Description
Access:
Entrance hall connects the street side with the courtyard side; vertical point access, two units per floor; interior stairwell; stairwell lit by windows.
Interior:
The communal living spaces, consisting of the living room, open kitchen and balcony/loggia, are located in the center of the apartments and extend generously toward the south (park side) and west. The neutral individual rooms in the large apartments are arranged diagonally to one another in different positions on the outer sides; the baths in the dark zones are mechanically ventilated. One bedroom has two entrances, which provides a circular path through the apartment. This arrangement, as well as the neutrality of the rooms, allows for a great deal of flexibility of use in the apartments.
Exterior:
Generous balconies, half of which are drawn into the living space as loggias; the smaller apartments have loggias; penthouse unit has a roof terrace. Also a communal terrace.
Morphology:
The architectural design and materialization of the building express the situation of the house within the city and on the edge of a park. Parapet elements of various heights, some plastered and others of concrete, and varied metal railings, surround the two street facades and frame the large wood and aluminum windows. The facades opposite the streets have smooth plaster and are insulated on the outside; the plaster is English red. The building looks taller than it is: the projects and indentations of the facade underscore its verticality.
Exterior view
Interior view
Drawings
Originally published in: Peter Ebner, Eva Herrmann, Roman Höllbacher, Markus Kuntscher, Ulrike Wietzorrek, Typology +: Innovative Residential Architecture, Birkhäuser, 2009.