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Optimizing unused space can grow urban housing stock. Look to this Stuttgart duplex

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A residual piece of property in Stuttgart, Germany’s city limits, which was originally thought of as uninhabitable, is the site of two new homes. - Zooey Braun / VON M
Architect VON M converted the empty lot, which was located on a steep slope by digging out nearly three stories of ground to create a more level base. - Zooey Braun / VON M
Because of the property’s slope, the building was cast in concrete. - Zooey Braun / VON M

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Architecture
Client
Private
Structural Engineering
Building Physics
Floor Area
476 sq-m

Architecture firm VON M transformed an uninhabitable plot of land into a flexible duplex in Stuttgart, exhibiting the potential of underutilized urban land.

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