Röhrig House, a Hillside Home Optimizes Resources by Studio Hertweck

Date of Publishing: January 14, 2022

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Architecture Design of Röhrig House

Description About The Project

Röhrig House designed by Studio Hertweck is part of a series of hillside houses in the German Rhine Valley. The located among the area’s less than straight forward landscape. Stare at the house for a more than a fleeting moment and the cubic nature of the structure is the defining feature. However, with simplicity of shape comes a balanced sense of space within a property whose interior belies the chunkiness of its concrete exterior.

The client wanted to have generous interior and exterior shared areas, in combination with a rather classical program: two children’s bedrooms, a home office, a parents’ bedroom and two bathrooms. Garage and storage rooms were accommodated in the ground floor, the children’s bedrooms with a bathroom in the first floor.

Besides, on the second floor an open living area created. It opens onto a terrace towards the valley and at the back onto a garden. On the third floors, it is the parents’ area with their bedroom, bathroom and home office. On the other hand, the garden connected to the roof terrace by a set of terraces and outside stairs to walk around the house while opening up beautiful views of the landscape.

To push the economy of the project even further, the architect designed a single shaft in the center of the cube. It contains all the networks of the house: from electric cables to water pipes, from the chimney flue to the laundry chute. All the technical appliances and sanitary equipment arranged around this shaft so that they can be connected exclusively to it. The house is designed so that there are no thermal bridges and is heated by an air-water heat pump.

The Architecture Design Project Information:

Project Name: Röhrig House
Location: Sinzig, Germany
Project Year: 2020
Area: 182 m²
Designed by: Studio Hertweck

The Röhrig House located on a steep slope on the edge of the buildable land of Sinzig-Westum, a German municipality between Bonn and Koblenz.

Röhrig House, a Hillside Home Optimizes Resources by Studio Hertweck

Along with the dual ‘swipes’ of glass that provide light and delicacy to the exterior, a further distraction comes in the shape of a terrace and staircase that wrap around the house. It links outside space with the interior and leading seamlessly upwards to a serene rooftop terrace.

Also, it offers the beautiful views of the landscape.

The specified open interior is a beautiful execution of a brief.

The Röhrig House Gallery:

Text by the Architects: The Röhrig House is part of a series of hillside houses designed by Studio Hertweck in the German Rhine Valley. It is located on a steep slope on the edge of the buildable land of Sinzig-Westum, a German municipality between Bonn and Koblenz. The client, a young family with one child, wanted to have generous interior and exterior shared areas, in combination with a rather classical program: two children’s bedrooms, a home office, a parents’ bedroom, and two bathrooms.

Photo credit: Bildpark / Veit Landwehr| Source: Studio Hertweck

For more information about this project; please contact the Architecture firm :
– Add: 5 Rue de Couvent, 4537 Differdange, Luxembourg
– Tel: +352 24 80 80
– Email: mail@studio-hertweck.com