A commercial atelier and a loftlike residence for a couple form double house SchlueterStudios.
Despite restrictions regarding budget, permit and a back lot site with seven-storey neighbors and two adjacent fire break walls the principles` goals for separate two-storey work and living spaces were met:
Form and orientation of two structures und their opening to the South and trees offer visual privacy.
An atrium with glas cover in the atelier provides daylight in the building´s deepest part, visual protection and on two levels bright rooms in the North with extraordinary privacy and quiet.
The use of roof lights creates a connectedness to the outside world through the shadows and readability of time.
Separate areas for encounter and retreat were formed by focusing the upper floors on retreat and the lower ones on guests.
The ground floors have kitchens, guest lavatories and sliding doors to the terraces.
Multifunctional corridors create spaceousness i.e. by offering strategic visual connections into the garden and by L-shaped areas of use.
Flexible floor plans allow for additions of walls, doors or new openings.
Fittings, flexible areas for utility and gallery-walls enhance the efficiency of space.
Natural materials and the considerations of vegetation and sun contribute the houses` comfortable micro climate. Its construction is wood frame. The energy use is ca. 40 kWh/sqm*a.