I have been in a few office buildings and airports that Werner Sobek designed or helped to construct and was amazed that, no matter how gigantic they are, they seem light and airy, almost floating. So, when I found out that he is living in a house of his own design in Stuttgart, Germany I had to go and look at it myself. On the internet I found the address of Project R128 and only needed someone to come with me to check it out.
Unfortunately, nobody had any interest in sneeking around a stranger's home or they had more important things to do.
Picture from Werner Sobeck Engineering & Design Website
Except daughter. "I will search for this house with you, Mom," she said. "We only need to dress up like detectives, so nobody will know what we are up to."
According to her, a detective always wears sunglasses, a trenchcoat and a hat. And he always has a dog.
Off we went. Her, wearing the hat and sunglasses, me, sunglasses and a trenchcoat. We were unrecognizeable.
We also took the dog.
Unfortunately, the address brings you to a large gate, which pretty much hides everything behind it. We did try to peek over it by jumping up and down and hanging of a tree branch. To no avail.
We then tried our luck from the bottom. This is as close as we got:
We decided to come back another time and try to make our way though the forest. But we need to change our outfits first. We are thinking camouflage.
The amazing thing about this house is, that it is "easily" (Sobek's claim) assembled and dismantled. And if you ever get tired of it, it is also completely recyclable.
