"(...) everything arises from the floor plan. Without a floor plan, there is disorder. Arbitrariness. The floor plan already determines the effect on the senses. The great problems of tomorrow, dictated by the needs of the whole, raise the questions of the floor plan once again. Modern life demands, indeed requires, a new layout for the house and the city (...)" Le Corbusier, Guiding Principles 1920 

The three-sided enclosed courtyard is located on the shady northern slope of Lorsbach in the Taunus. A young family with three children and thousands of books determine the design. The existing buildings will be carefully supplemented with historical building materials from the neighborhood.

The existing buildings are accessed via the central, narrow new building. Up to 8 m high, it accommodates bookshelves in addition to the staircase and two footbridges. The footbridge on the 1st floor closes the 50 m long ensemble and is the gateway to the farm garden. The fire walls of the 3 houses face east - no new openings can be provided here. Daylight is guided deep into the first floor level via the ridge turrets and gallery floors. Some ceiling bays are removed and short connecting staircases link the residential buildings. The design incorporates existing elements - the "patchwork" is transformed into a "new whole".

Client: private, GFA 350 m², planning and execution (LPH 1-9)