Which house concept? Fundamental questions of house construction

The main sticking point was, on the one hand, a slanted gallery

Are there any pictures of it in the forum? - otherwise, just put some in

Prefabricated house providers have - and this makes sense - a limited portfolio

I would welcome if, in general, people went back more to the type house. It doesn’t have to be the rigid 62.5 cm grid, but: where Müllers’ and Meiers’ houses are 98 percent identical, one might as well go to 100 percent and get a completely, repeatedly optimized plan in return.

chopped wood

You mean solid wood, processed like hewn, instead of glued beams?

Some big ones dismissed our hillside location from the start. They don’t have anything as flat as 27°. For us, behind the house it’s between 40° and 44°

Well, that’s quite a steep hillside! Anyone who wants to build a single-story house halfway up won’t get it off the shelf.

Do you have them on the roof now?

The solar tiles – yes. From Autarq in Prenzlau. Regarding the arguments against them mentioned: cable connections are unproblematic, construction effort is lower, overall costs are higher. I always laugh about cable connections as a source of error. The same people drive cars. Nobody thinks about how many plug connections are in there and that they are also dynamically stressed. But they worry about cable connections protected under a tight roof membrane.

You mean solid wood, processed as sawn, instead of glued laminated beams?

Ultimately, it’s a somewhat more rustic look achieved by the "chopping" – whether it’s a load-bearing glued laminated beam or solid wood.

None of what hampshire listed is rooted in the architect’s capability.

That is completely correct. You see things, find them nice, consider how you would live with them, discard them, see new ones... That’s how it is in the preparation for a construction project. Our architect created a design from this collection of ideas in dialogue with us that fits. Much was not realized, other things were. The approach “How can I achieve that...” was much closer to us than “That’s not possible... can’t be done...”. You surely can’t dogmatically say there is only one good approach. There are many very different houses that are perfectly right for their owners/residents.

we placed it in front. My ancestors had dug in as far as possible. Many raised their hands or [Stützmauer] and with distance in front of it. [Stützmauer] integrated in the basement was almost impossible

Ultimately, it is a somewhat more rustic look achieved by the "hacking" - whether a load-bearing glulam beam or solid wood.

I lack the visual impression for that.

I lack the visual imagination.

Google Image Search: "chopped wood"

I lack the visual imagination for that.

No idea how the snapshot will turn out, I just took a photo over the dining table, there is some chopped wood.