Concept 2.4
  • Terrace house structure (buttresses) as stabilisation of dilapidates houses
  • 2025-
  • Prototype: Grüne Brauerei, Stendal

This concept reimagines residential development as an active force in structural preservation. By adding terraced housing units along existing buttresses or façades, new architectural mass is strategically deployed to stabilize decaying structures—much like the principles found in Gothic architecture, where added weight enhances lateral support. These terraces serve not only as desirable, sunlit living spaces, but also as integral elements of a structural system, distributing forces and anchoring vulnerable walls. Through this dual function—habitation and reinforcement—the approach turns the urgency of decay into a driver for architectural invention and densified rural living.
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