Dupli Casa

Location: Ludwigsburg, Germany

Architect: J. MAYER H. Architects

Client: Private

Material: Concrete

Design date: 2005

Completion date: 2008

Site area: 6900m²

Built area: 1190m²

Studio: J. MAYER H. Architects

Principal Architect: Juergen Mayer H.

Project architects: Georg Schmidthals, Thorsten Blatter

Project team: Sebastian Finckh, Andre Santer, Simon Takasaki

Architect on Site: AB Wiesler, Stuttgart

Structural Engineer: Dieter Kubasch, Ditzingen und IB Rainer Klein, Sachsenheim

Service Engineers: IB Hans Wagner, Filderstadt

Building Physics: IB Dr. Schaecke und Bayer, Waiblingen-Hegnach

Structure: Ferroconcrete, brick, roof: timber

Principal exterior material: Aerated concrete with plaster, glass

Principal interior material: Wood panelling, plaster, parquet flooring

Photographer: David Franck, Tom Wagner

Awards: Chicago Athenaeum, 2009 International Architecture Award, Jury Award Wallpaper* 2008

Collection: Dupli.Casa, Print on Carpet, Permanent Collection of Museum fuer Gestaltung, Zurich

Story:

Text provided by the architects:

The geometry of the building is based on the footprint of the house that previously was located on the site. Originally built in 1984 and with many extensions and modifications since then, the new building echoes the „family archaeology“ by duplication and rotation. Lifted up, it creates a semi-public space on ground level between two layers of discretion. The skin of the villa performs a sophisticated connection between inside and outside and offers spectacular views onto the old town of Marbach and the German national literature archive on the other side of the Neckar valley.

Download Chicago Athenaeum, 2009 International Architecture Award, Jury Award Wallpaper* 2008, catalog.

Museum fuer Gestaltung Zurich

This project has been published in " Villa Magazine No.12 German Villas Special Issue".

Download the PDF here.

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