In the summer of 2018, at the river Aare in Bern, a vast green patch next to the old gasstation was squatted by a group of friends who wanted to experiment with alternative living. I joined the group a year later, to design and plan a house for me and 3 friends. Every one of us was able to make up their ideal room, which I drew and formed into a cohesive volume. We started building in Mai 2019, after half a year of preparation, collecting second hand materials such as windows, wooden beams and a lot of screws. We used recycled materials to 95%. Only the rafters and some screws are new. We built with the help of friends and professionals. We planned the house up to the secondary wooden structure, the rest- cladding, facade, flooring, was built freestyle.

I have been living in this house since September 2019.

The facade was finished in April 2020, as well as the terrace. The house itself is a living organism, in constant process through the hands-on-living mentality we practice. This is a project, which will only be finished for me when I move out.