The vacant lot is located in Dresden's Friedrichstadt between two streets directly at the station "Dresden Mitte". Numerous tram lines cross the railway embakement and are distributed from here in all directions of the city. To realize our idea of living and working, we looked fora plot in the city whose environment is rather dynamic. Itshould have development opportunities and avoid the boredom of a new construction area.
The concept of the house builds up two family houses with each 3 basements on top of each other and is divided into two parts of different sizes which are externally visible. The habitats are in the larger part - freely organizedwith no statically relevant walls and adapted to individual needs.
The general staircase with elevator, the floor to the garden and parking lots as well as laundry rooms and bathrooms are in the smaller part.
This structure of the house is at the same time an element of design that continues the vertical organization of the neighbour house from the Gründerzeit.
All in all, it presents itself as a contemporary building that exists with very few means of design. Large windows flush with the façade, give the house a distinctive face that makes one think of a studio house rather than a residential building.
It is intended to show that the inhabitants have deliberately chosen this location despite the difficulties of the location such as noise pollution, solar radiation and flood risk.
These were largely minimized by modern technology and sound insulation and sun protection.
It was important to us to make the house open and generous. It demands the residents and the observer. The views through the big windows into the living city are terrific. So there is no need for balconies on the facade.
On the garden side, open spaces are arranged on the ground floor and in the 6th floor. The open space on the ground floor is divided by hornbeam hedges into two areas. In the garden, a 3-membered pine group is newly planted. The entire garden consists of an slate-like rock.
The roof terrace on the 5th floor offers the young family an additional free room with great views.
Material Used :
1. Outside Façade: plaster
2. Inside walls/ceiling: concrete/plaster
3. Ground: coating
