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Contrary to the initial design task, the demolition of a complex existing structure was prevented. The building to be converted was built in the 19th century as a barn with a basement, which was converted into boat stalls and stables in 1930. At the end of the 1950s, the building was redesigned into a semi-detached house according to plans by the architect Günter Hönow, a representative of West Berlin's post-war modernism.  The concept of wolff:architekten envisages preserving as much of the existing building as possible. The light interior walls of the ground floor should only be partially dismantled. The asbestos-contaminated roof is removed and replaced by a lightweight structure with generous living space,  which is enclosed by a lightweight shell as a climatic buffer zone. The upper floor areas can be expanded into a separate residential unit in the future.