Design Company: J. MAYER H. Architects, Juergen Mayer H.

Project architects: Georg Schmidthals, Thorsten Blatter

Project team: Sebastian Finckh, Andre Santer, Simon Takasaki

Architect on Site: AB Wiesler, Stuttgart

Structural Engineer: Dieter Kubasch, Ditzingen und IB Rainer Klein, Sachsenheim

Service Engineers: IB Hans Wagner, Filderstadt

Building Physics: IB Dr. Schaecke und Bayer, Waiblingen-Hegnach

Function: Private House, near Ludwigsburg, Germany

Site area: 6900 m2

Building area: 569 m2

Total floor area: 1190 m2

Number of floors: 3

Height of the building: 12,20 m

Structure: Ferroconcrete, brick, roof: timber

Principal exterior material: aerated concrete with plaster, glass

Principal interior material: wood panelling, plaster, parquet flooring

Designing period: 02/05 – 06/08

Construction period: 02/06 – 08/08

Photographer: David Franck 

The geometry of the building is based on the footprint of the house that previously was located on the site. Originally built in 1984 and with many extensions and modifications since then, the new building echoes the ?family archaeology“ by duplication and rotation. Lifted up, it creates a semi-public space on ground level between two layers of discretion. The skin of the villa performs a sophisticated connection between inside and outside and offers spectacular views onto the old town of Marbach and the German national literature archive on the other side of the Neckar valley.