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NewsNews • 24 Jan 2022

Holiday Home Hagen features an abstract façade made of ‘knitted’ logs

On the outer skirts of Laterns Bonacker, Holiday Home Hagen by Marte.Marte Architects is part of a small hamlet of contemporary wooden buildings realized on a steep hillside. Paul ott photografiert Initially appearing simple and abstract, the façade is actually a ‘knitted’ coat of wooden logs that dress the structure and hide or reveal as desired the windows behind.  Paul ott photografiert Allowing the slope to largely remain unaltered, the body of the home pushes into the terrain, as does the holiday home located across the mountain slope. Constructed with a panel system, the three-storey structure has a saddle roof with a pronounced overhang and a filigree rain gutter.  Paul ott photografiert... More