Time flies, our third week in Munich is over and as usual there is a lot of work to do, but most of all there are interesting people to meet and great places to visit. On Wednesday we visited Apostelin-Juni Kirche in Augsburg where we had a guided tour with Frank Lattke, the church’s architect, through the all-wood church located in Sheridan Park. He explained the reasons behind some major design decisions -like acoustics, natural lighting, and material in the building, and how important it was to have the community involved in its design and construction. We were also able to present our project to him, and get valued feedback on our design and material decisions for our house.
After enjoying some German snacks and pastries in Augsburg, we headed to our second destination in Binswangen, Gumpp & Maier. Here we met with the company’s architect, Sebastian Hernandez-Maetschl and learned more about the company’s profile pre-fabricated wood houses, as well as toured the factory where the house modules are assembled. Gumpp & Maier produces on average 60 homes per year and most of the energy they consume is generated with solar panels installed in the roof of the factory. Sebastian also gave our team great advice on how to approach our construction while we constantly think about transport, delivery on site and assembly.
Text and photographs by Andrea Tosi
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