Double Cube House, Kleinmachnow

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Double Cube House in Kleinmachnow

5 Mar 2021

Double Cube House

Design: Carlos Zwick Architekten BDA

Location: Kleinmachnow, Brandenburg, Germany (north west of Berlin)

Double Cube House Kleinmachnow

In the mansion quarter, “Alte Zehlendorfer Villenkolonie” in Kleinmachnow, on the edge of a wild nature reserve, there are two residential cubes, pushed into each other, merged into one unit. Double Cube House is like a ribbon, horizontal larch wood panels stretch across the two upper floors, providing visual cohesion.

Double Cube House Kleinmachnow

Double Cube House Kleinmachnow

Due to its naturally aging facade, the building fits almost timidly into the surrounding landscape. Gnarled tall pines paint a picture here, as well as a less obvious, but all the rarer geological peculiarity: Low-lying small lakes from the Ice Age extend across the terrain – a normal house foundation was not to be considered.

Double Cube House Kleinmachnow

Double Cube House Kleinmachnow

Eighteen piles of reinforced concrete, of which each now drill through turf layered sections of the floor, anchor the building 10 meters deep into the ground.

Double Cube House Kleinmachnow

Double Cube House Kleinmachnow

For architect Carlos Zwick an exciting challenge – for the contractors a huge plus in living quality, seeing as just a stone’s throw away, their house stands on the banks of an Ice Age puddle, surrounded by ancient trees. A piece of unspoilt nature. Through the huge glazed patio doors and windows of the house it is present in every room.

Double Cube House Kleinmachnow

Double Cube House Kleinmachnow

Only the side facing the street is closed off. A walkway covered with wooden planks leads from here into the house, which is divided into two separate residential units. One unit is dedicated for the family – with a living, kitchen, dining and sleeping area, generously circumferential terraces on the upper floors and children’s rooms with direct garden access in the lower part of the house.

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The base of the house is made of exposed concrete. The second unit is found here. It´s a smaller apartment which the contractors rent out – gladly so to friendly families. They created a residential concept at the gates of Berlin, on the former wall strip, which combines maximum proximity to nature, family privacy and a sense of community.

Written by Claudia Kensy

Double Cube House Kleinmachnow

Double Cube House in Kleinmachnow Brandenburg – Building Information

Carlos Zwick Architekten BDA

Project size: 397 sqm
Completion date: 2009
Building levels: 3

Double Cube House Kleinmachnow

Photography: Tomek Kwiatosz

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