The Hamburg IBA (for International BauAustellung, or “building exhibition”) is the latest iteration of a long-running German tradition: a showcase of experimental housing, intended to display new thinking in domestic architecture but built to be permanent and sold on the open market. In Hamburg's case, the aim was to demonstrate how the city could expand in a sustainable fashion into the relatively underdeveloped Elbe islands. These are separated from the city center by HafenCity, the docklands that are being transformed into a mixed-use neighborhood. The Soft House, by the KVA Matx team led by Boston-based Kennedy and Violich Architecture, couples a traditional solid softwood-construction technique with advanced technology, expressed in its architectural form.
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