j. mayer h. architects: OLS house, stuttgart
‘OLS house’ by j. mayer h. architects, stuttgart, germany image © david franckall images courtesy of j. mayer h. architects
a hillside home in suburban stuttgart designed by j. mayer h. architects seeks to maximize views of a nearby valley with a composition of filleted corners and sweeping curves, while also breaking with the gridded residential area replete with stock 1960’s housing developments. a deep, recessed balcony characterizes the sinuous concrete form and protects the home from solar heat gain thereby continuing an environmentally friendly building system that includes weathered zinc and solar panels.
the home is intended to maximize landscape views in an otherwise suburban areaimage © david franck
(left): a view of the fillet-edged central staircase (right): the bathroom continues a language of round corners and curvesimages © david franck
the sinuous home in buried into a low hill image © david franck
a generous band of glazing optimizes views of the valley image © david franck
the curves are a welcome break from the surrounding 1960's developments image © david franck
exterior detail image © david franck
a staircase is enveloped in the curved folds of walls image © david franck
views out to the kitchen and landscape image © david franck
(left): the winding central stair (right): view from the kitchen image © david franck
a combination of glazing and orientation afford the interiors with plenty of natural light image © david franck
views of the living area image © david franck
interior details show a interplay of light over curved planes image © david franck
image © david franck
a night view reverses the relationship of built form and void image © david franck
view of the back porch image © david franck
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project info:
team: juergen mayer h., marcus blum (project architect), sebastian finckh, paul angelier, hugo reis, julian blümleclient: privatearchitect on site: ab wiesler + michael gruber, stuttgartstructural engineer: gunter kopp, leutenbach/ nellmersbachservice engineers: ib funk und partner, leutenbachbuilding physics: kurz&fischer gmbh, winnendenfunction: private house, near stuttgart, germanysite area: 891 m2building area: 306 m2total floor area: 488 m2number of floors: 3height of the building: 10,43 mstructure: reinforced concrete, brickroof: steelprincipal exterior material: eifs, glass, zinc, rooftilesprincipal interior material: wood, plasterboard, creative floor
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interesting interior but, for me, too heavy and very ugly outside.
masterpiece, every his works!
i love his works!
For my point of view, the line which is connecting the interior organic design and experimental exterior style is too thin.
This is similar to Neill Denari’s work, right?
test please don’t publish it
Modern done right. But the track lighting over the bar, yikes!