Forsthaus am See 4-Star Hotel, Feldafing Commercial Development, German Building Project, Architecture Images
Forsthaus am See 4-Star Hotel in Feldafing
2 Feb 2022
Design: WSM Architekten
Location: Feldafing, Bayern, Germany

Images: WSM Architekten
Forsthaus am See, Bayern
A 4-star senior wellness and conference hotel is to be built on one of the most beautiful spots on Lake Starnberg and in the entire Oberland region, almost directly opposite the Roseninsel, which is famous beyond the region. Forsthaus am See will have additional gastronomy and beer garden areas are also to invite day guests to stay.

After a very wide-ranging design process, we ultimately decided on a thematic approach that picks up on the regional history: around the Rose Island there have been pile dwellings since 6000 BC, which were actually declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011. Based on this, we developed an abstracted, modern pile-dwelling settlement staggered up the hillside.
A rigorous, thematically based material concept (dark natural materials), as well as the avoidance of large-scale forms, allows the building volumes of the complex to disappear as far as possible against the background of the forest-covered lateral moraine.

Above a base zone of greened Nagelfluh blocks rises a first row of wooden buildings, occupied with gastronomy for visitors during the day and for hotel guests. This first row provides a privacy barrier to the wellness and meeting areas behind it, and visually bl...