Les Épaves – Like driftwood along a beach different types of housing clusters start to reach out from the riverbanks into the 'communes'. Similar to the nature of flotsam that transforms from a primal utilization into a second on the beach, with the later chance to find its final destiny, the suggested urban pattern of pristine settlements (solid housing with sustainable materials) and cluster housing (light, transparent housing blocks with parking on ground level) provide the whole range of current living models within two typologies. Instead of isolating the various age groups spatially, the urban space proposal stands for a flexible, collaborative generation comprehensive living model. Modern nomads might take it as an initial starting point to develop their personal models of private living right at this place, indigenous habitants will find their place to settle. The elderly find acceptance and duties within the various cluster’s communities.

Porte de la Ville – an entrance to the communauté urbaine de Strasbourg. As an important new connection and entry into the region of Strasbourg, the amoeba functions as an attractive city gate into the urban space, assigning the line between open landscape and urban space. Spatially it comprehends two principles that mirror the surrounding phenomena and abate the existing, partial hard contrast of landscape and urban space that usually collide in suburban settings. One principle is the partly absorption of the built environment through incorporation of spaces within the landscape. The visual connection to the black forest in the east and the Vosges in the west is seized by hills that gentle slope atop the buildings, forming terraces along the road with openings facing the street space. As the second principle building blocks hover over this terrain like transparent show-cases or street signs, telling passing travelers about their inner life and functional program, awaking their desire to stop over.