Dupli Casa by J. MAYER H. Architects

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, the new building echoes the „family archaeology“ by duplication and rotation. Lifted up, it creates a semi-public space on ground level between two layers of discretion. The skin of the villa performs a sophisticated connection between inside and outside and offers spectacular views onto the old town of Marbach and the German national literature archive on the other side of the Neckar valley.

Jürgen Mayer H. is founder and principal of this crossdisciplinairy studio. He studied at Stuttgart University, The Cooper Union and at Princeton Universtiy. His work was published and exhibited worldwide and is part of international collections like the MoMA New York and SF MoMA. His work was awarded with numerous prizes, i.e. the Mies-van-der-Rohe-Award 2003 Emerging Architect and Winner Holcim Awards 2005 Bronze Europe for Metropol Parasol.

Jürgen Mayer H. tought at Princeton University, University of the Arts Berlin, Harvard University, Kunsthochschule Berlin, the Architectural Association in London and is currently teaching at Columbia University in New York.

Project Architects: Georg Schmidthals, Thorsten Blatter

Team: Juergen Mayer H., Simon Takasaki, Andre Santer, Sebastian Finckh

Project: 2005-2007

Completion: 2008

Client: Private

Architect on Site: AB Wiesler, Stuttgart

Structural Engineer: Dieter Kubasch, Ditzingen und IB Rainer Klein, Sachsenheim

Service Engineers: IB Hans Wagner, Filderstadt

Building Physics: IB Dr. Schaecke und Bayer, Waiblingen-Hegnach

Landscape Architects: Büro Klaus Wiederkehr, Nürtingen

Function: Private House, near Ludwigsburg, Germany

Site area: 6900 m2

Building area: 569 m2

Total floor area: 1190 m2
Number of floors: 3

Height of the building: 12,20 m

Structure: Ferroconcrete, brick, roof: timber

Principal exterior material: aerated concrete with plaster, glass

Principal interior material: wood panelling, plaster, parquet flooring

Designing period: 02/05 – 06/08

Construction period: 02/06 – 08/08