.Max Otto Zitzelsberger's Raised Hardwood Construction in Bavaria Engineer and also instructor Max Otto Zitzelsberger shows the Learning Home, a research study job concentrated on lumber building and construction as well as environmental education, settled at the Freilandmuseum Oberpfalz, an open-air gallery in Bavaria. This task, created in partnership with Zitzelsberger's design pupils from the Technical University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, changes a main structure that was actually shed to fire, going well with the existing buildings of a past four-sided farm. The new light in weight structure, a simple timber-frame structure, makes use of lumber sourced sustainably from nearby woodlands, showing a dedication to eco-friendly development practices.all photos by Sebastian Schels From Rock to Timber: The Development of the Learning House Situated on the web site of a previous four-sided ranch, the new structure by Maximum Otto Zitzelsberger and also his pupils changes the major hacienda that was actually damaged through fire. Created as a basic timber-frame establishment, it takes advantage of hardwood sustainably harvested coming from the neighboring woods. The hardwood was actually dropped in winter months, meticulously reduced on-site with a mobile phone saw, as well as delicately dried for over a year. By using components sparingly, the German engineer as well as his crew had the ability to reduce the cross-sections of the load-bearing lumbers due to the premium of the lumber. The building is elevated on a handful of concrete base necks, decreasing the use of concrete. This altitude fulfills not only as a lasting construction selection yet likewise as an architectural declaration. While the brand new property drafts creativity coming from the form of the initial farmhouse, it purposely ranges the historic layout at key points, making a present day reinterpretation of the shed structure. The authentic farmhouse, built of hefty rock and block, progressed over generations, along with various extensions steadily altering its appearance. On the other hand, the brand-new building takes an extra theoretical strategy. While the authentic property rested strongly on the ground, the replacement is light in weight, high, and hovers above the website. Its own layout, fully reimagined for its own new duty as a seminar space for environmental learning, reflects a very clear variation from recent. Although the eccentric extensions of the past building are resembled in the brand-new design, they are actually not duplicated, however reinterpreted.the new light-weight structure materializes as an easy timber-frame developing an 'Anti-Project' at Freilandmuseum Oberpfalz The Learning House at the Freilandmuseum Oberpfalz stands up as a counter-project to the typical reputation buildings of German al fresco museums, which often enjoy too much use components, information, and also area. In numerous ways, it may be seen as an 'anti-project,' demanding standard thoughts of building. There is actually no preset routine-- structure takes place as materials as well as abilities appear, making the procedure an indispensable component of the end result. This method turns down linearity and also finality, embracing a compelling and fluid process where every stage is actually both an outcome and an advanced beginner action. Encouraged by the word collages of Herta Mu00fcller, the venture reflects a recycling of suggestions, checking out different futures as well as the variation of probabilities, without any ultimate 'completed' state. the task clears up at the Freilandmuseum Oberpfalz, an open-air museum in Bavariathe project uses lumber sourced sustainably from surrounding foreststhe replacement is elevated, as well as floats over the web site.