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Entwurf • Design Klöpfel Zeimer Architekten, Berlin
„Nachhaltigkeit wird durch die Reduktion der
verwendeten Materialien sowie durch Einfachheit
und Permanenz der baulichen Eingriffe erreicht.“
Klöpfel Zeimer Architekten
Grundriss Untergeschoss • Basement floor plan Sichtmauerwerk Gebäudekern • Brickwork building core walls. It integrates not only a wooden staircase precisely constructed to
Grundriss Erdgeschoss • Ground floor plan Grundriss Obergeschoss • Upper floor plan the middle of one of the most secluded and beautiful areas of Germany.
Bauherr • Client S. Gerbert, E. Schultze, Berlin
Standort • Location Battin 19, Brüssow
Nutzfläche • Floor space 195 m 2
Fotos • Photos Schnepp Renou, Berlin
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More info on page 134
HOUSE CONVERSION
IN BRÜSSOW
The Uckermark region located in north-eastern Bran-
denburg is characterized by its gently rolling landscape
with numerous lakes, forests and moors. In the midst of
this tranquil idyll, on the edge of a small village, stands
a newly renovated settler house from the 1950s. While
hardly any changes are visible from the outside, a remar-
kable transformation has taken place inside.
O ver the decades, the two-storey settler house had gradually lost
its architectural clarity due to various structural alterations. When
Klöpfel Zeimer Architekten were commissioned to plan the conversion,
they seized the opportunity to reveal hidden features and create new
spatial and aesthetic qualities. The central idea of their design was to
relocate the staircase connecting the two floors. This turned out to be
a momentous intervention: whereas the staircase used to be positio-
ned against the outer wall, blocking valuable views of the outdoors,
it is now located in the centre of the house. This allowed the façade
to be opened up generously, connecting the living space even more
intensely with the surrounding landscape than before. And relocating
the staircase had even more consequences: it fundamentally changed
the floor plan and the spatial effect. The exposed brickwork is now the
sculptural centrepiece of a decluttered house freed from solid partition
match the brickwork, but also a wood-burning stove and sliding doors.
The shape of the sculptural room insert follows the directions of move-
ment and the visual relationships of the surrounding living spaces. The
core of the building opens up the two floors from the centre, creating
an open structure of interconnecting living areas with irregular floor
plans. The interplay of existing and added materials and surfaces also
provides variety. New and old wooden structures – with and without
paint – meet exposed brickwork, a smooth light-grey cement floor on
the ground floor and clay-plastered, natural brown walls. White kitchen
units, delicately framed in stainless steel, blend into the interplay of
materials. The same applies to the perforated folding shutters made
of powder-coated steel, which enliven the room with an attractive play
of light and shadow. The young Berlin architects have given the 1950s
building, which still appears austere from the outside, a powerful inte-
rior. This enhanced new look, which retains the original identity, fits in
with the self-image of the Uckermark and the special attitude to life in
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