German architects J. Mayer H. and Sebastian Finckh have completed Home.Haus, a foster home for children and adolescents in Hamburg, Germany.
The building is located next to a forest and has facilities for twelve girls in a mixture of single and shared rooms.
The home includes a sports and music room. There is also a toddlers' room, kitchen and living room.
Photographs by Dirk Fellenberg.
The following information is from J. Mayer H. Architects:
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Home.Haus - Home for Children and Adolescent
Located near the edge of the forest in Hamburg, a new residential building is now finished as a home for children and adolescents. The characteristics of the building are based on a two colour relief facade embracing a compact house volume. A central staircase penetrates the division between floors in favour of communication to create a central open space for the community.
J. MAYER H. Architects with Sebastian Finckh
Project Team: Juergen Mayer H. , Sebastian Finckh (Project-Architect), Marcus Blum.
Location: Hamburg-Bergedorf, Germany
Project: 2007-2008
Completion: October 2008
Client: Stiftung “Unternehmer Helfen Kindern”, Vorstand: Andreas Barke
User: Städtischer “Landesbetrieb Erziehung und Berufsbildung” (LEB), Hamburg
Architect on Site: Arch 3, Dirk Reinisch, Berlin
Structural Engineers: WTM Engineers, Hamburg
Fire Protection: HAHN Consult, Hamburg
Building Services: Energiehaus Ingenieure, Hamburg
Landscape Architects: Breimann & Bruun, Hamburg
homehaus - layout key
01 - room
02 - bathroom
03 - technical service
04 - hallway
05 - eat-in kitchen
06 - washing and drying room
07 - sports and music room
08 - storage room
09 - basement staircase and hallway
10 - infant room
11 - attendance room
12 - larder
13 - office
14 - vestibule
15 - living zone
16 - kitchen and dining zone
17 - staircase ground floor
18 - emergency accomodation
19 - play and study room
20 - staircase upper floor
21 - staircase attic floor
MAIN ENTRANCE: IT MUST BE A FOSTER HOME..!
Are you serious? Whatever you guys think is tasteful in terms of color or shape – but this entrance door seriously lacks of style, compassion and providence. It is simply careless and stupid. This is where you get to know Mr.Mayer´s and Mr.Finckh´s personality..
nice building, shame the chosen colours and the entrance is just sad…
Looks really akward…
This is so incredibly satisfying… so warm, yet unique. It redefines what the skin of a house should be… or, could be. It suggests order without an overly strict implication. Combining a compartmentalized visual system with humanizing shapes is inspired.
sorry to start off negative, but that is just ugly, maybe the idea isn’t bad, but the materials and color don’t do it any favors
I love it. It is playful without being over the top and the interiors are very clean. Makes me think of Venturi’s “decorated shed” idea.
I guess the idea was to be playful, and the interiors are nice, but I can’t help but wonder if the unique exterior treatment is a good idea in a home for kids that must feel some sense of stigma. Pop physiology I know, but I just wonder.
brilliant and funny.
ah… J. Mayer, i like it…
no exterior photos? only renderings?..
The purpose & function of the Place is more impportant than its design.It would be good if it was a little cheerful.
Denari early ninetys… too bad
I really like the risks that this work takes. He makes these seemingly simple cartoon buildings real, and with compelling detailing. Because of the focus on detail this Architecture really works.
I really like the interior.. and the concept seems nice.. but the colour.. hmm (only in Germany)
I like the plan, but the facade is where I got lost.
That building seems to be a renovation from outside – but it isn’t…..what excatly is the concept of that house? If it really is a good concept, the architect could tell the story in 3 sentences. So the house might have a “funny” expression, what maybe hasn’t much to do with stable architecture…
SLIK!
Disneyland.
Lego Land
not sure about d’ colours
Cartoonish and innovative
Colors fit for a fast food restaurant, a bizarre take on the ‘orphanage’ and so out of place in the landscape.
i love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i wanna liv there its cool
it looks likee selotape at first but the inside is lush