Description

The development forms four blocks, two on each side of a main path. The floor plans are extremely simple and clear. The southern wings contain mainly three-story maisonettes placed in a row like single-family houses. Kitchens, baths, stairwells, expanded corridor zones face north; all rooms open to the south. Small greenspaces lie behind a gravel path.

The function of the living room on the ground floor is fixed by its proximity to the kitchen and its size; all other rooms are equal. On the third floor a gallery runs in front of the apartments on the north side. Above the two-story maisonettes, there is either a two-room apartment following the same floor plan scheme, or the building axis is cut up into two one-room studios that can be optionally connected.

The apartments in the wings have east-west orientation; on the east or west sides (the floor plans are mirrored along the main axis) lie corridors with belt windows behind a zone with sanitary areas. The corridor, wide enough to work in, makes the rooms appear like display compartments. It leads into the living room with inserted open kitchen.

A large terrace is located, orthogonal to the building axis, in front of the living room on each floor; this three-story terrace row closes the block to the north.

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