Description

Access:

Vertical point access, two units per floor; interior stairwell; elevator area provides direct access to the units; stairwells lit by windows.

Interior:

Because of the topographical features, the cross section of the building features a half-story shift, which is transferred to all the units. On the one hand, the resulting split-level makes it possible to design an oversized living space as the center of the apartment; on the other hand, the individual units are nested to create a labyrinthine layout. Although the units of this freestanding solitary structure are open on more than one side, most of the bathrooms and kitchens are located in the middle of the building and do not receive natural light.

Exterior:

Loggias and roof terraces on the corners; ground floor units have private seating areas outside; communal garden areas.

Morphology:

A will to design the building to be localized in the situation on all sides, together with the invisible lines of the building code, resulted in a polygonal volume. In order to interweave this solitary building, whose program necessitated it be voluminous, with the surrounding buildings, the architects employed the theme, common in this context, of a roof landscape with multiple ruptures and chose white-painted wood as the material for the facade.

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