Homes: from detached houses to residential quarters

Detached houses with a clear design approach

Many of our detached houses stand in new residential areas in West Münsterland, such as the Haspelkamp development area in Borken or Häämkes Diik in Velen. Development plans apply there, sometimes with special design requirements as well: for part of Haspelkamp, the town of Borken deliberately set a higher design standard. Within this framework, we work with our clients to develop a form of their own, from the monolithic, dark grey Eiting House to Knafla House in multicoloured clinker brick and larch.

Typical features of our floor plans are a central staircase with bright rooms arranged around it, large openings to the garden and areas that can be closed off when needed (in Eiting House, for example, with sliding doors between the kitchen and the living room).

Homes for several generations

Houses change with the people who live in them. At Aehling Farmstead in Borken-Hoxfeld, we designed a retirement house for the change of generations: the house the older generation moves into when the younger generation takes over the farm. The listed Villa Grüter in Borken was renovated as a residence over two and a half years, intended as a home for three generations.

Apartment buildings and infill development

We often create new housing in places that are already built up. On an old residential street in Borken, there used to be a small detached house. Today, ten households live on the plot, in homes ranging from one-person apartments to a penthouse, with an underground car park beneath a planted deck. This creates housing in the town centre without paving over new land on the edge of town.

In Vreden, we fitted two retail units and seven apartments onto a corner plot that is just under ten metres wide along more than a third of its length. In Coesfeld, we designed the Lindencarrée, with 40 apartments and four retail units, to replace the vacant ‘Weißer Riese’ furniture store, and in Borken, a residential complex with 32 apartments is to be built in place of the old post office building.

Barrier-free and energy-efficient

The Ubuntu House in Heiden is designed as an Efficiency House (Effizienzhaus) Plus: 20 barrier-free apartments of between 51 and 135 square metres that are intended to generate more energy than they consume. In addition, there will be e-car sharing and charging points for cars and e-bikes. We plan accessibility with a specialist in barrier-free design in our own team; on the energy side, our practice includes an energy efficiency expert from the federal government’s list of experts.

How we design your home

1. Plot and wishes: What does the development plan allow, how is the plot accessed and serviced, and what budget is realistic?
2. Design: Sketches, variants and 3D visualisations, until the design suits you.
3. Permit: Building permit application or permit exemption procedure with all documents, and coordination with the building authority.
4. Construction: Detailed design, tendering, contract award and site supervision through to acceptance.