09Academic Work

Lebensräume

LocationGermany

TypeResidential

Twilight exterior render of the Lebensräume residential building facade

Description

Lebensräume develops a small residential building around a central core, mixing two-room apartments with compact micro-apartments and shared roof terraces.

The building is organised in three layers — ground floor, a repeated typical floor, and a roof level — with balconies and a spiral stair breaking down the scale of the brick façade.

HousingTypologyFacade Study

Facade detail render of the recessed brick loggia balconies and spiral stair

Exploded axonometric showing roof, typical floor and ground floor layers

Typology diagrams showing two-room apartments, micro-apartments, core and roof terraces

Typical floor plan with apartment unit areas

Five facade material and massing variant studies

Design Strategy

Testing the Facade

A series of massing and material studies compared render, timber cladding and brick as options for the primary façade, alongside variations in balcony depth and window proportion, before settling on a recessed brick loggia.

The unit plans were developed with full area schedules per apartment, balancing compact circulation with generous living-kitchen spaces and private outdoor space on every unit.