Description

Semiatrium houses: three house wings, originally conceived as prefabricated boxes, surround a paved interior courtyard which is supplemented by a garden (size depending on layout of property). The gardens are surrounded by perforated-masonry walls. Classical, spare floor plan: kitchen, dining room, and guest room (with WC), which can also be utilized as a study or a second children’s bedroom, are located at the entrance.

Narrow stairway to basement story (with heating system, supply room, hobby room). The elongated sunken living room (two steps down) features sliding doors that open onto the inner courtyard to the south, and, depending on position, a large window overlooking the garden.

All windows of the sleeping tract face the courtyard. Only the entrance, kitchen window, and garden gate are located along the walkway or the square.

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