Family House Sankt Augustin

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Family house Sankt Augustin
Family house Sankt Augustin
Family house Sankt Augustin
Family house Sankt Augustin
HospitalityHighrise
Project type
Family house, hotel
Status
Built
Location
Sankt Augustin, Germany
Time
2012–2014
Size
2,860m²
Client
McDonald’s Kinderhilfe Stiftung
Photographers

The Family House is a charity that provides space and a home for families whose hospitalized children are in the process of receiving medical treatment. The house, a dynamic bending structure, finds its resting position on top of a small hill in the surrounding topography.

Family house Sankt Augustin

On the ground floor, a long table in the center of the public area serves as a joint space for the entire house. It is here that parents have the opportunity to engage in conversation with each other while preparing meals together, creating a reciprocal sense of support and understanding.
An elongated interactive ramp in the central area connects the interior communal spaces to a large outdoor terrace and serves multiple communal uses. It can be a landscape with spaces for sitting and lying down, a playground for children, a performance stage, as well as a quiet area for parents to work.

Each room enjoys spectacular views over the fields of Sankt Augustin, and all 25 apartments face the setting sun. Custom-made furniture is integrated into the window frame of every room.

Family House Sankt Augustin
Family House Sankt Augustin
Family House Sankt Augustin
Family House Sankt Augustin
Family House Sankt Augustin

The entire structure is more of an iconographic building sculpture than a conventional guest house, and the lightness of the gesture serves as an expression of hope and confidence in difficult times.

Founding Partners
Lars Krückeberg, Wolfram Putz, Thomas Willemeit
Project Lead

Stefanie Götz, Raphael Hemmer

Project team
Alexandra Tobescu, Denis Hegic, Izabela Pavel, Rita Schmidt, Sebastian Gernhardt