Dupli.Casa House, Germanywith by J.MAYER H. Architects

The original house was in no fit state for yet another refurbishment, having been subjected to two decades of extensions and alterations to accommodate a growing family.
The geometry of the building is based on the footprint of the house that previously was located on the site, originally built in 1984 and with many extensions and modifications since then.

A new structure redesigned by Jurgen Mayer H. was demanded, one that occupied the floorplan of the old. Yet between ground and first floor, the plan was tilted and shifted, a dynamic rotation that has been expressed in the fluid treatment of the external walls.

Dupli.Casa appears to pivot off in numerous directions, the upper storey cantilevers exaggerated by the fluid form of the external terrace that washes around the base of the house, extending it out into the landscape. The house spills down a steep bank, with the space arranged to get steadily more open as it descends from the private bedroom suites on the upper floors down to the family spa at the lower garden level.

The centre of the house is punctured by a large rooflight, creating an internal void that forms a focal pivot off which the living areas can be found. The reception areas also include a generous dining room – the Panton chairs fitting in perfectly with the fluid forms of the structure and the floor-to-ceiling glazing that looks out across Klaus Wiederkehr’s neatly manicured lawns and shrubs. The grand master suite on the 1st floor gets the best views.

The house, also known as the Villa MRMM, is a truly generous residence, a deliberately bold statement that blends the crisp fenestration and pure white forms of modernism with the expressive geometry of the digital era, weaving inside and outside space together into a cohert, yet utterly bespoke whole.

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