Description
Complex scissors plan: the crosswise layout of the maisonettes is designed to counter the north-south orientation of the building. The core of the building contains the access corridors centered on each second floor with all interior staircases, baths, and kitchens. Optimum use of building depth.
All living/dining spaces face north, sleeping areas south. The living room with balcony has a view across the Thames; the open kitchen, in the dark rear area of the living room, is separated by a slanting wall that is semicircular in front and not quite room height (its rounded shape echoes that of the window). The windows of the sleeping areas face southeast (privacy from visual contact from courtyard and avoidance of direct sunlight) and are set in a corrugated facade.
The top apartments have spacious rooftop terraces. In addition, there are continuous front-to-back single-level apartments and maisonettes along the compartment wall on the west side.
Drawings
Floor plan diagram, scale 1:500
Source: Site plan
2nd and 3rd floor layout
6th and 7th floor layout
Floor plan, 5th Story, scale 1:200
Type A: penthouse with roof terrace, floor plan, scale 1:200 / section
Type B: 3-room duplex, floor plan, scale 1:200 / section
Type C: 3-room duplex, floor plan, scale 1:200 / section
Type D: 3-room apartment, floor plan, scale 1:200 / section
Cross section
Photos
Riverside façade
Originally published in: Oliver Heckmann, Friederike Schneider (eds.), Floor Plan Manual Housing, fourth revised and expanded edition, Birkhäuser, 2011.