House of the generations

After winning, Europe-wide 2-stage competition, the senior citizens’ home with 36 residential units was completed in the first construction phase of an ensemble consisting of a retirement home, childcare facility, an office of the Red Cross and ten residential units as “assisted living”.
The new building of the individual structures is designed as a constructive wood hybrid structure, the appearance of which with its rough-sawn larch facade creates a reference to the surrounding buildings and landscape.

Usage space:  appr. 2.400m²
Beginning of planning: Sept 2017
Completion: Apr 2021
Construction time: 18 months

Photos: Markus Rohrbacher