Apr 14
German architect Hoyer Schindele Hirschmüller’s apartment block in Berlin’s Mitte district consists of three dwellings with space for retail at ground level.
The project combines two different models of housing; the inner-city block and private suburban home. The architect sought to avoid the usual divisions between and within individual dwellings found in most city housing blocks, instead the spaces for these homes are distributed over the block’s five floors. Each house has a unique layout, and its own street entrance and private courtyard.
Within each home internal open stairwells connect different floors, additional circulation is through an elevator accessible by all three homes.
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Architects: HSH Hoyer Schindele Hirschmüller
Location: Gormannstraße 8/9, 10119 Berlin, Germany
Type of project: Private apartment building in urban context
Area: 1,050 sq m
Start on site date: November 2006
Client: Hamburg Builders Association Inc.
Collaborators: David Ruic, Marcus Schröger
Engineer: Engineering Office Unterberger
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