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PERSPECTIVE DINING ROOM Micron Studio | Jonas Weiss | Fall 2011 | 5th Semester | An Architect‘s House | WAAC Washington Alexandria Architecture Consortium | Professor Robert Zwirn and Andreea Mihalache

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4: Nature and House A house with an exhibition room in a meadow

5: Vineyard vistas of Weimar Design of a wine-gazebo near the city of Weimar

6: Horn Vertical Student accommondation in the city of Weimar

1: Glider Airport Design of a local glider airfield in Bad Berka

2: Secret Gardens Leipziger Strasse - Berlin‘s best kept secret

3: Isola Bella Villa on a private island in Lago Maggiore

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project overviewGlider Airport - Design of a local glider airfieldIn recent years, designing an airport has become one of the most popular architectural projects. However, specific designs for glider air-fields are still very rare. The assignment was to design a local glider airfield in Bad Berka, a rural village near the city of Weimar in Germa-ny. The bridge connecting the two separate hangars with all the other functional areas represents one of the main characteristic features of the glider airport. This bridge creates a clear and simple design structure and a functional layout of the rooms and surrounding areas. The ground floor of the hangars provides enough space for twelve gliders. Between the hangars, the bridge simultaneously connects and separates the different areas of the airport. Crossing this bridge, one has the opportunity to access, for example, a restaurant or a training classroom. These rooms were designed to be hanging from the ceiling of the hangars in the shape of wooden boxes.

Secret Gardens - Leipziger Strasse - Berlin‘s best kept secret The fate of central Berlin’s Leipziger Strasse is typical of that of a city of the Bauhaus-modernity: the former city centre becomes the edge, urban space gets lost, variety moves out, monotony moves in. On the one hand, it is easy to regard these developments as entirely negative. On the other hand, however, one could use this ‚non-place‘ around the Leipziger Strasse to the city’s advantage: Standing towards the back end of the Leipziger Strasse one would not think to be in the middle of central Berlin. It almost feels like a hidden place in the midst of the inner city. To emphasise this character of the place, the design employs just one very simple method: a boundary created by a standard brick wall. Thus the inner space becomes so-mewhat exclusive and provides an experience one would not normally find or expect in the centre of a metropolis.

Isola Bella - Villa on a private island in Lago Maggiore An uninhabited island in the Italian lake Lago Maggiore is the unusual setting for the design of a two-bedroom house of a couple – both of whom are furniture designers. One leading feature of the design was incorporating the unspoilt views of the neighbouring island Isola Bella with its palace and gardens. Another characteristic was the architectural separation between private and completely public spaces within the villa.The most embossing feature of the house is the two cantilevers of the concrete walls directing the view towards the Isola Bella. The separation between the couple’s public furniture museum and their private rooms is achieved through the use of different floor le-vels within the house. The museum is situated on the ground floor whereas the private living space is located on the first floor.

Nature and House - A house with an exhibition room in a meadow The assignment was to design a house on a vast, private meadow in the midst of hilly landscape. Working as an architect, the husband specifically demanded a special exhibition room for his models to be incorporated into the design of the house. This special room is situated directly in the centre of the house and is constructed as a room-in-a-room concept (the model room is arranged in a cube) emphasising the central role of the room within the house. The entire building design consists of an open floor plan and with no walls. This is possible merely because only the married couple lives in the house, which in turn is located on a private island. The facade is entirely made of glass to create a connection with the surrounding environment and its appealing nature.

Horn Vertical - Student accommodation in the city of WeimarThe main design idea puts great emphasis on the separation between working, living and sleeping spaces. The most obvious and radical separation would be by creating individual buildings for each purpose – marking the initial development of the concept of three different elements instead of one massive and compact building.Another major advantage of the design is the emphasis put on verticality through tall and filigree construction as well as slim building parts.Each student has his or her own room to sleep and study leading to a great degree of privacy within the student accommodation. Students from each floor share a living room and a kitchen. This comprises the communal space for social activities. The working room space is planned as studios to facilitate group work. Wooden bridges connect the separate building parts.

PERSPECTIVE Micron Studio | Jonas Weiss | Fall 2011 | 5th Semester | An Architect‘s House | WAAC Washington Alexandria Architecture Consortium | Professor Robert Zwirn and Andreea Mihalache

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Design of a local glider airfield

In recent years, designing an airport has become one of the most popular architectural projects. However, specific designs for glider airfields are still rare.

During the late 1980s, considerable change took place in international airport design. Formerly mainly an accumulation of functional buildings, airport design turned into a prestigi-ous challenge for architects to combine func-tionality, design, comfort and sustainability.

Although glider airports cannot be compared to international airports in terms of dimensi-ons and complexity, designing a glider airfield poses a variety of different challenges.

This assignment was used as an example for unknown and underestimated design challen-ges to be encountered in architecture.

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The connection bridge

The bridge connecting the two separate han-gars with all the other functional areas repre-sents one of the main characteristic features of the glider airport. This bridge creates a clear and simple design structure and a functional layout of the rooms and surrounding areas.

The ground floor of the hangars provides en-ough space for twelve gliders and other small airplanes. The larger and higher hangar of the two serves as a space for gliders that are light enough to be hanged off the ceiling. The smal-ler hangar, on the other hand, mainly provides space for more compact but heavy aeroplanes. Moreover, there is also a workshop area loca-ted in the back of the larger hangar.

Between the two hangars, the bridge connects and separates the different areas of the airport at the same time. Crossing this bridge, one has the opportunity to access, for example, a re-staurant or a training classroom. These rooms were designed to be hanging from the ceiling of the hangars in the shape of wooden boxes.

The outdoor area around the airfield compri-ses a variety of functional areas, such as a car park, a camping site and a barbecue area.

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Secret GardensLeipziger Strasse - Berlin‘s best kept secretContent

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Location of the Leipziger Strasse

The Leipziger Strasse is situated in the very centre of Berlin, with most of the city’s at-tractions and tourist spots in close proximity. The secret garden surrounds the multi-storey buildings towards the east end of the Leip-ziger Strasse.

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The reurbanisation of the Leipziger Strasse is the focus of this design task. The Leipziger Strasse is representative for many urban plan-ning problems within Germany nowadays.

Concept: Secret Gardens

The fate of central Berlin’s Leipziger Strasse is typical of that of a city of the Bauhaus-modernity: the former city centre becomes the edge, urban space gets lost, variety moves out, monotony moves in.

On the one hand, it is easy to regard these de-velopments as entirely negative. On the other hand, however, one could use this ‚non-place‘ around the Leipziger Strasse to the city’s ad-vantage: Standing towards the back end of the Leipziger Strasse one would not think to be in the middle of central Berlin. It almost feels like a hidden place in the midst of the inner city. To emphasise this character of the place, the design employs just one very simple method: a boundary created by a standard brick wall.

Thus the inner space becomes somewhat ex-clusive and provides an experience one would not normally find or expect in the centre of a metropolis.

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Secret GardensLeipziger Strasse - Berlin‘s best kept secretContent

1 perspective view from the Charlottenstrasse, 2 perspective view, retail strip, 3 perspective view, se-cret garden track, 4 perspective view, secret garden meadowAuthor

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The task was to design a detached house that blends into this magnificent environment. Another special feature of the assignment, besides the particularities of the environment, are the requirements set by the clients.

The house is planned for a married couple whose profession is in furniture design. Their occupation adds a number of specific re-quirements to the floor plan regarding the arrangements of the rooms: Besides the usual requirements of a two-person-household, the couple requested a separate public showroom within the house. In addition a wood work-shop was desired. The special requirements of the design were its natural integration within its environment as well as the separated yet integrated private and public spaces.

The location: Lago Maggiore

An uninhabited island in the lake Lago Mag-giore constitutes the location for this design task.

Lago Maggiore is a large lake in Northern Italy touching the Swiss border in the North. The lake is partially surrounded by the Alps, which have a big effect on the region’s climate.

The Isola Bella is one of the most famous islands of the lake and is widely considered its most beautiful one. The Palazzo and its gar-dens are the island’s most prominent features.

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Design and Theory of Building Types IIProf. Dipl.-Ing. Karl-Heinz Schmitz

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Isola Bella Villa on a private island in Lago MaggioreContent

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The exclusive island-vista

As previously mentioned, the two leading factors of the design were the properties proximity to the Isola Bella and its integration within the attractive environment as well as the dynamic combination of public and private spaces.

The entire building responds in terms of its shape as well as orientation to the proximity of the Isola Bella. In connection to this, the most obvious elements of the house are the two cantilevers, which sit on top of the con-crete wall pointing to the palace of the Isola Bella. This unique and exclusive panorama can be enjoyed from both the living room and the master bedroom. The cantilevers extend over the water creating the impression of nothing but water between oneself and the Isola Bella.

The location of the house on the island was chosen to use the differences in elevation to the overall design’s advantage: the elevation difference creates the separation between public and private spaces. The ground floor and the surrounding outdoor areas on this level are open to the public. The wharf, the showroom and the workshop are located on this level. To enhance the couple’s privacy, a concrete wall was added to the design.The couple’s private rooms are situated on the first floor. However, even these rooms are partitioned into areas of different levels of privacy. One area comprises the semi-private parts of the house (e.g. kitchen, guestroom or living area). The private rooms (working room, master bathroom, master bedroom) are located in the smaller area of the first floor.

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sing the central role of the room within the house.

The entire building design consists of an open floor plan and with no walls. This is possible merely because only the married couple lives in the house, which in turn is located on a private island.

The facade is entirely made of glass to create a connection with the surrounding environment and its appealing nature.

Nature and House - A house with an exhibition room in a meadow

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Concrete slabs seemingly emerging from the hillside characterize this particular design. The concrete slabs form different terraces merging into a lookout, which offers a panoramic view of the surrounding villages.

Vertical wooden poles lead the way through the grounds enclosing different resting and moving spaces.

For private usage the area can be blocked off entirely. Normally the pavilion is open to the public however.

A wine-gazebo in the city of Weimar, Germany

The assignment was to design a small wine-pavilion in the middle of a hilly wine-growing region in Germany.

The winemaker Prince zur Lippe was looking for a place to welcome his guests for wine-tastings and evening soirees.

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Vineyard vistas of WeimarA wine-gazebo in the city of Weimar, GermanyContent

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Specifications of the building:

Number of accommodation units 36 Habitable surface peraccommodation unit 8m2

Surface per working unit 8m2

Horn Vertical

The main design idea puts great emphasis on the separation between working, living and sleeping spaces. The most obvious and radical separation would be by creating individual buildings for each purpose – marking the initial development of the concept of three different elements instead of one massive and compact building.

Another major advantage of the design is the emphasis put on verticality through tall and filigree construction as well as slim building parts.

Even though the building consists of three separate parts, one does get the feeling that they belong together and form an entity. To achieve this unity, each individual building block has the same façade made of prefabrica-ted concrete units.

In the gaps between the building units, the facade is made up of glass to provide high transparency between the different parts.

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Student accommodation in the city of Weimar, Germany

This assignment is based on a task part of the 1995 German urbanistic competition „New Building Opportunities in Weimar“.

However, the 1995 competition left out a student accommodation part of the design contest. It was therefore necessary to com-plete the area design with a new concept for student accommodation. Guidelines for the building design were, among others, the continuance of a wall and emphasis on the verticality of the project.

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Portfolio of

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ArchitectureBachelor of Science2009 - 2012

[email protected]

WAAC - Virginia TechBauhaus-University Weimar

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