The retirement and nursing home of Steinfeld was built as a low-energy house. With its large, relatively enclosed volume and its many visual details it refers to the surroundings and the roots of the residents. The choice of materials – a two-storey timber frame construction built on a concrete base – corresponds to the regional, rural construction method and the filtration of the incident daylight in some areas mirrors the atmosphere of haylofts and barns. The familiar view on the Latschur, the home mountain of the region, is also provided by many openings in the building.

Two approximately square, three-storey buildings are shifted into each other and intersect, so that both access and care support points for two residential groups per floor are located in their intersections. The residential groups themselves are situated around two atriums used as winter gardens, which can also be adapted for events if required. Balconies and […]