SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten
25/05/2016.
[Stuttgart] Germany
metalocus, CLAUDIA CENDOYA
metalocus, CLAUDIA CENDOYA
SOL House is located in a suburb of Stuttgart (Germany). The design of the house has been made giving priority to simplicity and timelessness without sacrificing the quality of materials and the use of the latest bioclimatic technologies, such as passive heating.
Main facade. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten. Image © Zooey Braun, Alexander Brenner Architekten.
Main facade. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten. Image © Zooey Braun, Alexander Brenner Architekten.
Exterior. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten. Image © Zooey Braun, Alexander Brenner Architekten.
Exterior. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten. Image © Zooey Braun, Alexander Brenner Architekten.
Exterior. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten. Image © Zooey Braun, Alexander Brenner Architekten.
Detail. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten. Image © Zooey Braun, Alexander Brenner Architekten.
Facade detail. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten. Image © Zooey Braun, Alexander Brenner Architekten.
Exterior. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten. Image © Zooey Braun, Alexander Brenner Architekten.
Ground floor. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten. Image © Zooey Braun, Alexander Brenner Architekten.
Ground floor. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten. Image © Zooey Braun, Alexander Brenner Architekten.
Ground floor. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten. Image © Zooey Braun, Alexander Brenner Architekten.
Ground floor. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten. Image © Zooey Braun, Alexander Brenner Architekten.
Ground floor. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten. Image © Zooey Braun, Alexander Brenner Architekten.
Interior. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten. Image © Zooey Braun, Alexander Brenner Architekten.
Interior. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten. Image © Zooey Braun, Alexander Brenner Architekten.
Interior. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten. Image © Zooey Braun, Alexander Brenner Architekten.
Site plan. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten.
Ground floor plan. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten.
First floor plan. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten.
Second floor plan. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten.
General section. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten.
Night view. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten. Image © Zooey Braun, Alexander Brenner Architekten.
Night view. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten. Image © Zooey Braun, Alexander Brenner Architekten.
Night view. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten. Image © Zooey Braun, Alexander Brenner Architekten.
Night view. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten. Image © Zooey Braun, Alexander Brenner Architekten.
Main facade. SOL House by Alexander Brenner Architekten. Image © Zooey Braun, Alexander Brenner Architekten.
The house designed by Alexander Brenner Architekten rises on three floors over a sloped plot with a longitudinal shape. Taking advantage of the uneven terrain, access is provided to the garden and living floors from the street level, leaving the top floor for rooms that require a higher privacy.
Description of the project by Alexander Brenner Architekten
The site is situated along a residential road with buildings primarily dating from the 1930s as it is typical for Stuttgart’s hillside locations. The residence relates to the down-to-earth quality and the scale of the neighbouring two-storey, cubic houses, but the façade facing the street is, owed to modern living requirements, mainly closed.
On the upper level, primarily secondary rooms and areas requiring no windows are laid out on this side. Protrusions and recesses, the cantilever roof slab and varying surfaces, which extends out into the outdoor areas, generate a differentiated, deep and powerful image for passers-by. The elongated building section reaching underneath the house, which accommodates the garages as well as secondary rooms, screens the garden from the public space. All living areas, on the contrary, open up in a downhill direction towards the forest in the south.
The ground floor accommodates the jointly used rooms like the kitchen, the dining and living area. The upper level is reserved for guests and, first of all, the parents. Making use of the cross slope, both the ground floor and the garden level below have a ground-level access to the southeast garden. The garden level provides plenty of space for the children’s areas as well as a sauna with a relaxation room.
The generous projecting southeastern roof as well as the continuous loggias located in front on the upper and ground level provide protection against the heat in summer, but allow passive solar gains when the sun is low in winter. The whole house is heated by means of a geothermal system, whilst solar heat is used for the production of hot water and the heating of the pool. Photovoltaic installations provide the required electricity.
Latest technologies and modern energy supply were as important to the clients as simplicity, timelessness and the high processing quality of the durable and genuine materials.
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Architects
Alexander Brenner Architekten
Location
Stuttgart, Germany
Alexander BRENNER
The atelier of Alexander Brenner Architects was established in 1990 in Stuttgart, Germany. The atelier focuses on Villas and residential houses, art galleries and private art collections. The common ground for all projects is an integrated planning, which combines as well the building as the interior design, the elaboration of furnishings and fittings, the lighting design and all other specialist planning from one hand. This way all spatial issues are considered in such a way that a holistic structure can emerge that is thoroughly designed down to the smallest detail. Alexander Brenner works received numerous honors and awards and haven been widely published in Germany and abroad.
