Реконструкция Мейкснера Шлютера

The Wohlfahrt-Laymann dwelling is situated in a relatively exclusive residential area in the Taunus outside Frankfurt am Main. The original house, an archetypal wooden “simple country cottage”, was built in the 1930s and the initial idea was to replace it with a larger house. However, after a detailed inspection of the site and the quality of this very picturesque, traditional home, it was decided to use the existing building as a starting point for further planning.
A new shell was built around the house thus creating a new interior and intermediate space. The position of the shell and its distance at different points from the “inner” house is dictated by the functional requirements of the ground plan structure. The inner house is broken open at points where light or space are required for the interior - these light or room extensions are projected onto the outer shell in the form of “light connections” or “space connections” and transferred to it as perforations. The roof of the inner house has been removed and the attic rooms are extended upwards with vertical spacing connections. Inner-, outer-, intermediate- and un-rooms of manifold and sometimes curious variations are generated. Complex and seemingly simple rooms alternate with each other.
Paradoxes occur in the Wohlfahrt-Laymann house, where an apparently normal reality becomes distorted and a simple, traditional country cottage becomes as a dream of cosmopolitan density in the suburbs.
Площадь 243.0 кв.м.
Convertible City - Projects - Wohnhaus Wohlfahrt-Laymann (RU)
Meixner Schlüter Wendt Architekten (RU)

Дом Кесслера (Kessler Residence) Роберта Гарнея

Traditional, romantic, and nostalgic are terms that come to mind when describing the architecture of the town of (Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA) just a few miles outside of Washington, D.C. But one particular house on a typical street in this town belies its clapboard façade and pitched roof. Architect Robert Gurney, FAIA, principal of his Alexandria, Virginia-based namesake firm, has designed a home that seamlessly fits the neighborhood as well as his own Modern aesthetic and that of his clients’.
But that’s the least of the surprises you’ll find in this house. This 3,800-square-foot home employs universal design techniques from the basement to the third attic floor, all aspects of which are neither obvious nor institutional. “One of the Kesslers’ twin daughters has cerebral palsy and uses either a walker, crutches, or a cane to get around,” says Gurney. “The Kesslers wanted her to have complete access to all parts of the house, and that’s what we’ve done. But the way we’ve done it means that you may not notice unless it"
Площадь 353,0 кв.м. 2 этажа + мансарда.
Architectural Record | House of the Month | Kessler Residence
Architect Robert M. Gurney, FAIA