湖畔之家

曾经成千上万的游览者曾经在波茨坦的这个历史悠久的湖边地产上享受自制的冰激凌和柠檬水，直到那里的老公园咖啡馆关门。柏林墙倒塌25年后，驻柏林的建筑师卡洛斯茨威克爱上了这片杂草丛生的土地。他买下了它，包括破旧的纪念碑，带着一个要在这里建造一个家庭场所，一个毫不妥协地与周围自然的基本元素接触的房子的愿景，项目开始了。古老的树木、水和保留下来的平台，由于过去皇帝确实喜欢在这里喝咖啡而得名。决定了建筑概念。今天，这座房屋矗立在40个对角线的铁制高跷上，其10个独立的基础只在特定的点上与平台相接触。一个钢网支撑着木质地板、墙壁和天花板。生态平衡已经到位，这一点由可持续的建筑材料以及屋顶的太阳能热系统来保证。

Thousands of excursionists used to enjoy homemade ice cream and lemonade on this historic lakeside property in Potsdam until the old park cafe there closed its doors. 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Berlin-based architect Carlos Zwick fell in love with the overgrown property. He bought it, including dilapidated monuments, without a building permit, but with a vision: a family place was to be built here, a house that would uncompromisingly engage with the essential elements of the surrounding nature. Ancient trees, water and the nature preserved emperor terraces – given the name due to the fact that the emperor actually enjoyed drinking his coffee here in the past - determined the architectural concept. Today, the passive house stands on 40 diagonal iron stilts whose 10 individual foundations respectfully touch the emperor's terraces only at specific points. A steel grid supports the wooden floors, walls and ceilings. The ecological balance is in place - this is ensured by the sustainable building materials as well as the solar thermal system on the roof.

在3米的高度和垂直落叶松木条的外墙，该结构成为一个现代树屋。它不显眼地融入了有几百年历史的橡树和栗子的树冠。甚至连挡在房子前面的大枫树也留在原地，现在直接长到了客厅的中间。房子和自然如此毫不费力地结合在一起，丝毫看不出它是多么具有挑战性地完成的。无论是塔式起重机还是卡车上的起重机都无法在郁郁葱葱的树木之间工作，因此整个房子只能在移动式伸缩叉车的帮助下竖立起来。

At a height of 3 meters and with its facade of vertical larch wood slats, the structure becomes a modern tree house. It integrates unobtrusively into the crowns of the hundreds of years old oaks and chestnuts. Even the large maple that stood in the way of the house remained in place and now grows right through the middle of the living room. The house and nature combine so effortlessly, that it gives no hint of how challenging it was to accomplish. Neither tower crane nor truck-mounted crane could work between the lush trees, and so the entire house was erected only with the help of a mobile telescopic forklift.

建筑体量延伸到房子的整个宽度，高出水面8米，这就创造了直接漂浮在湖面上的感觉。而在生活区，巨大的木制推拉窗也保证了与自然的最大接近。天鹅和苍鹭在这里巡游，与房子里的居民平视。一张长长的橄榄木桌子矗立在宽敞的餐厅-客厅的中央，这是房子的心脏，有壁炉和大厨房过道。近三米高的墙壁上挂着当代绘画。有些是在内部工作室创作的，茨威克的伙伴在那里作画。工作和生活--湖边的房子为两者提供了空间。以后，当6个孩子中的最后一个搬出去后，也许还能有一个小型的共享公寓。

The loggia extends across the entire width of the house, 8 meters above the water level, which creates the feeling of floating directly above the lake. And in the living areas, too, huge wooden sliding windows guarantee the greatest possible proximity to nature. Swans and herons make their rounds here, at eye level with the house's inhabitants. A long olive wood table stands in the center of the spacious dining-living roo, the heart of the house, with fireplace and large kitchen-isle. Contemporary paintings hang on the nearly three-meter-high walls. Some were created in the in-house studio, where Zwick's partner paints. Working and living - the house by the lake offers space for both. And later perhaps even for a small shared apartment, when the last of the 6 children has moved out.

Project name: House by the Lake

Company name: Carlos Zwick Architekten BDA

Website: www.carlos‐zwick.de

Contact e‐mail: mail@abz‐berlin.net

Project location: Potsdam (Germany)

Completion Year: 2020

Building area (m²): 720 m²

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Photo credits: José Campos