Posted on 3/29/2016
House on the Alb Residential house in Wißgolding, Swabian Alb (”the Alb” or “Swabian Alb” is a region in the south of Germany, near Stuttgart, which is characterised by “mountains” (about 1000 m) in comparison Stuttgart is about 290 m) [completion january 2006, gross volume 1.080 m3, gross floor area 328 m2]
Archaic, sparse, sweeping – a subjective view of the untouched landscape of the Alb. The building site, situated on the edge of a trivial building area , was low priced – due to it’s topography hardly suitable for building.
A corpus, enrooted with the earth, stems itself against the hillside. Everything orientates itself to the south. The spatial conception is significa...