MID-TERM PRESENTATION (AutoCAD)

HAWS W/arch. KRAUS SCHOENBERG

STUDENT: EDISON DERVISHI

Architects: Kraus Schoenberg Architects

Location: Hamburg, Germany

Area: 130 m²

This is an affordable prefabricated low- energy house for a young

couple and their two children. The family wanted a house which

felt like a connected space, but which would also offer individual

freedom to the occupants. The building is separated into an upper

and a lower part. The upper volume consists of rooms of various

heights corresponding to their individual function.

Bedrooms, bathrooms, the dressing room and the rooms for the

children all require different heights and project into the lower

living areas. This common space is organized by these staggered

volumes without being interrupted by partitions. Walking around

the house takes one through a variety of rooms on the upper level,

which are orientated to the garden as well as to the inner atrium.

The open sallows the user to combine rooms and functions in

various ways. The walls and floors of the individual upper rooms

are built of sustainable CNC-cut timber panels. These do a variety

of things: they constitute the finish; define spaces and functions;

help insulate the building; are recyclable; create a comfortable

internal environment; and offer a cost-effective building solution.