The wooden building structure stands on a hillside directly on the shore of Lake Tornow, about 30 minutes south of Berlin.  

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Two flat roofs are staggered under the trees; the terrain develops under the protection of these roofs, cascading down the slope towards the lake in several open levels. Different room heights and visual connections form a spatially differentiated structure – a residential space as an image of the external landscape, being geometrically punched out of the landscape by tableaus, but simultaneously firmly connected to it. Open spaces are cut into the structure and define lounges of different quality: retreat/patio and presentation/terrace.

The one-story, no-basement building is conceived as a unit with variable structure; privacy can be created as needed. A few fixtures - fireplace and steel sheet cubes - form a basic structure for flexible furnishing.

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The boundary between inside and outside is removed on the lake side, where view of the lake is possible from any position through the glass front.

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The supporting structure consists of main beams across the slope and narrow high rafters towards the lake, as well as the columns and the double support row. The wooden structure is made of pine and is visible, present and traceable inside.

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The house is almost self-sufficient in terms of energy, equipped with geothermal probes and energy. By maintaining focus on the necessary elements and the construction method (wooden, no basement), the building weighs about half of a conventional single-family house in solid construction.

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This has significant consequences for the production/manufacturing and the creation and transport of construction site logistics. The high degree of prefabrication also makes it possible to shorten the construction time: In this case it took a total of about 30 construction weeks to completion.

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The prefabrication of the walls in wooden panel construction and wooden trusses also allows almost waste-free production "on demand”. Roof and walls are made of regionally available pine wood, renewable raw material from the surrounding area; all insulating materials are mineral-based, bitumen roofing membranes are installed with separating layers, exposed screed from a local gravel plant – there are no plastics / sealants and barely any composite materials in the house.

The clear separation of the various building components allows recycling and reuse of most building material if necessary (cradle to cradle).