A generous multi-generation house should be constructed on a hill side property, bordered by vineyards, in an isolated location and with a broad non-obstructable view of the city of Stuttgart. This house should adapt itself in the long term to changing family and age structures as well as to the most diverse life phases and needs. In this way, different generations should be able to live under one roof and the greatest possible autonomy of the individual units should be achieved together with the collective usage of the common areas. The house should be able to be divided into up to six living units without structural changes. By means of connecting and dividing of units, an apartment size should be achieved which fits the respective living and needs situations. The entire building should be created according to ecological standpoints and supplied exclusively with renewable energy. The northeast side of the house, which faces the street, displays itself as an almost closed sculpture of white cubes. The entrances to the apartments are found on this side. The main living unit opens up across from the two-story entrance hall with ceiling high glazing toward the Southwest to the garden and provides a view of the landscape and pool. Also here in the lobby, as in the entire house, an interplay can be experienced between open and closed areas, between transparent glass fronts and protective walls. This dipole fulfills the needs of the residents on the one hand with a feeling of security and on the other hand with openness and connectivity with the surrounding nature and landscape space. Extensive wall paneling conceals secondary functional areas,auxiliary rooms and technical facilities so that the house appears as a calm canvas and background, and for the user the generous openness and the calmness of the rooms remains intact in everyday living. The clear style of the entire space continuum, which pursues the cubism of the external design to the interior and assigns itself to the fixtures of the entire house, is the result of an integrated planning from one source, which unifies architecture, interior architecture, furniture and light planning as well as garden arrangement. On the south and west sides, the house is interlocked with the surrounding landscape by means of extensive glazing, front patios, balconies and outdoor sitting areas. The accentuated usage of the most diverse materials and their precise handiwork support the space concept. Thanks to the flexible dividing and connecting options of the individual living units in combination with the energetic concept, the house is designed for a long-term sustainable usage. By means of a southwest arrangement, the local extensive glazing, and the dark floors, maximum passive solar gains are achieved. A solar installation, which extends across the entire roof surface, supplements this energy concept. The remaining energy requirements are met with a geothermal heat pump. The ecological approach is also pursued in the external installations. Out of respect for nature and the location, approximately half of the property remains in a natural state. Solely the part directly surrounding the house was designed with simple grass areas and paths. Inside the house, a huge energy and calmness is to be experienced everywhere.The smooth surfaces in the interior, the clear style and the layered arrangement of the entire space continuum are, like the shapes of the outside, the result of the office‘s own „thinking culture“, which consideres architecture, interior and furniture design, light planning and garden design as a whole. Secondary rooms and subordinate areas remain hidden behind wall coverings, so that the house appears as a harmonious canvas, where the lives of the occupants can be played out in front of. This residence is a functional highly detailed living sculpture, which newly interprets the old dream of the growing and shrinking house. Within one outer shell, cross-generational diverse living styles and sizes depending on requirements can be realized without the need for structural measures. The house Am Oberen Berg was nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2009, one of the most prestigious architecture prizes which is granted every two years by the European Union and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe to recognise and commend excellence in the field of architecture.