Private Villa "Wellenhaus",
Germany

SCOPE OF WORK

Approx. 650m² heated facade as undulating transom/ mullionconstruction, integrated ventilation elements with parallel-extending shutters and tilt/turnpivoted doors. Window system with welded steel profiles. Solid steel/wood main entrance door.

INNOVATIONS
AND CHALLENGES

DATA

ARCHITECT   Reichel Architekten, Kassel, Germany

Founder, in 1997, of a young team, and guest professor at Darmstadt technical university, who, uses place, landscape, design and physics– and, where necessary, a timeless Palladian perspective – develops surprising forms that guarantee clients and users unaccustomed quality. Example: the “Wellenhaus”. Award-winning competition work for aesthetically demanding clients. Stipulation: a representative performance! Living space, a film studio, a concert hall, an art collection - and a wellness area on the ground floor. Result: a new Villa Rotunda – or, Palladio innovatively interpreted: lots of light, panoramic views and a hint of the South in its white form – almost like a seashell on a Mediterranean beach …

Selected Awards

• 2000, Architekturpreis Zukunft Wohnen, Bundesverband Deutscher Zementindustrie
• 2000, Förderpreis junger Architekten, BDA Hessen,Auszeichnung
• 2002, Architekturpreis Vorbildliche Bauten in Hessen, Architektenkammer Hessen und Ministerium für Finanzen, Auszeichnung

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