![House at the Pond / HPSA - Waterfront, Garden](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/546a/c689/e58e/cea7/5a00/00fb/newsletter/Teichhaus_01.jpg?1416283773)
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Architects: HPSA
- Area: 50 m²
- Year: 2014
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Photographs:Dietmar Hammerschmid
![House at the Pond / HPSA - Table, Windows, Countertop, Chair, Glass, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/546a/c6a5/e58e/ce90/fe00/00a6/newsletter/Teichhaus_07.jpg?1416283794)
Text description provided by the architects. The small house with a floor area of 50 m≤ has been integrated into an existing garden area with a swimming pond. The building which is based on four pillars has been well integrated into the existing landscape without changing the terrain.
![House at the Pond / HPSA - Garden](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/546a/c67c/e58e/cea7/5a00/00fa/newsletter/Teichhaus_03.jpg?1416283758)
Wood was the defining material for the bearing structure and the surfaces:
![House at the Pond / HPSA - Image 11 of 17](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/546a/c6ce/e58e/ce7d/2500/010f/newsletter/Teichhaus_11.jpg?1416283839)
The facade of rough-sawn spruce boards were painted with black Swedish mud color. The interior floor, ceiling, wall and furniture surfaces were built with white oiled birch plywood.
![House at the Pond / HPSA - Image 12 of 17](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/546a/c6e1/e58e/ce90/fe00/00a8/newsletter/ground_floor.jpg?1416283829)
Only the fire place and the bathroom were paneled with gray fiber boards.
![House at the Pond / HPSA - Countertop, Sink](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/546a/c6b4/e58e/ce90/fe00/00a7/medium_jpg/Teichhaus_09.jpg?1416283814)