Gatekeeper's House, 2017
Open plan living area
The building has an exposed wooden ceiling, which rests on one single concrete beam & column in its centre.
Entrance to the estate
The new house is placed precisely, where the old gate keeper’s house used to be. The driveway-facing-facades are a facsimiles of the old one, too.
figure / ground
Plan ground floor
elevation north west
elevation south east
elevation south west
Section East / West
Driveway north perspective
The Barrack & Gatekeeper’s House as well as the other houses on site use the same set of materials, yet, in a different ways, to avoid the character of a settlement.
Location: Bremen, Germany
Square meters: 125
Status: building permission received