We imagine a homogeneous, spatially exciting building ensemble with a differentiated range of housing for people with very different needs. The architecture of our ensemble is ambivalent in several respects: it is large-scale and differentiated in detail, it is blocky and structured in volume, it is subtle, even reserved and at the same time interested in the peculiarities of the respective situation. With down-to-earth materials, finely crafted plasticity, repeating elements and large openings, a friendly building ensemble is created with a high quality of living and amenity. An ensemble that provides no information about the respective social status of the resident and fulfills the required noise protection with great casualness.
The concept does not differentiate in the architectural and structural quality between privately financed and rented apartments, subsidized apartments and senior citizens’ apartments. The buildings form a legible unit and at the same time show pleasant building volumes on a scale.
The corner at Kattenbrookstrift and Stockholmer Allee is highlighted in terms of design. The residential café is located here, which can serve as a neighborhood meeting point with a good long-distance effect in this prominent location. Slightly recessed loggias or French balconies emphasize the volume of the individual residential units and give them a pleasant scale.
The entrances cut into the building, which serve to create the address, as well as large loggias and balconies and windows reduced to two formats are striking. The requirements of noise protection are also solved by the building cubature and the floor plan organization. The required elevation of the affected buildings is provided by storage rooms planned at the attic level. The floor plan organization does not require any openable windows in the area of the noise barrier. The window openings planned there will only be opened for cleaning purposes. Elaborate box window constructions are deliberately avoided. Transparent walls between the buildings are planned as a steel and glass construction.
Due to the need for privacy, loggias are planned to face the street space. There are balconies facing the residential courtyard, the parapets of which are closed up to a height of around 60cm. This creates an unobstructed view of the courtyard from inside the apartments and at the same time enables privacy in use. The aim of our planning is to achieve consistently high-quality living. The buildings have clearly visible entrances and are organized as two to four buildings. A room for strollers, walkers, etc. is planned directly in the entrance area. All stairwells are positioned on the facade and provided with daylight. The apartments have the sizes specified in the advertisement. The rooms have good proportions. They are optimally aligned.
The design follows the findings of the precisely formulated development plan. The defined building heights, building lines and the noise barriers to be implemented follow the requirements of the development plan.
The required distance areas are adhered to based on the closed development defined in the development plan. Based on this specification, the distance between buildings 9 and 10 as well as 13 and 1 can easily be undercut. The lower limit does not result in any disadvantages in the lighting of the adjacent apartments, the residential courtyard is more protected from noise and the relationships between the individual buildings, which are precisely formulated in the development plan, are adhered to.
