgäu hills, we created a well-conceived wooden house for a variety of uses. The adjacent popular recreation and landscape conservation area prompted us to incorporate the surrounding nature into the design of the house. The new building follows the proportions of the desolate existing building from the 1960s. The staggered storey set back from the street communicates with the slope, whose original steepness we have restored. The restrained, horizontally structured architecture with a façade made of local wood blends harmoniously into the natural surroundings. Floor-to-ceiling glazing, visual axes and open living spaces that offer numerous views stage nature and bring it into the house.

The narrow plot of only 840 m² rises steeply from the street to the garden. We have accommodated a granny flat and the garage on the street-side slope floor. A wooden staircase leads to the living floor above with an open living-dining-kitchen area, two bedrooms and bathroom. The entire south façade with garden view is glazed to room height. On the north side, too, floor-to-ceiling windows provide transparency and brightness. Only the side fronts are more closed and the few openings protected from the neighbours with wooden slats. The children have their own realm in the attic. The three rooms plus bathroom can later be separated as an independent flat by a separate entrance. This allows flexible use from a family home to a multi-generation house. A special highlight is the covered veranda cut deep into the façade on the west side of the attic.

The slightly sloping gable roof is covered with photovoltaic panels and enables efficient yet unobtrusive energy generation. The batteries in the basement store the excess electricity so that the heat pump can be fed with self-produced electricity. Good design consciously responds to the surroundings, takes in the existing and adapts to the site. House P was built with the slope, not against it. Actually, it would be a disadvantage to have the slope facing south. We took advantage of this setting so that you can access the house at ground level in the north and also enter the terraced garden directly from the south-facing living rooms on the upper floor. The quality of the architecture, the sustainable construction method and the flexible use will give the owners pleasure for a long time to come.

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