Description

The complex stacks identical spatial elements on top of each other. The stairwell is surrounded by autonomous units comprising hallways, guest WCs, kitchens, and storage rooms. The bedrooms and bathrooms form sleeping tracts of various lengths (depending on apartment size).

From the outside they appear as bedroom towers. The positions of the kitchen towers and sleeping towers result in L-shaped living rooms lit from two sides and two loggias. The kitchen opens into the living room but can also be reached directly from the entry hallway.

The floor plan is distinguishable from the outside. The last two floors are occupied by maisonettes composed of two superimposed sleeping tracts; the living-room space becomes a rooftop terrace.

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Originally published in: Oliver Heckmann, Friederike Schneider (eds.), Floor Plan Manual Housing, fourth revised and expanded edition, Birkhäuser, 2011.