家养小精灵花园丨德国慕尼黑丨Stephan Maria Lang Architects

Architects:Stephan Maria Lang Architects

Area:830m²

Year:2020

Photographs:Sebastian Kolm

Manufacturers:Bauer Innovativ,Marmor Baumann,Viabizzuno,Vola,Wiedemann Werkstätten

Structure Engineer:Kohlars + Krückl

Carpenter:Zimmerei Andreas Böhmer

Design Director:Stephan Maria Lang

Design Team:Steffi Senula, Tobias Hoffmann

Interior Designer:Annamaria Papp Ionescu

Plantsman:Franz Wieland

Fire Protection:Alexander Hann Architect

Joiner:Rolf Gerhard Möbel & mehr

Metal Works:Max Gampenrieder Metallbau

City:Munich

Country:Germany

Text description provided by the architects. It was more than an aesthetic exercise. It is a spiritual retreat, a place to cleanse body and soul. The key issue is an architecture deeply connected with nature, developed and set in context to the native forest-like landscape. Any architecture needs to be deeply bound to nature and the change of light.

The Elves Home with the dark indoor pool was built for a young widow for her physical and spiritual well-being. The project is an attempt to create something powerful without being loud.  A sensitive place that renders tranquillity and offers various perspectives to the surrounding nature at all seasons.

It is all about light and the countless approaches to its counterpart: the shadow. Large glass openings to the west and east terraces connect to the garden, and vertical openings to the south let direct sunlight into the depth of the room. Greenlight filtered by large trees is reflected by the shiny bronze plastered fireplace and the glossy painted ceilings. The play of shadows is absorbed in the inner grass wallpaper-covered walls and the dark-toned oak floor.

The natural materials in warm and dark tones absorb the sunlight like a forest. The atmosphere is influenced by the Japanese culture of semi-dark shadowed rooms, where the colors seem damped and the glow comes from within. A world where darkness is full of warmth and profound colorfulness.

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