House with view to horses

 Anyone who loves nature, atchitecture and luxury but doesn’t believe that these can all be united under one roof, is proven wrong by this house. The architects of the construction cooperative have developed a tailor-made living wonder-design house for the owner’s family, which manages to convert the bigger picture – approximately 2500 square metres in numbers – into a comfortable and damn well designed modern three-sided farmyard. Essentially: The house is part of an ensemble with a great deal of countryside and agricultural buildings. Forests and meadows, as well as stables and a racetrack, surround and literally meld into the new three-sided farmyard. Spatially and as a way of life and living for the building owners. This type of down-to-earth attitude also manifests itself on the floor: Both indoors and outdoors, limestone is laid in a Roman pattern, which removes the borders. It is therefore possible to simply walk everywhere in rubber boots, whether in the living area or in the forest.

The ground floor plays with the ambivalence of massive construction (double-shell masonry), deep window reveals and a light, bright interior. The upper storey and the attic are both light in construction (steel and timber construction) but darker and heavier in their colouring and choice of materials. The wooden roof truss is slightly raised and leaves a glass join open, allowing 360-degree views from the couch next to the fireplace. In addition to the living spaces, there are also offices, guest rooms, a studio and a fitness area in the three-sided farmyard.
The north wing, with the guest house and office, is a semi-communal area; the west wing, with the swimming pool and fitness room, is the “fun wing“. The south wing houses the bedrooms, play area, library, and living and kitchen areas for the family.
The furniture, fixtures and details, customised or selected by the architects, are essential to the overall work of art. From the summer kitchen, the library shelving and the fireplaces, to the special lights for illuminating the spiral staircase, the designs came from the architects – and they also selected other furnishings too, right down to the bed linen. Only in this way was it possible for every material, every function, every room and every detail to find its exact place – just as the residents themselves found the perfect house.