Kreuzberghof

Adress
Alte Landstraße 208
40489 Düsseldorf Kaiserswerth, Germany

Object Type
Owner´s Association

Completion
Summer 2024

Units
3

Property Size
1.100 sqm

Energy Standard 
A+

Parking
yes

Private Garden
yes

Kreuzberghof is a sustainable living quarter with a clear focus on providing a healthy living atmosphere. Three units will be grouped around a communal botanical courtyard generating a cooling micro climate in the heart of Düsseldorf Kaiserswerth.

The Kreuzberghof in Düsseldorf Kaiserswerth is a dialogue between two buildings and an exchange about their history, present and future: one is an existing building from the 1920s with a very eventful (re)construction history. The other, opposite, is a new building, an individually planned timber construction.

The centrepiece of the project, the botanical inner courtyard, which functions as a communal garden, mediates between the two houses, one light, the other dark.

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Based on the typology of a barn, the courtyard house is being built entirely of wood in a timber frame construction. The house with two residential units is light and natural from the inside and has a dark glazed wooden facade made of local spruce on the outside. The roof is covered with dark standing seam sheet metal. The light wooden windows follow a regular facade grid and are accentuated by light reveal frames. 

Inside, a flexible floor plan opens up various usage scenarios: numerous rooms of equal size were designed so that the houses can adapt to changing life situations. Nidus calls this principle the “democratic floor plan”. Between the ground floor and the first level, an air space opens up exciting perspectives, living areas can be created on all three levels and offer different atmospheres. In addition, an elevator can be retrofitted if required. Particularly concise and an important part of the design concept are the visible wooden beams, which give the house a distinctive and warm interior.

The principle of resource-saving and reusable material use is also evident in the interior design: solid wood floorboards and handmade loam tiles are used as floor coverings. A bright canon of colors prevails in the bathrooms: custom-made carpentry fittings harmonize with matt white sanitary ware and premium steel fittings. There is additional storage space on all levels. Both units are heated via underfloor heating using an air heat pump.

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