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Concept used by Matthias Benz for this Schierle House was to build and inhabit a house, that would sensibly respect tradition, but at the same time provide an individual and contemporary style such as “typical German home.” The project site defined by a gentle hill slope and an excellent view over the town in Gerzen, Germany. A simple geometry was adopted for the house, combining two solid volumes enabling not only to maintain but improve the neighboring homes view over the valley.

White is the companion for the peace of the sleeping and resting areas. The volume containing the spaces to be shared by the family was characterized through facades and a slate-stone roof. Working with Rathscheck Schiefer, a special emphasis was placed on developing the capabilities to build with slate stone, stressing the solution of corner details. Through the integration of the pitched roof required by city planning regulations plus the vertical shifting needed to adapt to the hillside, a volume evoking a modern monolith, covered by an ancient over 400-million-year material, whose silky glitter attains the perfect environmental integration, was obtained.

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This entry was posted on Saturday, June 19th, 2010 at 4:07 am and is filed under Hill House Design. Tags: contemporary style house, geometry house structure, Matthias Benz, modern monolith, monolithic structure, pitched roof, Rathscheck Schiefer, Schierle House, Schierle House by Matthias Benz, silky glitter attains, slate stone, sustainable home, Sustainable house, typical German home
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