Villa L is a concrete house located in Gräfelfing, Germany, designed in 2020 by Pool Leber Architekten.

Description
Villa L, a single family house containing an office wing and an apartment for an au pair, is sculpted as a monolith of massive concrete. It is as it appears to be: inside and outside concrete, without further insulation or cladding.
The crystalline form takes its cues from the surrounding buildings: compact single houses from the 1930s with hipped roofs standing at the corner of large gardens. Here, the six-sided object is angled to leave space on the northwest for the garage and to allow for a spacious garden to the south.
The plan is developed around a lozenge-shaped stairwell, which is the loadbearing core and integrates the central servicing shaft. The rooms are arranged around this central element, each opening out onto different outside spaces. On the ground floor, the kitchen abuts onto the living/dining areas and opens up towards a terrace on the eastern side. Behind the kitchen area lies a small apartment for an au pair, with its own entrance and a small private garden space in the northeast. The ancillary spaces such as storage and cloakroom are interconnected with the au pair room and the kitchen, while opening directly onto the garage.
The upper level is organized with the childrens? bedrooms, the master bedroom and the guest room on one side and an office space on the other. The office has its principal entrance from a separ...