Description

The deep and narrow building form is a result of the medieval lot. An elevator provides direct access to the apartments, while an open staircase at the end of the lot also serves as a loggia on each level. The apartments are divided by the elevator shaft and the sanitary block.

On the street side, the bedrooms lie behind a fully glazed facade covered by a moveable curtain of perforated latticework. The living room and kitchen to the rear of the building are grouped around a central light well that opens onto the adjacent southeastern lot and is horizontally stepped back on each floor. The 6th and 7th floors accommodate a maisonette: living area below (kitchen integrated into core, flexible use of all rooms), bedrooms above (large connecting ensuite bathroom). Narrow patios overlooking the street and the courtyard.

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