Description

Access:

Spacious entrance halls oriented in different ways, depending on the neighborhood squares. The system of access differs according to the type of building: vertical point access, two units per floor via interior stairwell lit by windows; vertical point access, four units per floor, via interior stairwell lit by skylight; external access gallery, interior stairwells.

Interior:

The apartments are consistent with the generous layout of bourgeois homes of the previous turn-of-the-century. The larger apartments have a large entrance with closets that connects the various groups of rooms and offers a view across into the living area; if required, it can also serve as a workplace or dining area. To one side lie groups of equal, individual rooms; straight ahead is the large living/dining area, which stretches out along the facade, accompanied by a loggia that extends the full width of the building.

Exterior:

Loggias across the entire width of the building, adjacent to the living rooms and individual rooms, some face in just one direction, south, while others face two directions, east and west.

Morphology:

The tall facades of the complex are structured according to a grid that breaks down the height by subtly alternating the elements and creates a horizontal movement that relates the freestanding buildings to one another. The ground floors, building edges, and loggias are framed with robust concrete elements; the flat parts are built as plastered compact facades. The green glass parapets of the broad loggias and the full-height windows lend the complex a specifically urban expression.

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Originally published in: Peter Ebner, Eva Herrmann, Roman Höllbacher, Markus Kuntscher, Ulrike Wietzorrek, Typology +: Innovative Residential Architecture, Birkhäuser, 2009.