The VdK Cooperative Office by Studio Alexander Fehre exemplifies a modern transformation, balancing functionality with a fresh, inviting aesthetic. VdK, a cooperative focused on building and managing affordable housing in Stuttgart, sought to create a new office environment that would reflect a fresh start for its team.
This townhouse formulates the need for retreat and understatement in a contemporary language of colour and form.
The Haus am Wald is located at the end of a cul-de-sac road with an existing development predominantly from the 1960s, on the northern edge of Stuttgart-Schoenberg and directly adjoining to the forest.
Combining a stone cavern with a glass house, the building is shaped like a mountain crystal. The jointless walls and triangulated roof are made of monolithic insulating concrete. Uniting structure, insulation and technical installation in one massive layer beautifully balanced by the transparent and reflective nature of glass.
The Pop Up Box is a versatile piece of design, finding first use in the mall of the Gerber shopping centre in Stuttgart. As convertible retail space, it offers retailers and exhibitors a customizable presentation area. It’s a system that is self-contained, an out-of-the-box solution.
Project: Residential Loft Architects: Ippolito Fleitz Group – Identity Architects Location: Esslingen am Neckar, Germany Area: 400.0 sqm Project Year: 2014 Photographs: Zooey Braun Ippolito Fleitz Group – Identity Architects have transformed two drab office floors into a residential loft. The home is located in Esslingen am Neckar, a city in the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg in southern
