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The timber cocoon in the loft beneath steel beams and a brick vaulted ceiling, colourful seats on the right

Project

Loft Wedding

Client

Private client

Services

Interior design and realisation

Location

Berlin

Completion

2013

Conversion of a coach house into a spacious loft for two

Loft Wedding

A former commercial space of over 200 m² with Prussian cap vaults becomes a loft for a couple. The large-room character is preserved by keeping the ceiling clear. Cloakroom, study, guest room and the zoning between kitchen and dining emerge as freestanding, sculptural built-ins.

First layer of the timber boards for the cocoon, laid as a curved arc on the site floor in front of a brick wall

“The highlight is the cocoon – almost a thousand distinct parts cut fully automatically so that everything fits to the millimetre: that is how digital fabrication is done.”

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The starting point is a typical Berlin factory floor with exposed brickwork and steel beams. The aim was to preserve the spatial generosity while at the same time creating clear residential zones.

Rather than solid partition walls, solitary built-ins structure the layout. The raw brick meets calm, precise geometries and restrained tones; the smooth kitchen frontage strikes a matter-of-fact contrast. The Prussian cap vault remains fully visible and is staged with purpose-developed light fittings. A continuous floor – the existing concrete screed, wet-ground on site using a terrazzo process – ties all areas together.

The openness of the loft is retained; sightlines stretch along the length of the steel members. The built-ins zone the space without interrupting its flow.

In the living area, the guest room sits as a timber volume – the “cocoon”. Daylight enters via its own rooflight. The double-curved capsule consists of 850 distinct components in structural solid timber. A purpose-programmed script controlled the automated cutting logic; the assembly follows the digital model for a precise fit.

  • Stacked timber volume in a loft, brick vaulted ceiling with black steel beams, concrete floor, colourful round seats

    The cocoon stands free in the living area – the guest room made from 850 distinct components in structural solid timber.

  • Panel of construction shots and visualisations showing the timber volume, assembly layers, rooflight and bed, on violet ground

    Site photographs of the assembly: the double-curved capsule grows layer by layer, following the digital model.

  • Drawing sheet in round frames: section through the timber volume, wireframe model, board layer plan and component detail

    Working drawings of the cocoon: section with double bed and bathroom, surface model and cutting detail of a single component.

  • Close-up of offset, angle-cut timber boards with visible grain, violet colour field on the left

    Close-up of the offset layers: a purpose-programmed script controlled the automated cutting logic for every component.

  • Three-part panel: black linear light fitting under a steel beam, stacked timber boards, freestanding brick pier

    Purpose-developed light fittings stage the Prussian cap vault; brick, steel and timber stay raw side by side.

  • Bed on dark timber platform behind white sliding wall, at right sunken tub with steps and shower box

    The sleeping area can be closed off: the built-ins zone the layout without interrupting the flow of space.

  • Pale bathroom with floor-level tub, black shower box, indirect light strip, shelved niche, and two details of running water

    Calm geometry in the bathroom: the tub is sunk into the pale built-in as a walk-in basin.

  • Kitchen run with grey fronts and wall units, behind it brick walls, black steel beams and the timber volume

    The continuous floor of wet-ground concrete screed runs from the smooth kitchen frontage to the cocoon.

Häufige Fragen

What is the cocoon in Loft Wedding?
The cocoon is the guest room, which sits as a timber volume in the living area and receives daylight through its own rooflight. The double-curved capsule consists of 850 distinct components in structural solid timber; a purpose-programmed script controlled the automated cutting logic, and the assembly follows the digital model for a precise fit.
How is the large-room character of the loft preserved?
Rather than solid partition walls, solitary built-ins structure the layout; they zone the space without interrupting its flow, and sightlines stretch along the length of the steel members. The Prussian cap vault remains fully visible, and a continuous floor of the existing concrete screed, wet-ground using a terrazzo process, ties all areas together.
Which materials define the loft?
The raw brick of the exposed brickwork meets calm, precise geometries and restrained tones; the smooth kitchen frontage strikes a matter-of-fact contrast. The Prussian cap vault is staged with purpose-developed light fittings.

Facts and figures

984
Holzteile
3
Eisberge
24
Deckenleuchten

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