Bredeney House by Alexander Brenner Architects

Bredeney House by Alexander Brenner Architects
http://www.alexanderbrenner.de

About the atelier:
Alexander Brenner studied from 1981 to 1987 at Stuttgart University and graduated with distinction in the fields of architecture and urban planning.
In 1990, Brenner founded his own studio and began teaching at several Universities.

The atelier focuses on Villas and residential houses, art galleries and private art collections.
His projects have long received highest international recognition and have been published worldwide.

The common ground for all projects is an integrated planning, which combines as well the building as the interior design and the elaboration of all furnishings and fittings in one design language.
This way all spatial issues are considered in such a way that a holistic structure can emerge that is thoroughly designed down to the smallest detail.

Brenner has received many awards for his work and even the Goethe Institute Germany honored Alexander Brenner in 2016 as one of „Germany’s Top 10 architects“.
Particularly in connection with exhibitions of his work monographs were published in 2011, 2013 and 2015.

As an almost logical consequence of his projects with countless individual pieces developed, today he realizes more and more design products for various companies.


Über das Atelier:
Alexander Brenner studierte bis 1987 an der Universität Stuttgart und diplomierte mit Auszeichnung in den Fachbereichen Architektur und Städtebau.
1990 gründete er sein eigenes Atelier in Stuttgart.
Der Tätigkeitsschwerpunkt liegt bei Villen und Wohnhäusern, Kunstgalerien und privaten Kunstsammlungen.
Die Arbeiten Alexander Brenners genießen seit Langem höchste internationale Anerkennung und wurden weltweit zahlreich in Fachzeitschriften und Büchern publiziert.
Die Gemeinsamkeit bei allen Projekten ist eine integrierte Planung, die sowohl die Planung des Hochbaus, als auch die räumliche Gestaltung, die Möbel-, die Licht- und alle sonstigen Fachplanungen in einer Hand vereint.
So ist es möglich, alle Belange des Raumes zu berücksichtigen, damit ein ganzheitliches Gefüge entstehen kann, das bis ins kleinste Detail durchmodelliert ist.
Für seine Bauten erhielt Brenner zahlreiche Preise, auch das Goethe Institut Deutschland zählt Alexander Brenner zu den 10 besten Architekten Deutschlands.
Vor allem im Zusammenhang mit dem Erscheinen der Monographien über die Arbeit Alexander Brenners fanden Ausstellungen in Berlin, München, Hamburg und Stuttgart statt.
Als logische Konsequenz seiner Projekte mit zahllosen, eigens dafür entwickelten Einzelstücken, widmet er sich nun auch mehr und mehr dem Produktdesign für verschiedene Firmen.

About the project:
Bredeney House is a Villa in Essen, designed by Alexander Brenner Architects.

The Brucker-Holt District in Essen was constructed in its present form in the 1960s.
On the clearing formerly used for agriculture, flat, sedate villas were constructed on extensive properties in those days and were characterised by one conspicuous feature: they all have generous front gardens without any encircling hedges or fences.
Only later, the more than head-high evergreen hedges and fence systems were added.

The Bredeney House with its generous driveway in an open, semi-public front garden, however, takes reference from the partly still existing 1960s houses.
A separation from the public space is only achieved by the level of the house itself.

As regards its modesty, the large, lying building is to a greater extent also oriented by earlier buildings in this quarter.
It rather sees itself as a manifesto against the much too extensive arbitrariness of today’s »villa architecture«.
The house would like to be a sedate and timeless urban component, which appears in full sunshine as well as under the moon’s blue clarity as if it has always been there.

The interior programme of the residence follows the wishes expressed by the residents and naturally rests on the existing topography.
A hall connects the 4-metre high ground level accommodating the kitchen, the dining and living areas to the wing with private rooms.
The parents’ area is located half a storey above the living level, whereas the children’s realm and the guestrooms are situated half a level in the opposite direction.

All occupied rooms open up towards the garden via their inner corner, which is in the eastern section crossed by an oblong terrace.
A simple cubic garden pavilion with transparent sides facing the house and the garden acts as a terminus of the terrace and adds an architectural corner point to the outdoor area.