Description

The idea behind the design is the intentional creation of “incomplete” houses that must be finished by their tenants according to their own needs and on their own responsibility. Installation and stairway cores are fixed, but the functions of the individual levels, which are staggered in split-levels, remain open. One room of each level can be separated off, with the rest remaining as a gallery on the central residential hall, which extends vertically through the entire house. These galleries are used for communal living.

Many options for terraces; additions are also conceivable. An example: The room next to the entrance, which can be completed as desired. The reduced floor plan examples represent a series of possible divisions of the building floor plans. The basic layout is as follows: level a: entrance (with studio or garage); level b: kitchen with dining area (plus living room or bedroom); level c: living area or in-law apartment; level d: 1–2 bedroom(s) with bathroom; level e: roof terrace.

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