Villa Mauthe by Philipparchitekten Anna Philipp
Designed in 2016 by Philipparchitekten Anna Philipp, this contemporary two-story villa is situated in Bahlingen, Germany.
Description
On a very long and narrow plot of land at the foot of the Swabian Alb, Southern Germany, a home was to be designed for a family with a great passion for art and graphic design, being publishers themselves. The building should offer areas for family life and at the same time express the open and creative way of the family.
The idea of the design was to sort the property?s extreme proportions by using three lines: a tree line of old mature trees, a waterline drawn by a pool in the garden level and an art line that sorts the building.
The art line divides the building into a horizontal public space containing the areas for living, cooking and eating, and a vertical, private area with a library and office providing the family with an opportunity to retreat. Strategically placed skylights, running through just about the whole building, maximize the abundant daylight and lead from the entrance to the dining area. On winter evenings, the fireplace at the end shines bright, opening to two sides of the interior. The purist staircase in white shows a stunning view of the skylight. This is the axis which separates the horizontal and vertical area. The living area at the end opens thanks to a high void to the top, giving space to an impressive pop-art-graffiti. Due to a vertical block the villa appears at this end to be a tower, housi...
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