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Entwurf • Design Laura und Philipp Luy, Zernsdorf
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3 ched houses, many with direct access to the lake: Zernsdorf, located
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Grundriss Erdgeschoss • Ground floor plan
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6 and can be rearranged to suit changing usage requirements. Even the
Grundriss Obergeschoss • Upper floor plan
Bauherr • Client Laura und Philipp Luy
Standort • Location Zernsdorf
Nutzfläche • Floor space 175 m 2
Fotos • Photos Tjark Spille
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HOUSE 11 ROOMS
IN ZERNSDORF
In Zernsdorf, in the south-eastern affluent suburbs of Ber-
lin, Laura and Philipp Luy have fulfilled their dream of
1 Eingangsbereich • Entrance a family home in the countryside. With their house, the
2 WC • Restroom
3 Kühlschrank • Refrigerator architect couple has positioned itself in the heated debate
4 Lager • Storage
5 Küche • Kitchen surrounding small suburban happiness with a convincing
6 Esszimmer • Dining Room compromise. The house is as intellectual as it is comfor-
7 Wohnzimmer • Living Room
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8 Bibliothek • Library table, as traditional as it is sustainable.
9 Arbeiten • Home Office
I t looks a bit like in a children’s book around here. Narrow streets
and paths that are attractively lined with trees; properties bordered
by privacy-creating fences and hedges; behind them, spruced-up deta-
in the Spreewald district in southern Brandenburg, seems so tranquil
that it’s hard to believe that the hustle and bustle of the metropolis
that is Berlin is less than an hour’s drive away. It is as clichéd as it
is understandable that the Luys moved here after the birth of their
children and several years of living in the big city of Berlin. The buil-
ders and also architects were aware from the outset that a detached
house – especially a brand-new construction – is problematic these
days, to say the least these days. Their goal was therefore to build
a house that was as ecological, affordable and durable as possible;
not in a new development, but as a redensification of existing buil-
dings; and not as a striking solitary structure, but modest, in keeping
1 Schlafzimmer • Bedroom with the rural building tradition. The result is a compact, two-storey
2 Kinderzimmer •
Children´s Room residential building with a flat gable roof. The exterior walls are 36.5
3 Badezimmer • Bathroom
4 Kinderzimmer • centimetres thick, with no insulation, and are clad with plaster with
4 Children´s Room scratchwork, as used to be common throughout eastern Germany in
5 Badezimmer • Bathroom
6 Technik • Technology the past. The interior walls are made of sand-lime brick and plastered
white; the ceilings and beams consist of concrete. The simple con-
struction allowed the clients to contribute a considerable amount of
their own labour. Otherwise, their dream would not have been possib-
le to realize! However, the greatest appeal of the house lies in its floor
plan. Inspired by Schinkel’s New Pavilion and Ungers’ House without
Qualities, the Luys developed a strict grid of square rooms, each with
5 a floor area measuring just under 15 square metres, across both floors.
There are six rooms per floor; the central staircase counts as one,
hence the name of the house. All rooms are potentially equivalent
two floors can be lived in and accessed separately if necessary. This is
what building for future generations is all about!
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