The waterfront property with two jetties is located directly on the Dahme, in a neighbourhood characterised by single family homes and small bungalows.

 

There is a considerable stock of trees on the property, primarily an unusually large plane tree, around which the house is to be built. The entire site can be experienced as a water site; it is important not to create a front and back to the site, for example by building massive structures in the middle. Because of the groundwater level, the foundation is based on piles, so the house cannot reasonably be built with a cellar.

 

These and other parameters suggest the combination of monolithic insulating concrete for the lounge-like living area and a steel skeleton construction for the two-level “spine” enveloping it at an angle. The interior steel construction becomes the defining design element and draws visual parallels to shipbuilding.

The two-storey residential building is constructed according to the principle of steel skeleton construction with bracing cores and a curtain-type, rear-ventilated façade construction with fibre cement panels as the outer shell. It is energy self-sufficient thanks to geothermal energy and battery storage.