Glazed Car Wash in Germering

Overlooking Lake Zurich, the development provides a mixture of working, housing and leisure facilities. The eight free-standing groups of dwellings were built to minimum-energy standards. Different facade finishings accentuate the concept of interpenetrating volumes. The recurring pale-grey fibre-cement slabs are a unifying feature, while laminated wood panels behind partially laminated panes of glass enclose the open spaces in warm colour...