.Max Otto Zitzelsberger's High Hardwood Building in Bavaria Designer and also teacher Maximum Otto Zitzelsberger presents the Understanding Residence, a research project focused on wood construction and also environmental learning, settled at the Freilandmuseum Oberpfalz, an al fresco museum in Bavaria. This task, cultivated in collaboration with Zitzelsberger's architecture pupils from the Technical University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, replaces a major property that was lost to fire, complementing the existing properties of a previous four-sided ranch. The brand-new lightweight establishment, an easy timber-frame property, takes advantage of hardwood sourced sustainably from close-by rainforests, mirroring a dedication to eco-friendly building practices.all pictures by Sebastian Schels From Stone to Hardwood: The Evolution of the Understanding Home Located on the website of a past four-sided ranch, the brand new property through Maximum Otto Zitzelsberger and also his pupils substitutes the principal farmhouse that was ruined through fire. Built as an easy timber-frame structure, it utilizes lumber sustainably collected from the nearby rainforest. The hardwood was dropped in winter season, meticulously reduced on-site with a mobile phone saw, and also delicately dried for over a year. By using materials occassionaly, the German designer and his group managed to decrease the cross-sections of the load-bearing woods as a result of the premium of the hardwood. The structure is elevated on a couple of concrete base necks, lessening making use of concrete. This altitude performs certainly not just as a lasting development option yet also as an architectural claim. While the new building draws motivation coming from the form of the original hacienda, it deliberately diverges from the famous style at key points, making a present day reinterpretation of the dropped establishment. The authentic farmhouse, developed of heavy rock as well as brick, advanced over generations, with several expansions progressively changing its appearance. On the other hand, the brand-new structure takes a more intellectual method. While the authentic building sat firmly on the ground, the substitute is light-weight, high, as well as hovers over the website. Its own layout, entirely reimagined for its own brand new duty as a seminar space for environmental education and learning, shows a very clear departure coming from recent. Although the quirky extensions of the past structure are actually resembled in the new concept, they are actually not duplicated, yet reinterpreted.the brand-new light in weight structure materializes as a straightforward timber-frame building an 'Anti-Project' at Freilandmuseum Oberpfalz The Understanding Home at the Freilandmuseum Oberpfalz stands as a counter-project to the typical prestige buildings of German al fresco museums, which frequently savour excessive use components, information, and also area. In numerous methods, it can be viewed as an 'anti-project,' daunting standard concepts of building and construction. There is actually no preset schedule-- structure takes place as materials and also abilities appear, making the method an indispensable part of the end result. This strategy declines length and finality, embracing a compelling as well as liquid process where every stage is actually both an end result and an intermediary measure. Inspired by the word collections of Herta Mu00fcller, the venture reflects a recycling of tips, looking into substitute futures as well as the difference of options, with no last 'finished' condition. the task settles at the Freilandmuseum Oberpfalz, an open-air museum in Bavariathe task makes use of timber sourced sustainably from nearby foreststhe replacement is elevated, as well as floats above the internet site.