"Stadthaus am Mügelsberg"
Client: private
Area: gross floor space 425 sqm
Cost: "kostengruppe" 300-400; gross 750.000€
Time Frame: 2016 to 2017
Program: office and residence
Client: private
Area: gross floor space 425 sqm
Cost: "kostengruppe" 300-400; gross 750.000€
Time Frame: 2016 to 2017
Program: office and residence
BDA Prize
Idea/Concept
Our initial approach was for a building, independent of site, that could be incorporated into the city fabric. It would programmatically take into account work, family and friends while maintaining the potential to be a living and innovative piece of the city.
The place we intented to create would be an anchor but also be flexible to accomodate for modernization. After a long search in partnership with a fellow architect, a site in the city center of Saarbrücken was acquired that would allow us and our partner to accomplish this vision.
Floor Plan
The building rises five stories, assembled cube-like above the nearly square foundation.
The lower floors are planned as an office, with secretariat, conference room and kitchenette on the ground floor and open plan office space on the first floor. There are no additional organizational elements present in the plan apart from the necessary walls along the building's central axis. This ensures spatial continuity and more natural cross-floor communication, aiding workflow.
A first residential is located on the second floor. A vast living room is created through an open plan and is augmented by multiuse rooms and a balcony.
A residential unit on the third and fourth floors rounds out the uses in the "Stadthaus". A spacious children's room and bedrooms with bathrooms are located on the third floor. A living room unit, with panaromic views afforded by ample glazing to the north and south, is organized on the fourth floor with a loggia to the southern end.
The floor plan design can be changed at any time. A partitioning of the ground floor from the first floor could create two new units or common rooms which could be used as guest rooms or a kitchen.
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