Description

Floor plans of the energy-efficient building establish protective zones: access from the north as climatic buffer, entrance, sleeping, and auxiliary rooms, living rooms and kitchen, winter garden from north to south. On ground floor/first level: two-story maisonette with separate entrance from street, treated as row house, ground floor on street side raised by a half-story. Continuous from south to north: kitchen, dining area, two-story living room. Spatial sequence lit from two sides. Terrace on the north side, screened off by trellis from semi-public open spaces. Sleeping area toward southwest. Inner bath as warm core.

The galleries on level 2½ and 5½ provide access upward and downward to split level maisonettes. The following levels are combined: level 1½/2/3½/4; level 4½/5/5½ and level 5½/6/6½ with roof terrace on seventh floor. Storage space and closet next to covered walkway. On the street side (south-west), staggered arrangement of bathroom, kitchen, and living room with connected dining area and winter garden. The bedrooms are located on the north-east side, overlooking the courtyard. They are lit and ventilated from the glazed escape balcony; solar collectors integrated into the facade pre­heat air, which is blown into the cavity ceilings. The ceilings emit heat into the room as needed in a delayed fashion.

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