The site has grown quietly over the years and has become deeply rooted in its surroundings. It holds a memory: the recollections of its residents, made tangible in both small and significant moments — the building of a sandbox, an oven, a hut. The project builds upon this living history, allowing new additions to carefully embed themselves within what already exists.

We question the need for a new cluster on the site, seeking to minimize the impact on the landscape while ensuring that the homes remain fully integrated within the community. A new residential building embraces the existing garden and responds to the surrounding landscape structures. Today, the garden lies almost hidden within the site — a valuable green space that offers intimacy and shelter for the residents.

The masterplan introduces new structures and paths within the landscape, creating subtle connections with the valley and the neighborhood. The relationship with the landscape, the seasons, and the annual celebrations makes time tangible. Rhythm provides guidance and stability in daily life within the anthroposophical philosophy of the Steiner community.

Within the homes, this translates into spaces that engage with the elements, allowing the passing of day and season to become part of everyday living. Through gradients — between inside and outside, between intimate and collective — we create a domestic environment in which residents can find their own place within the whole. Proximity is essential: living with care means that fellow residents and caregivers are always nearby, visible or audible, as in a family home.