Description
The project responds to a need for flexible spaces that are suitable for both residential and commercial uses. The complex consists of four parallel slabs, which are linked at various points creating six courtyards of different sizes opening to the street. Each slab is divided horizontally into eight segments and vertically into four levels, which accommodate two maisonette layers, one stacked above the other. The upper level is accessed via a covered walkway and external stairs at the end wall of the slab. This cluster is occupied by differentiated, interwoven loft apartments, which link the modules side by side, front to back or vertically.
The five types that were developed are conceived as flowing spaces, each reaching across two levels and interconnected by a two-story space. In scale and height, that space has the atmosphere of a light-filled hall. Stairs located at the sidewall lead up to an open loft. The arrangement of sanitary rooms and walk-in closets achieves a differentiated organization of the upper space; together, they create a room at the very end, which completes the sequence.
Drawings
Floor plan diagram, scale 1:500
Diagram of building volume, open space and access
Volumes of apartment types A-E
Site plan
Floor plans, ground floor to 4th floor, scale 1:1000
Duplex apartment type B, lower and upper level, scale 1:200 with sectional view of type B and type A
Duplex apartment type A + E, lower and upper level, scale 1:200 with sectional view
Duplex apartment type C, lower and upper level, scale 1:200 with sectional view
Longitudinal section AA with corresponding Northeast elevation, scale 1:1000
Longitudinal section BB with corresponding Southeast elevation, scale 1:1000
Cross section CC with corresponding Southwest elevation, scale 1:1000
Cross section DD with corresponding Northwest elevation, scale 1:1000
Photos
View of model
Originally published in: Oliver Heckmann, Friederike Schneider (eds.), Floor Plan Manual Housing, fourth revised and expanded edition, Birkhäuser, 2011.