Wirth Architekten used wood from a storm-felled tree and brick from a burnt-down farmhouse to create this multi-use garage for a residence in Germany's Lower Saxony region (+ slideshow).

Architects Jan and Benjamin Wirth designed the perforated brick outhouse, named Remisenpavillion, for a former farm in the north-west of the country and it stands beside a group of tall trees.

The structure offers a variety of uses, depending on the needs of the owner. It can be a store for firewood or a parking space for a tractor or car, but could also function as a garden office or dining room.

The boxy structure follows the small scale and red-brick construction of other buildings on the site.

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It is positioned near the road like a gatehouse, making it the first building visible on the approach to the farm.

"From afar the pavilion appears as a closed massive cube," said the architects. "As one approaches, the delicate structure of the hole masonry is visible, around the corner is the wooden wall of floor-to-ceiling entrance gates."

Strips of perforated brickwork in the sides of the structure ventilate and naturally illuminate the space ? a technique more commonly used to help cool residences in warm climates such as the Tropical Space renovation of a Vietnam home.
Additional lighting is provided by small light fittings set...