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Oswald Mathias Ungers The Urban Villa A Multifamily Dwelling Type PDF
Oswald Mathias Ungers The Urban Villa A Multifamily Dwelling Type PDF
O.M. UNGERS
H.F. KO LLHOF F
A .A. OVASKA
LAYOUT : O . M . Ungers
The Urb an Vill a :
Hans Kallhoff A Pro to type f o r Inner C i ty Residences
Arthur Ovaska
Gianne C onard
H . F . Kallho f f
David Griffin
The Urb an Villa :
Gae Buckley
A Mult i -fami ly Housing Type
Rob Woods t o ck
Peter Riemann (Historical Survey)
A . A . Ovaska
TYP ING : The Urban Villa :
On the Design Pro ce s s
Margarita M�ndoz a
Debb ie 1,J'enz el
2. ANALYS ES AND DES IGNS
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F IRST : Criteria C oncerning the Exi s t fami ly house ownership increased in the THIRD : C�itieria Conce rning the Housing
ing Problems of Hab i t at ion las t several years , not the least Type of the Urban Villa as a
in Inner Cities b ecause of the rise in s ocial wealth . New Form o f Urb an Residence
The t rend continues despite the many
For several years , the populat ion in Allensbach shows that b i g c i ties are inc onveniences inherent in one-family The h ousing type of the urban villa
mos t of the large cities in indus tr ial losing the ir attraction as residential hous e owner ship : the high cost o f should be promo t ed more than is cur
ized countries has been decreasing . p lace s . S eventy-four percent of the cons truct ion , t h e length o f commuting r ently the case and for obvious reas ons :
This alarming fact is particularly Ge rman population would pre fer to live t ime , and the lack o f adequate s e rvice
obvious in countries like Germany and in the c ountry rather than the ci·y . fac ilities . Simultaneous ly as the 3. 1 The Empirical Fact s
the U . S . The consequence s of this Apparently , the reasons fo r the aban demand for one-family h ouse s expands ,
s te ad ily increasing exodus of city donment of the c i ty are als o the result valuab le re creat ional land on the The remodeling o f his t o rical urban
dwe llers int o the urb an f ringe areas , of changes in life s ty le ; b oth the car peripheries o f the cities is being villas to current needs has , in mos t
the suburb s , and the countrys ide lead and televi s ion helped to cre ate this des troyed by the proliferat ion o f case s , proven that thi s housing type
to the s low decay of the cent ral city trend . The time has passed when the lit t le b oxes , s o- called bungalows , is wel l- suited for res i denti al as we l l
dis tricts . S ince 1970 New York City move to the countrys ide als o meant a thereby prevent ing any pub lic us e . a s c ommercial u s e and that i t can b e
has lost more than 650 , 000 inhabi t ants . retreat f ro m so cie ty . Be caus e o f the ad apted f airly e asily t o the individual
In s ome p lace s , like Bro oklyn , more improvement in c ommuni cati ons , the The real mot ivation depends , however , needs o f the inhab itant s. As we know
than 7 0 % of the population ab andoned physical as well as the intelle ctual les s on ec onomi c and s ocial considera from many examp les , the hi s t ori c urb an
type . That is the reason why this type The urban villa has the potential , as of peas ants i n Rome forced the major
should be more s trongly s upported through Profes s or Ungers p ointed out , to be ity of the population to live in
federal hous ing pro grams . a r ealis tic solution for many of our speculative multi-s tory hous ing , the
present urban prob lems . Architect s , insulae (1) . As a vertical �xtrusion
Focusing on the prob lem of the city , being more involved in remodeling , of the Roman villa , the j\ftSula devel
on the que s t ion o f the private vs . the subdividing and redesigning o ld ops into the palazz o-type housing of
pub lic hous ing market , the urb an vil la house s recently recognized tho s e 14th C entury Venice : 5 -s tory apart
is obviously an answer to a series o f qual ities as expressed in the 19 th ment b locks with 4 or mor e units per
prob lems that have to b e res o lved Century vill a , which modern housing s tory , organized around a central
especially in the c ity of Be rlin . failed t o p rovide , such as indivi courtyard or a li ghtwell ( 2) . This
dual char acter and " s ense of p lace . " housing-palaz z o can be seen as a
The problem of the reduction o f the prototpye for inner-city housing in
urban dens ity and at the s ame time Unlike the rural precedent , as sociated the second half of the 19 th Century
the improvement of the quality o f with the present es cape from urb an in maj o r European cities ( 3) . By
the envir onment t o prevent further pr oblems , the urb an multi-family villa adding s everal courtyards , the housing
outward movement . can b e seen as an instrument for b lock develops into its extreme man
urbanizat ion and reintegrat ion o f i festation , the "Mie t skaserne . " In
The prob lem o f the improvement o f l ivin g , working and recreation as eliminating the courtyard , the 19 th
the urb an quality i n the sense o f a s eparated in the A then ' s Charter . Century urban vi lla , and as a p o s t
diverse and enriched life s tyle . WW I I ve rsion , Ot t o S enn ' s villa f or
In the d iscuss ion of the villa- ideo l the Interb au in Berlin are created
The prob lem o f creating a p luralis ogy , the qualities of the multi-f amily ( 3-6) .
tic urb an environment with mutually vers ions of the urban villa have
unres o lved contradictions as oppos ed generaly b een overlooked . Now , s ince Another trausf ormation appears in
to a uni fied one-dimens i onal urb an there is a critical dis tance to b o th 14 th Century Venice : the central
sys tem . the "Neues Bauen" and the p o s t WW I I c ourtyard is stretched to b ec ome a
housing b oom, to introduce , o r b etter , semi-pub lic road perpendicular t o
The prob lem o f the close connec rees tab lish this housing type might the main s tre e t , keeping the main
tion b e tween the built and the be more suc ces sful . fac�de oriented towards the latter .
natural environment and there fore From here it is a small s tep to
the relation b etween culture and In this context , a historical survey divorce the p arts o f the bui ldin g ,
nature . �cff the urban villa and··the pala-zz.o .. . e s tablishing Lond on "Mews " - type
as multi-family housing types intends rowhous es ( 7-9) .
The prob lem o f the pers onaliz ation to show that besides the urban villa/
o f architecture and likewise the palaz z o as dwelling type o f the ruling Finally , there is a line o f develop
improvement of the adap t at ion o f the c las s e s (Herrschafts Arcllitektur) ment leading to the working c las s
needs , wishes of the us e r . sub j ect to the greates t attention by housing s chemes o f the late 19 th
the his torians , there has always b een C entury , dwarf ed villas , developed
The prob lem o f the demand t o build the villa/palaz z o as mul ti- f amily by gradual elimination o f the c ourt
smaller hous ing uni ts to s upport hous ing for the masses . Als o , this yard , turning the rear into a vege
a smal l s cale economy and to parti s urvey has to be seen as a general t able garden , and adding two , three
cipate with private inve s t ors on framework f o r b oth the analysis and and four of these units to a larger
the hous ing market and shift it the de sign , done during the Berlin one (10-16) . These schemes were
from a s tate--controlled market to Summer A cademy 19 7 7 . usually laid out on a gridiron pat
the private sector again . tern , while s ome o f the more pres ti
The urb an villa o r the palazzo as gious examples ( like A gnetap ark ,
multi-family housing exis ts s ince the De lft) c opied romantic lands cape
O . M. Ungers appearance of the housing que s t ion designs ( 1 7-18) .
which already shaped the cities o f
antiquity . The urb anizat ion o f mass e s
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based on Palladian pre cedents , con the peace of the woods , each with a
ceived o f as multi-family housing as complete apar tment . •all they would
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part of the city o f Chaux , which need would b e there . The head s o f
unlike earlier working c lass hous ing the families would govern by t rus t ,
s chemes ( the Fuggerei in Augsb ur g , loving affect ation , and good example ,
for examp le) , cons idered the worker rather than wi th moral s choo ling ,
as an impor t ant and active factor in propagating les s ons of wisdom • . •
society . In addit ion to these des i gns surrounded only by virtue , they would
of h ous es for " two cab inet makers , " know nothing of evil . " 2
"two merchants , " " two artis ts , " o r
"four fami lies" f o r the city o f Chaux Ledoux ' s impact on English architec
( 19 - 24 , 29) , Ledoux had the oppor tani ty ture des erves to b e ment ione d . The
to realize some of his housing des igns . Ros ten Es tate particular ly inf luenced
The two maj o r proj ects b e ing the John Nash ' s Regent ' s P ark des i gn in
Saiseval hous es and the Ros ten Es tate , London which was t o include luxurious
the first o f which was arranged in private residence s , b arracks and three
groups of five , raised on a p latform markets . John Wood the younger , in
t o create vaulted halls for carriages his b o ok "A S eries of Plans f or Cottages ,
( 25) . This project might be s een as Hab itiat ions o f the Lab ourer , Adapted
a p re cedent for the "Brunnadern" as Well t o T own as t o the C ountry , "
housing es tate by Atelier 5 ( 85) . proposed c o t t ages t o b e b uilt in pairs ,
Due to the pres sur e of increas ing c ontaining from one to four r o oms ,
housing demand in Paris the free varied in layout and e levation and
s tanding S ai seval villas are trans terr aced in a manner which gives them
formed into a row of attached houses the appea�ance of a s ingle unit . As
in the Has ten-development which c on a c ontinuation of John Wood ' s designs
s i s t s o f fifteen attached vil las , one and s tr ongly influenced by F rench
of them o ccupied by the owner ( 2 7 -28) . archi tec ture , Joseph Gandy pub lished
Bas ed on the fai lure o f the revolu two books in 1805 , "De s i gns for Cottages"
tion to carry out the progres s ive plans and "The Rural Architect , " int ending
for se cular b ui ldings , " the development to improve the living conditi ons of the
o f the Ro sten Es t ate of 1792 b ecame the "labouring poor" ( 31- 3 3) .
pro t otype o f cap it alis t land develop
21. House wi th Roo f Terr aces
ment . . . ( including) a hous e of f our 22. Cyli ndri c Crown ing
s tories , sub divided into what at the
present time are c alled ' mai s onet tes , '
the ground floor and the firs t , the
se cond f loor , and third resp ectively
forming a comp lete residential unit
with separate kitchens . " l The houses
are o rganiz ed ar ound an English garden
with a river and a pond , playgrounds
for children and a s chool.
\ ported by the Pruss ian King Friedrich II used even to fill in the gaps in
i thre e and four story hous es w a s sup- lat e eigh ties apartment villas were
\ for representational reas ons. But only the mos t luxurious villa dis tricts
\ af ter the t remendous population increase (40 -46).
\ in the middle of the 19 th Century , the
prob lem of the multi-s tory apartment In Ber lin, the populat ion inc rease
3 1. h ous e s appeared; for now the issue around 1840 to a density of 39
C o t tages of the Winds,Gandy , 1805
was no longer the oc cas ional leasing p ers ons per s it e indicates extreme
o f rooms in a private house , b ut rather overcrowding , while the fi gure o f
the c ons t ruct ion of multi- fami ly houses. 5 7 p ers ons i n 18 71 already s ignals
The average o ccupancy o f a res idential the extensive use of a new b uilding
s it e in med ieval cities was 7-8 per typ e , the "Miet skase rne." 5 Under
s ons and increased to 15-17 pers ons these circums t ances a strong entre
in 18th Century Berlin. This increase preneurial activity developed a
was accomp lished by addition o f b a ck series o f villa-sub urb s at di fferent
yard and garden buil dings , exc lus ively locations in the city , t ending to
rented hous ing types. c onnect Berlin with Po tsdam ( 4 7-52).
An early example , les s amibitious
The rapid ext ens ions of the cities than mos t of those f ollowin g , was
eventually led to a gradual urb ani the Kiel gan-Dis t rict at the
zat ion o f the traditional villa dis Kurfurs tenstrass e near the Nol len
tricts . Promoted by speculat ive dorfp lat z (5 3). It cons is ted o f a
buildin g , s treet and s quare as urb an dens ely b uilt-up area with s emi
elements b egan to dominate the des i gn detached and s ingle houses , s tandi�g
o f hous e s in villa d istrict s , which in small gardens. The "Kolonien" /
no longer were frees tanding in their - as tho s e sub urb s were c alled -
spacious garden , dis tant from the Wes t end , li cht enfelde , Wi lmersdorf
32. Co t tages wi th Four Rooms street and s e lf- contained. Friedenau and Grunewals were rapid ly
John Woo d , 1806 deve loped to c ontain , in addition t o
The well-do cumented Westend in s ingle- family villas , a large num-
Frankfurt Main exemp li fies this kind b er o f multi-s t ory , mult i- fami ly
of development4 (34 -39). A round the villas and palazz os wh ich were
middle o f the century semi-detached adapted to the prevailent " country
villas , then f rees t anding multi h ouse" character . Overexploi t at ion
family houses with villa chara c ter , of'the s i tes for s pe culat ive reasons
and f inally s emi-detached multi- fam provoked Muthes ius ' crit icism o f
ily palazzos cons t ructed by s pecu the "vil.lenkolonie Grunewald , "
lative builders , appear after 1870. des cribing the Berlin "apartment
The Bourgeois ie , rather than b ui lding villa" as a carmoufl aged Mietskaserne.6
their vi llas , purch ased them from
cons t ruct ion firms wh ich built who le
s t reet b lo cks in private enterprise.
This led to prob lems in se lling the
43 . Epp s teiners trasse 5 8 , 1 8 75 49. Wilhe lms tras s e J3 , Berlin , 1 89 3 50 . Kur furs tens trasse 1 36 , 1884-86
45 . Niedena u 35 , Frank furt /M. , 1 86 0 51 . kurffir s t endamm 6 , 1883-84 5 2. Konigra t zers tras s e 132 ,
46 .
While i n the Nineteenth Century
philanthropists or large firms man
a ged housing , now c oope rative hous
ing s o cieties , including workers ,
took over the leadership . A new
form o f the apartment hous e , owned by
a tenant's cooperative , was s ub s ti
tuted for the private apartment hous e ,
de rived from the o ld conceptions o f
single house ownership . Ab ove all ,
the large "Beanten-Wohnun gsverein"
- . . . . . . - . . and its architect Paul Meb es , contin
11 ark , II 57. Landhaus grup p e "Zehlendorf
53 . Kielgan-Vierte l , Berlin , 1870 ued the search for a new apartment 56 . L andhaus grup pe Amal 1enp
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7 P aul Meb e s , 1909-10
type ( 5 6 -59) . In this c ontext , i t Otto March , 1896 -9
i s o f interes t t o note that even
b e fore 1 8 70 a very similar d eve lop
ment , composed of groups of two or
three hous e s , surrounded by gardens ,
was built on the eas t side o f the
Landgrafens t ras se (54-55) .
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68. Irmgardstrasse, Berlin 25� 2 7 , 2 9
�6-family house, 19 25
72 . Multi-fami ly Villas in the C i te
69 . Denks tras s e 5 , S chrode r , 1909 Indus trielle , Tony Garnier , 1898
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pr es s ure , the living condition of
the mas ses b ecame a central concern .
"While in previous t imes the living
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s ents a turning point in the evolu
f. tion o f housing of the twent ies . A
76 . Doub le Villa in the Weis s enho f las t re ference to s ingle , villa-like
-Siedlun g , Le C o rb us ie r , 19 2 7 b uildings before changing t o
"Zeilenb au" ( 79) . Rather than con
necting individual dis t inguishab le
units with each o ther , the " Gross f orm''
b ec omes dominating with the s ingle
elements expre s s ed only secondar i ly
in its s ubdivis ion .
P e s s ac-hous in g , Le C o rb us ie r , 1 9 2 5
II . II . II II
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double villa and Pessac , he developed
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97. The Hereford Apartment ,
94. The Cambridge, Chicago , Myron Hun t , 1902
Myron Hunt , 1903
1. Rosenau , Helen, The I deal 1. Recons truction o f a Roman Ins ula ; Moholy-Nagy
City, Boston , 1959 , P . 9 0 2. Casa D'Af fito , Milano , 1 880 ; C ame s as ca
2. Lemagny , J . C . , Vis i onary 3. Cas a D�Af fi to,- Venice , 1 6 th Century ; Trincanato
Architects , Hous ton , 196 8 , 4. Wellcourt , Edinb urgh ; Weissbach /Mackowsky
P . 120 5. P alazzin a Rea , Roma , Mario Rido l fi , 19 34 ; Controspazio
3. S chinz , Alfre d , Das m ehr� Ap artment Hous e , Hans aviertel Berlin , O t to S enn , 195 7 ; Berlin
6.
geschoss ige S e ge Mie�shaus und S eine Bauten , IV B
von 1896-1945 , in : Berlin 7. P alazze tto , Venice , 12 th Century ; Trincanato
und S eine Bauten IV B , 8. Cas e in. CampoS . , Marin a , Ven i ce , 1 5 th Century , Trincanato
Berlin , 19 74 9. Case ad App ar tamenti , Venice , 1 6 th Century ; Trincanato
4. Merten , K . /Mohr , C . , Das 10 . Case Popolari , Milano , Faz zini , 1 8 7 9 ; Cames as ca
Frank furter Wes tend , Munchen , 11. Model Cot tages , London , Henry Roberts , 1 851 ; Tarn
19 7 4 12 . House in the G artens tadt Falkenb e r g , Berlin , Bruno Taut , 19 1 3 ;
5. S ch inz , O p : Cit . Berlin und S eine Bauten , IV B
6. Heg emann , Werne r , Das s tei 13 . Mais on S imp le de S o cie te le Foyer , Ville neuvois , M. P aul S imon ,
nerne Berlin , Berlin , 19 30 , 189 7-190 0 ; Lucas
p. 2 7 3
14 . Groupe de Quatre Maisons , Marseille , M . Charles D'Alb ert , 1888'
7. Rus e , Norbert , Neues Bauen , Lucas
Miinchen, 19 75 , P . 6 4 15 . Progetto De Cas a Populare , Roma , D . C arnbello tti , 1909 ; Accas to
(Trans lation) 16 . • Franz os i s che Wohnhausanlage , Lethorel Arch . ; Weissb ach
8. Ibid , P . 6 6 17. Agnetap ark , Delft ; Weissbach
9. S chwab , Gerhard , Dif fe renz ierte Arb e iters iedlung S tahlhausen , Bochum; Weis sb a ch
18 .
Wohnaneagen , Stuttgart ,. 19 75 , 19 . House o f Two Artis t s , Ledoux; Kaufmann
P . 21 House o f Two Cab inet Makers , Ledoux; Kaufmann
20 .
10 . Muthes ius , Hermann , Das Eng li s ch e 21. Hous e with Roo f Terraces , Ledoux; Kaufmann
Haus , Berlin , 1 9 10 , P . 140 House with the Cylindric Crown in g , Ledoux; Kaufmann
22.
( Tr ans lat ion) House o f Two Merchants , Ledoux; Kaufmann
23 .
11 . Walden , Walter , " Private Hous e
24 . House o f Four Belvederes , Ledoux; Kaufmann
Apartments , in : The Apart
25 . Marquis de S aiseval's Hous e s , Paris , Ledoux , 1 7 86 ; Lemegny
men t Hous e , Chicago , J an . 19 11
26. Three Houses , Bellanger , Dennis
12 . B ancrof t , F . S . , Co-oper ative
27. M . Ros ten's Houses , Pari s , Ledoux , 1 7 8 7-9 2 ; Lemagny
Apartment hous es , in : The
28 . M. Ros ten's Hous es , Ground Floor P lan
Apartment Hous e , Op . Cit .
29 . House fo r a Father and His Three S ons , Ledoux , 1 7 7 3-79 ; Lemagny
30 . House o f Communal Life , Ledoux , 1 7 7 3-79 ; Lemagny
31. C o t tages o f the Winds, London , Jos eph Gandy , 180 5 ; G andy
32 . Cottages with Four Rooms , London , John Woo d , 1806 ; Wood
33 . Doub le Cot tage , London , Rob ert Lugar , 180 5 ; Hitch co ck
34 . Frankfur t /M. , Plan von Ullrich , 1 8 39 ; Merten
35 . Frankfurt /M . , P lan von Fo t z -Eberle , 1 860 ; Mer ten
36 . Frankfurt/M . , Plan von C a . 1 8 7 3 ; Merten
37. Frankfur t /M . , P lan von C a . 1 8 8 7 ; Mer ten
38. Delkeskamp : Villa Gruneb urg , Frankfur t /M. , 1864 ; Merten
39 . Delkeskamp : Landhaus Matti , Frankfur t/M. , 1864 ; Merten
40 . Taunusp latz , Frankfurt/M. , 1 8 5 7 ; Merten
41 . Mende lsohns trasse 6 8/ 70 , Frankfurt /M. , 1890 ; Mer ten
42 . Bockenheimer Lands trass e 22 , Frank furt/M. , 1886 , Merten
43. Eppsteiners trasse 5 8 , Frankfurt/M. , 1 8 75 ; Mer ten
44 . S iesmayers trass e 5 4 , Frankfur t /M . , 1 8 7 0 ; Merten
45. B o ckenheimer Lands tras s e 28 , Frankfurt/M. , Merten
46 . Niedenau 35 , Frankfurt /M. , 1 86 0 ; Merten
47 . Maass ens tras s e 2 8 , Berlin , 1879 ; Wicke
48. Weinb er gswe g 12 , Berlin , 1 8 74 ; Wicke
49 . Wilhelms trasse 33 , Berlin , 1 89 3 ; Wicke 82 . Mehrf ami lienhaus er im Dolderta l , Zurich , Alfred Ro th , 1 9 36 ; S chwab
50 . Kur furs tens tras s e 1 3 6 , Ber lin , 1884-8 6 ; Wicke 83 . Wohnhaus im Hansavie rt e l , Berlin , O t to S enn , 195 7 ; B . U . S . B .
52 . KOni gra t zers tras s e 132 , Ber lin, 1 884 ; Wicke IV B , 5 59
53 . Kielgan�Viertel , Berlin , 1 8 70 ; Gro te 84 . Flama tt Hous ing , Berne , Atelier 5 , 19 5 7 ; GA
54. Landgra f ens tras s e , Berlin , 1 8 6 9 -72 ; B erlin und Seine Bauten ( 1 8 7 7) 85 . Wohnanla ge 11Brunnadern , 11 Berne , Atelier 5 , 1 9 7 4 ( ? ) ; S chwab ,
55 . P lan of House in the Landgrafens tras s e Differe nziere Wohnanlagen
56 . L andhaus gruppe 11Amalienp ark,1 1 Berlin , O t t o March , 189 6 -9 7 ; 86 . Apar tment House, Wuppertal , O . M. Ungers , 195 9 ; C as ab ella 305
Berlin und Seine B auten , IV B 365 8 7- 9 2. Concorso per un Lotto di Vi llini O s t i a Lido , Mario Ridolfi,
57. Landhaus gruppe "Zehlendorf I,11 B erlin, P aul Mebes, 1909-10 ; 19 32 ; Accas to
B.U . S . B . , IV B 2 70 93. S untophome s , Frank Lloyd Wrigh t , 19 39 ; Hitchco ck , Nature o f
58. Landh aus gruppe "Dahlem I I , " Berlin , Erich Kohn , 1904-0 6 ; Materials
B . U . S . B ., IV B 2 6 6 94 . The C amb ridge , Chicago , Myron Hun t , 19 0 3 ; The Architec tural Review
59 . Vope liusp f ad 3, Berlin , Ludwi g Otte, 1905 -0 6 ; B.U . S . B . IV B 2 6 8 95 . "A P ractical Four Flat Buidlin g , " Glenn L . S axton , 1 9 1 7 ; S axton
60. B o go tas tras s e 15, Berlin, Hermann Muthes ius , 190 4 -0 4 , 96. Miller-A partment s , Chicago , Pond & P ond , 1 9 0 3 ; The Architec tural
Home for the Age d ; B . U . S . B . IV C , 1 2 6 Review
61. Kirchwe g 3 3, Berlin , De r "Mi t telh o f , " Hermann Muthes ius , 1 91 4-15 , 97 . The Hereford Ap artment , Myron Hun t , 1902 ; The Architec tural Review
Conv ent ; B . U . S . B . IV C , 142 98. The Burdsdal Apartments , Edgar Ovet B lake , 1910 ; The Apar tment
62 . Wan genheims tras s e 47, Berlin , Fritz Pohlmann , 1904 , sub divided House
int o 6 apartments ; B . U . S . B . IV C , 7 3 99 . "Interes ting Type of Three-fami ly Hous e , " Frank A. Carpenter ,
63. Ander Rehwiese 1 3, Berlin , B runo S chmi t z , 1 9 1 2 , three-f amily 1910 ; The Apartment House
hous e ; B . U . S . B . IV C , 138
64 . Rheinb ab enal lee 46 , 48 , Berlin , Peter Gro s smann , 1 92 3 , three
f amily hous e , B . U . S . B . IV C , 199
65 . Fontanes tras se 14 , Berlin , B runo Taut und Hoffmann , 19 1 1 ;
B . U . S . B . IV B , 311
66 . Akazienallee 1 4-16, Berlin , Augus t Ende ll , 1910-11 ;
B . U . S . B . IV B , 2 1 8
67. Reichens teiner We g , Einkuchenhaus , Berlin , Hermann Muthes ius ,
1908-09, B.U . S . B . IV B , 315
68. Irmgards tras s e , Berlin 25, 2 7, 29, 19 25, 1 6 -family hous e ;
B . U. S . B . IV B, 45 2
69 . Denks tras s e 5, Berlin , Paul S chrode r , 1909 , B . U . S . B . IV B, 309
70. Ferdinandstras s e 2 2, Berlin Herold , 19 01-0 2 ; B . U . S.B . IV B , 3 2 3
71 . Badenallee 1 , Berlin , 1 9 1 1-12 ; B . U . S . B . IV B , 2 2 5
72 . Multi-family Villas i n the Cite Indust rielle� Tony Garnier ,
189 8 ; Wiebensohn
73 . Terr ac ed Villa Blo ck at the Rivier a , Adolf Loos , 19 23 ;
Nunz /Kuns tler
74 . Blocks of Dwellings on the " Cellular" Sys tem, Le C o rb usier ,
19 2 9 ; City of Tomorro w
75 . Maison la Roche , Le Corbusier , 1923 ; Boes iger
76 . Doub le Villa in the Weissenhof-Siedlun g , Le Corbusie r , 19 2 7 ;
Boes iger
77 . Pes s ac-housin g , Le Corbus ie r , 1925 ; Boes i ger
78. Mei s te rhauser in Dessau, W. Gropius , 1 9 ; Ruse
79 . Siedlung " I talienischer Garten , " Celle , O t to Hae s l er , 1924; Gut
80 . Modell Einer " S tadt ohne Hofe , " Geb ruder Luckhardt und Anker ;
Adler
81 . Atelierhouses, Andre Lur cat ;
The Urban Vill a : On the Des ign Process .. DES IGN PARAMETERS ( RANPOM COLLECTION)
1. DESIGN CONCEPTS
Perhaps the mo st predominant theme 'the f o llowing processes : do cumentat ion Generating Geometrical Literary/Sylli>ol Architectural Urban Natural
represented in the work done in the in a c omparat ive manner o f s c ale and Processes Organization References Metaphors Metaphors Metaphors
19 7 7 Sommerakademie in Berlin is the repres entation , analys is o f the exis t ing Quo tation Axial Cross Wall Bridge Tree
Repetition Symmetrical Face
co-exis tence of two pro ces s es of thought under lying themes , and c reative interpre Roo f Street Mountain
Fragmentation Radial Heaven Stair Arcade Cave
or the c oncurrence of thought in tation or re-interp re tation by the Collage Peripheral Pyramus & Thisbe Table Galleria Cloud
Addition Proportional Janus Tower Plaza Elephant
des ign and in analys is , and the creative individual o f thos e themes found to b e Superlmposit Linear Mo ther & Child Gate Village Island
int erpre t at ion which plays the maj o r characteris tic . In this s tage , then , Projection Random Love Fountain City Forest
Progression Polycentric Limo Pyramid Connector River
role i n these pro cesses . The two modes the p ro cess o f des i gn and creative Composition Additional Joe Monastery Edge Canyon
Illusion Sequential Beethoven Column Park Honeycoui>
o f though t , t raditionally $eparated in thinking is alre ady included in the
the s e modern times o f obj ect ivity and analys is , promoting an involvement as
2. CONTEXTURAL CONDITIOI!IS
quantitative analys is , have b een woven a des igner in looking at how o thers
t o gether in the basic premise that Site Construction &
have thought and then applying one ' s Topographical Typological Location (Urban) Economic and
Regulations Social
there is equal need fo the c reative own interpretation .
Square Flat Site Free Standing Waterfront Conventional Professional
imagination in analysis and in synthesis ; Irregular Sloped Site Attached Island Pre Fab Spec. Ethnic Group
that " finding" is as much a creative act l:li11 Top Site
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This impo rtant process o f c reative inter Wide Enclosed Space Street of Villse Skeleton Conet. Ole
Narrow Site Introverted Block (Inside) Pilotie Small Families
e s "makin g , " and that the ult imate value pre t at ion was then us ed in a different 4 Side Exposure Green Site Above Grade Intersection Frame Workers
No Exposure Naked Site <kl Grade On Plaza Bearing Wall Migrants
lies in the interpretat ion in an imagin w ay , in hunting and recording the villas Heavy Traffic llooftop Site Side Access Inner City Steel Close Community
ative way , through conceptual o rdering . as found in Ber lin t oday . The interpre Parking Lot Built Over Site Access From Below In a Park Glass Individualistic
The task was one o f the inve s t i gation and "How can these villas be c lassi fied
and exploration of a prototype , "The and explained? " came into b eing in this 3. FUNCTlOIIAL IIEQ1Jll!EMENTS
Villa as an Urban Dwelling Form , " pho to gr aphic re cor d . Only by c oncep- Residential Recreational Cultural Couaercial Industrial Ins titutional
and its app lication to specific condi- tual o rdering and imaginat ive interpre-
Studio Apt . Stm Bath Terrace Kindergarten Architects Off . Workshop Local Office
tions . This research was carried o ut t at ion can the s e characteris tics o f 4 Br. Apt. Garden Dancing School Artists Studio Repair Shops S torefront Gov ' t
Elderly Apts . Loggia Music School Medical Prac t . Service Shops Advisory Offices
i n s everal di fferenct ment al di rections unity and divers ity within the s ame Student Beg. Roof Garden Arch . Academy Kiosk Light Indus try Information
at once , in an e f fort t o unders t and this " type" b e underst o od and communi c ated . COliiiiiUne Green House Day Care Center Laundry Research Lab . Dept. Offices
· Halfway House Sw:lllllllilig Pool Theater Specialty Shops Woodworking Org. Headqutrs .
phenomenon in a historical context as In this s tage "sear ching" and " finding" Monastery Sauna Gallery · lui> iss Manufacturing Prof . Groups
well as in an investi gation of its inher- c ome int o the des i gn pro ce s s , as well Sanatorium Fitness lloom Museum Cafe Storage Consulate
Guest House Playgrounds Library Garden Restaur . Printing Press Embassy
ent , if lat en � , attrib utes and the ut ili- as the appre ciat ion and unders t anding Brothel Pinball lloom Religious Center Macdonalds Blimp-Factoty Social Service
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mo s t of the other villas because it belonged to a weal thy family , contained
two atriums and two p eris tyles , and covered an ent ire b lo ck . The view to the
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PROJECT : V illa Madama
CITY : Rome
TIME : 1516
ARCHITECT : Raphael , Guilio Romano , Antonio da Sangallo
Begun by Raphael , the Villa Madama is an unf inished villa j us t out s ide o f
Rome . " There seems no doubt tha t the origirtal intention was to re-create
a class ical villa with an enormous circular cour tyard in the centre and with
p . 149 ) Because it was only half comp le ted , the internal courtyard and
a great gar den l ike an amphitheater t erraced into the hills ide . " (Ackerman
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The Villa Barb aro is atyp ical because it s erved b o th as a gent leman ' s r e s i
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p lan is a combina tion of galler ia and crucif orm with entry at the inters ec
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characteris tic o f the Genova Pa la z zo Style , while the f lanking loggias create
a unique r apport with the s tr eet . The promenad e sequence f rom the s tr ee t to
a trium , cour tyard , and gr and s tair reveals the spat ial qualities created by
the level changes in the garden . These splits s imultaneously provide v isual
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The mos t f amous of Palladia ' s villas , the Villa Ro tonda is located on a hill
outside Vicenza . I t i s named f o r the circular domed central snace which
was changed dur ing execution from the original drawings in Quattro Libr i .
The Villa Rotonda is famous no t only f o r i t s unique archi tecture but also
for i t s place a s a world-wide precendent f o r villa des ign . One o f the mo s t
well-known imi ta tions is Thomas Jefferson ' s house at Monticello .
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PROJECT : Cas tello Di Ficaraz z i
C ITY : Palermo
TIME : 1 6 00 ' s
ARCHITECT ; Unknown
Per ched on a rocky o ut crop above Palermo , Cast ello Di Ficara z z i dominates the
road while remaining t o t ally r emoved from the adj acent town . The villa is com
posed o f a uniform b lo ck divided vert ically and hor izontally by the long
dominant s t airway which creates a tri-p artite reading in both plan and eleva
tion . A unique feature of the Cas tello is the lack of the tradit ional interior
cour tyard wh ich proved awkward b ecause of rock format ions and the extant ruins o f
a for tress built on the s ite in 500 A . D .
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TIME : 1650 ' s
ARCHITECT : John Webb
This proj ect for a house was done by Webb af ter working in Inigo Jones ' s tudio .
One in a s eries of axial s tud ies , it is an amplif icat i on o f an earlier design
for a " two s tory house with s ingle s to ry p avilions at the angles and the inter
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Wardour C a s t l e in 1 7 7 0 . This typ e o f villa was based upon t h e Palladian
proj ect for Count Tr issino at Meledo , a wonumental development of the
Ro tonda theme wi th two pav ilions and quadrant l inks . Th� b ody of the
house in b o th the Palladian original and in C ampb el l ' s vers ion had doub l e
f lanking bays on the principal fronts and this alone , apar t from the in
creased s cale o f these designs , sets them b eyond the normal s cope of the
villa formula .
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Although S tr a t f ord Hal l make s over tur e s to the Nee -Pallad ian comp o s i t ion , the
s tark mas s and uncompromi s ing s imp l ic ity of the f a cade are unique in Engl ish
domestic ar chitec tur e . The build ing i s s eparated horizont ally b y the gr and
stair into private and pub lic spac e s , wi th the main l iving areas on the p iano
nob ile c ommanding a view of the Po tomac River . P r ominent f eatur e s inc lude
the unique over s i zed chimney clus t e r s and the H-configuration , a c ommon f o rm
borrowed f r om Eng l i sh ar chi tectur e .
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PROJECT : Mt . Pleasant
C ITY : Philadelphia
TIME : 1761 - 2
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S i t t ing on a. hill t op in Philadelphia ' s Fairmount Park , this Geor gian s tyle
mansion is a reminder o f the opulence o f the times . The siting and f enestra
tion prefer over t iso lat i on to the pro spect o f extensive view , while the
grandeur of this residence is emphasi z ed by the placement and s i z ing of the
two f lanking dependenc ies . Mt . Pleasant is the only surviving example in
the Middle C o lonies o f this typ ically southern symme t r ical comp o s i t i on of
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Ledoux ' s Temple de Memo ir e is a s o c ial ed ifice for the v il lage o f Chaux .
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sphere is p laced on a sunken s quar e with entry s tairs up to the s econd level .
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vis ioned , wh ile the s tair s which r e s emb le f lying buttr e s ses are s e t too f ar
b elow the center o f gravity to provide adequate suppor t . The Guard House
contains s tab les and greenhouses on the g round f lo o r , b edro oms and kit chen on
the main f lo or , and s t o rage on the top f l o or .
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PROJECT : Wohngebaude Am Rondellpla t z
CITY : Kar lsruhe
TIME : 1803
ARCHITEC T : Fr iedr ich Weinbr enner
This unr ealized proj ect was part of a new s cheme for the Rondellp la t z in
Kar lsuhe , Germany . It is a s ingle f amily ar i s to cratic r es idence which f ills
one tr iangulated edge of the plaza . The two towers r e f er t o the formal plaza
facade while r elating t o the p r iva t e cour tyard which r e s o lves the irr e�ular
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Gandy ' s unrealized cottage architec ture reflects the inf luence o f Ledoux ' s
Ville de Chaux . As iso lated examples , the s e des igns appear s implistic and
contrived , but the to tal vo lume o f Gandy ' s work r ep r e s ents a new att itude
towards rural , working class architecture as well as an inter e s t in the b ar e
expression o f f o rms .
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" . . . i t is s imp ly a mat t er of unusual subj e c t awar ene s s , enab l ing the ar t i s t to
draw f r e e ly upon the wor ld of the unconc ious - the wo r ld whi ch , f or mo s t of us
is r igorously supp r e s s ed excep t dur ing t he s l e ep . " (Summerson p . 38 )
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PROJ ECT : Villa Cronhar d t
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CITY : Frankfur t
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The Villa Cr onh ardt r epeats the ob tus e angle o f the corner s i t e and r e s o lves
the irregular geometry through the curved entry p i e c e and hing ed c entral hall .
The thr ee s t ory frontal p i e c e emphas i s e s the imp c r t ance o f the corner whi l e
removing t h e p o t ential conf l i c t o f angles to t h e s ervi c e zone o f t h e villa .
The symmetrical d evelopment of the f acades creates the i l lus ion o f a skin .
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The Ne therland s , one of the f ew suburb an ap ar tment c omp l exes around the turn
o f the century , respects the cont ext o f an area comp o s ed p r imarily o f s ingle
f amily res idence s . The int egration is accomp l i shed by b r eaking down the pro
g ram into smaller units and by develop ing a rich archi t e c tural treatment for
the f a c ad e s , creating the image of a small village .
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As in many of the hous ing d e s igns f o r the " C i t e Indu s tr ielle , " the f orm of
this p ar ticular module appears t o h ave b een shaoed f r om c oncerns ab out l iving
environment s that p romoted adequat e health cond i t ions . Garnier ' s s o cial and
phil o soph i c al concern f or c r ea t ing a utopia b a s ed on an image o f urban
ar chi t e c tur e in a park s e t t ing i s not unlike Le Corbusier ' s in the "Ville
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A per f e c t cube is set ab ove the roman t i c land s cape of a ro cky edged r iver .
The s evere g eome try is exaggerated b y the ins er t ion of a smaller cub e cap
ped by a c i r cular lantern into the pyramida l r o o f . Interlocking c ir culat ion
sys t ems add a level of compl exity to the o th erwi s e s imp l e r e c tangular s ub
d ivis ion which is mod i f ied by two p o che spaces - t h e "U" s tair and ellip s e
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The V illa S avoye illus trates Le Corbusier ' s f ive p o ints o f architectur e
wh ereby p ilotis d i f f erentiate the s tructure f rom non- load b earing walls ;
the r o o f garden is derived from the logic o f concrete cons truction ; the
s tr ip windows indicate the func t ional independence o f the skeleton and
walls , wh ile the f r ee p lan and f ree f acade ar e logical outcomes o f the
D omino ideas . In combining the tr inity of p il o t is , cub e , and s culp tura l
roof , Le Corbusier ' s V illa S avoye r einterpr etes the villa a s a platonic
s olid hovering above the virgilian land s cap e .
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privacy ; only one o f the four intended uni t s was built . Each unit is c om
prised o f f our apar tment s which are connect ed by " a cro s s shaped b rick wall
somewhat like grouped unit s o f the S t . Mark ' s Tower proj ect o f 1 9 2 9 . "
(Hi tchcock, P . 9 8 ) Each apar tment is organized with the cellular spaces
to the b rick wall s , the r e s t o f the spaces overlapping and opening to the
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not only the idea of the f loor p l an with oval garden hall and f lanking r o oms ,
but also the exact f enestration of B ellanger ' s Ro coco Bagatelle Castle which
he reinterpreted in a class ical s tyle . The garden hall i s c on tained within a
cont inuous b and ing o f the attic s t o r ey s e t int o the end b ay p ilas t er s . Within
the symmetrical enclosure the cir culation is p laced asymmetr ically .
Schinkel ' s renovations and additions to the hunting manor at Tegel r einter
preted the given character of the small resid ence . He f el t that the f unc t iona l
quality of the exi s t ing s ingle tower prov ided r eason f or enhancing what was
there , rather than destroying its imagery . By adding three new t ower s , he
simultaneously lent meaning to the o ld and p r ov ided a synthes i s of the two
parts . The building was r ecentered about an axi s which opens into the spacious
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Persiu s , one of Schinke l ' s mo s t talented pup i l s , designed this villa in the
spirit of his teacher . The f orm o f the villa i s a pure cub e with a smaller
cube attached on the Nor th s id e , but r enovation in 1 8 5 3 greatly weakened the
initial concep t . P er s ius used an innova tive water system in this villa . " The
roof planes of the main build ing are sloped towards the middle like the
amp luvia o f the Romans with rainwater b eing collected in a copper res ervo i r
ins tead o f running int o a courtyar d . " (Kania , p . 1 0 4 ) T h i s drainage sys t em
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PROJEC T : Villa S te inthal
CITY : Charlo t t enburg
T IME : 1893 - 94
ARCHITECT : Max S t e inthal
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in the transver s e zoning of the building . The s eparation o f living and
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C ITY : Zehlendorf
TIME : 1907 - 8
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by an archi t e c t . Even though the f our houses app ear to be des igned f or ind i
v idua l c l i en t s , each has a marketable suburban p l an . Thes e villas f orm a
suc c e s s ful uni ty through s i t ing and d e tailing ; they are lo c a t ed on a h i 1 1
overlo oking a plaza , with the layout o f p ed e s trian c ir culat ion , r e taining
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entiat ing the d i s tinct uni t s through the treatment o f the wal l and roof
p lane s , Mu thes ius es t ab l ishes the dominance of the maj o r spaces . As in
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C ITY : Niko lassee
TIME : 1912 � 13
ARCHITECT : Hermann Muthes ius
This is one of Muthesius ' mo s t compact and f o rmal villas . In this d e s ign
f o r a co rner s i t e l·fu the s ius f or c ed the ind ividual , self contained rooms
int o a symme trical encl osur e . It is a clear depar ture f r om his a symmetr ical ,
fr eely compo sed v i llas such as Pacell iallee 1 8 and Der Mi t t elhof . The intro
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estration above and emphasizes the f r ontal symmetry .
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courtyar d s erve s the entry and hou s ehold spaces , the smaller cour tyard s erves
the s l eep ing rooms ; the maj or l iv ing areas o p en to the o u t s id e . The or ganiza
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CITY : Char l o t t enburg
TIME : 1922 - 2 3
ARCHITECT : Hans and Was s i l i Luckhar d t , Franz Ho f fman
This villa and i t s gard ens is one o f the f ew r ea l i z ed e xamp l e s o f eXP r e s s ionism
(Glas erne Ke t t e ) in Ber l in , hut r enova t ion in 1 9 2 9 d e s t r oyed many o f the exp r e
s s ioni s t charac teris t i c s . The s truc tur e o f the villa f o l lows the s tr e e t l ines
and the p lan i s symmet r ical about the d iagonal axi s . The entry s equenc e , whi l e
incons i s t en t with t h e symme trical p l an , p r e s erve s t h e s p a t ia l qua l i t i e s o f the
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TIME : 1922 - 23
ARCHITECT : Oskar Kaufmann
This highly o rnamental and sculp tural villa is the bes t examp le o f Ro ccoco
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o f two d ominant f orms �t h e circle and the r e ct angle � allows f o r �ul t ip le
read ings in b o th two and thre e dimensions . The central c ir cular element s may
be s een a s split by a triangulat ed r o o f p lane or as f lanked by two symmetrical
rectangular v olumes which fuse the adj a c en t dwellings in eleva tion .
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PROJECT : Wohnhaus gruppe Am Rup enhorn 2 4 25
C ITY : Charlo t t enburg
T IME : 1928
ARCHITECT : Hans und Was s il i Luckhar d t , Alfons Anker
Thes e c ompanion s teel villas at Rupenhorn 24-25 are a manif e s t ation o f the
b o ld developments in architecture and life s tyles dur ing the 1 9 30 ' s . The
ground f lo o r l iving r o oms create one mai or space which opens up through
glass wall s t o the sur rounding wood s . The wall p ieces appear as thin p lanes
rather than as solid enclo sure . Renovation in the 1 9 3 0 ' s des troyed much o f
the quality o f the open p lan .
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C ITY : Char lo t t enburg
TIME : 1929
ARCHITEC T : Erich Mendelsohn
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This villa is one o f the f ew hous es B ehrens built a f t er the First World War .
The s imp le geometry allows readings such as two cub es c onnec t ed by a wrapping
wal l , interlo cking rectalinear volumes , or ho rizontal and vertical layering
o f p lanes . An apar tment p avilion with roo f t errace is attached to the p r im
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C ITY : Tier g a r ten
T IME : 1957
ARCHITECT : O t t o S enn
The Hansaviertel " Interbau Ber lin" was an int ernational building exhib i t ion
comp r i s ed pr imarily of large s cal e hous ing · pr o to types . O t t o Senn ' s des ign ,
however , f i t s the image o f the urban villa . I t was d eveloned a s a proto type
for a tower s cheme , but only the f ir s t thr ee f lo o r s and roof level wer e
buil t . A typical f lo o r plan cons i s t s o f two two b edroom apar tments , one thr ee
b edroom apar tment , and one f our b edroom apar tment . The basement includes
communal wash and s torage rooms ; the r o o f level is a r t i culated by a set back
and a telier apartmen ts .
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PROGRAM : Apar tments , Shops grade for workshop s .
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volume and rep laced by three apar t like a chinese puz zle .
cubes that s i t on the b a s e . The pieces gain their own
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s s ion f lows upward through the res ident ial spaces it transforms from a spatial
container to a terraced plane . C ir culation for the apar tment s r ei terat e s the
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and commerc ial zone to the s treet . The interior facades maintain the regularity
of the grid while the exterior f acades reflect the ver t ical .transformation o f
the nine s quares into comp lex interlo cking volumes . The circulat ion spirals
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ground level . The neutrality o f this formal front is c ontras ted by the garden
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Individual urban elements such as p laza , s treet wall , or monument iden t ify
unique environments in the city , but are rarely seen as ab s o lutes . The
image for this villa is the s treet as a displaced urban element which i s
ab s trac t ed from the gridded fabric b y the superimp o s t i t ion and extraction
of a random square . The spatial and phys ical characteristics of the s tr eet
are thus maintained even though placed in a f oreign context . Included in
this villa ar e a linear building with shopp ing arcade and three pavilion
apar tment s raised above the s treet level .
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This villa was conceived as a f loating theatre for both indoor and outdoor
perf ormanc es . Located above the indoor theater individual apartments have
b een provided for the travelling actor s . Such a fac ility could continue the
development of magical p ieces p laced along the Berlin water system . The
functional ef f iciency of machinery is explo ited for thi s highly ar t iculated ,
compact villa . The c irculation sys tems , or moving par t s , are expres sed as
extrus ions ; the elevation is peeled away to expose the sect ion .
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Entry to thes e zones is established by the s e tbacks from the original s quare
in p lan . A service p odium containing a garage and j anitors apar tment forms
the base f or the p r ivate half of the villa which cons i s t s of a tower apar t
ment r i s ing i n half levels around a central c irculation core , a br idge apart
ment over the open cour t and central exhib it ion space and a corner apar tment
connec ted to the private gallery pavilion below . The glass of the private
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conies . It contains four dup lex apar tment s , f our s ingle s tory s tudio apar t
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This v illa is g enerated through a d ivis ion of the s quare p lan into four quad
ran t s involving a comb ination of d iagonal development and linear extension
par allel to the edges of the square . The p lan of the f ir s t level contains
thre e quadrants of two s tory apartments with attached private gardens and an
entrance cour t . Above the apartmen t s is a s chool with three clas srooms opening
onto a courtyard . On the f ourth f loor , a large mee t ing room and an open area
with pergo la ar e placed in opposit e quadrants reinf or c ing the diagonal r eading
of the "L" shaped roof s lop ing to the pergola . The walls transform from
an arcade a t the ground level and a b alcony at the second level to a
s taircase and s t orage zone surroundi�g a _f l�xible f loor p lan on the third .
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This villa exp loits the imagery o f r emnant s o f the urban b lo ck as characteri zed
by shear wall s , an introver ted or ientat ion , and an acc idental irregularity
due t o unp lanned growth and inf ill . One can s ee the p r ismatic core a s being
exp o s ed through the breaking o f a s o lid block or as an inf ill for a f ragment ed
b lo ck . Through thi s crys talline s truc tur e the fre ely composed spaces and
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In this high ly specialized villa f o r drama s tudents the amphi theatre is inter
p reted literally , with the building i t self b ecoming a b ackdrop . The s tage
wings become circulation t ower s ; the pro cenium arch , an arcade on the ground
level ; and the o r ches tra p i t , a pub lic p la�a with shop s . The externalization
of thes e elements p r ovides a curtain behind which the p r ivate lifes of the
p layers can take p lace .
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SHED ROOF
The s olid , t erraced shed r oof which is held up by f our c ir culat ion towers
contains apar tments . The l ibrary b elow i s enc l o s ed by a cur tain wall , allow
ing the pr imary image o f f r ees tanding r o o f to pr edomina t e . The s tepped sec
tio n , which creates a literal shed f o r the b o oks , i s r ep eated as a r eading
room, sunken b elow ground level .
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This villa uses the grands tand image as a s t epped sect ion containing p r ivate
t erraces and ap ar tments . The practice r oo1ns under a grands tand become commu
nal a thletic facili ties , the spec tators s tands b ecome t erraces , and the press
boo th b ecomes a b ar . Internal circulat ion is p r iva t e ; an exp o s ed public s tair
wrap s around the b ack of the villa and c onnects the communa l areas .
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A b r idge vi lla i s c r eated by the imp o s i t ion o f a s teel trus s on two f r ee
stand ing masonry element s . Each s t r ives to expr e s s its p�ominence but they_
end up in a dialogue b e tween vert ical masonry and hor i z ontal s teel cr eating
a variety of apar tment typ es f r om p r imi t ive c ave to open air , Hi - Tech
machine . One o f the cylind rical element s s i t s on land and is viewed as a
shar ed entry way ; the o ther s i t s in wa ter and contains an apar tment f o r a
troll like creatur e . The v i lla ' s elemen t s make r ef erence to tho s e o f the s i te :
a round concrete bunker , a br idge , two f acades in dialogue , and s teel r ail
road tracks .
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RAI S ED VILLA
The p arallel walls o f the ground f lo or o f this villa are cut oblique lly by a
circulation path and used as an infrastructure for inf ill ar chitectur e . Supp
orted by the walls a grid of two story apartments is f ac ing onto an enc lo s ed
cour tyard within which the main stair is located . The z oning of the s ervice
functions on the f ir s t f lo or creates a repeta t ive layer in contrast to
living areas and t erraces on the third f loor which is characteri zed by
the p layful roofs cape ab ove .
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INTERIOR BLOCK
The interior of a s quar e b lock near Char l o t t enburg Palace is cleared , l eav
ing the c entral s chool building . The Ber l in trad i t ion of pub lic func t ions
ins id e the b lo ck , creating a c i ty in a c i ty , is exa ggerated by putting f our
villas which contain a performing arts s choo l , l ib r ary , market hall , and
swimming pool into each corner of the block . Toge ther with the formal land
s c ap ing these def ine a s trong contrast agains t the sof t edge of the interior
b lo ck facade .
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INTERIOR BLOCK
Thes e two blocks in the suburb of Lickerf elde demons trate how densities in
such areas c ould be increased without vio lating the charac teris tics of the
area . Rather than propos ing row hous es (as fr equently done in the ad i acent
blocks ) , it is sugges ted to build a group of s ix villas in the c enter of the
larger b lo ck and a galler ia villa in the middle of the smaller one . The
prop o s al also includes an underground garage . Vehicular cr o s s c irculat ion
for each villa is placed p erpendicular to the pede str ian walkway which con
nect s the two plazas .
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BLOCK SEGMENT
A lands cap e park is propo s ed on the site of the deserted Gorlit zer Bahnhof
in the mid s t of one of Ber l in ' s d ense s t areas . The proportions and strength
of the park ' s edges suggest a comparison with Cen tral Park,; F. L . O lms t ed ' s
cir culation system was borrowed to o rganize s everal villas with pr edominately
pub lic functions including schools , l ibrary , theatre , and museum as well as
b a ths (Turkish ) .
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STREET INFILL S ECTION
The Fasanens trasse as an inner c i ty s treet p r ovides a morphology rang ing from
the urban villa as a frees tanding obj ect to villas integrated into the block
p a t t ern. The s trategy involved b o th the sup er imp o s i t ion of a chequerboard
pattern of unif ied cube villas on the larger open lots ( Kants trasse ) , and
villas that co rrespond t o specific s i t e condi t ions on the smaller ones . A
number o f exi s t ing villas set back from the Fasanens trasse ( South of the
Kudamm ) which provide b eergardens and outdoor restaurants are used as a de�
s ign precedent . A double row of trees within the setb a ck completes the block.
The Fasanen Platz is r edefined by two c orner-villas .
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Thes e three v illas correspond to the sp ecific cond i tions o f the open lo t s in
a well preserved area b etween Savigny Platz and Kudamm . The smal l tr iangular
site enclosed by high f ir ewalls is o ccup ied by an amphitheatrical building
with b outiques on the ground level , oriented into the half-circular courtyard .
Oppo s ite this s ite , a market hall or a small shopp ing center is propo sed . Both
of these villas are built on the lo t line , emphas i z ing the continuo s b lo ck
facade . _ The third building is p laced on a corner s i t e and has a res taurant on
ground level . In addition to their commercial funct ions the three villas are
used f or apartments and small o f f ices . This intervention enr iches the quality
of an area solely compo s ed of blocks , by using "breaks " for special events
rather than applying a strategy o f comp le tion .
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FRAGMENTED BLOCK Ground Plan
This b lock , typical o f the Southern Friedr ich Stadt , cons ists of fragments
which form three/ f ourths of a rectangular courtyard and a r ow of three monu
mental "found " villa s . Accep t ing the f ragmentation and the predominant f ire
wall s as character is tic o f the area , this proposal superimp oses a square
block of cube villas to integrate the three exist ing obj ects . This s trategy
creates a p laza inside the new block and an English Garden out s ide . Through
the overlap one may read the existing f ir ewall as an intrusion into the p laza
with obj ects p laced in front of it , or some of the new villas as s itt ing in
the English Garden , defined by the block fragments .
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VILLAS IN A PARK
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WATERFRONT V ILLAS Ground Plan
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F . B ruckmann A . - G . , Berlin , 19 28
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Augus t 1 9 0 3
Kania, Hans , Pots dam: S t aats und Burgerbauten , Deuts cher Kuns tverlag
Ber lin , 19 39
Kub elik , Mar t in , Andrea Pal ladio , Akademie der Bi ldenden Kuns te ,
Wien , 19 75
Mer ten , Klaus , & Mohr , Chri s t oph , Das Frankfurter Wes tend , Pres t e l
verlag , Munich , 19 7 4
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S e t t lements to the National Period , Oxford Univeris ty
Pres s , New York , 19 5 2
MUnz , Ludwig/Kiins t ler , Gus t av , Der Architekt Adol f Loos , S chroll
Wien , 19 64
S chwab , Gerhard , Dif ferentiated Housing Es tates , Karl Kramer , S tutt gart
19 75
Wood , John , Cot tages on Hab i tat ions of the Lab o urer , repub lished by
Gre gg International , London , 19 7 2
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Boesi ger , Willy , L e Corb us ier , S tudio Paperb ack , Artemis , Zurich , 1 9 7 2
Deuts che Bauakademie , S tras s en und P latze , VEB Verlag fur Bauwesen
Berlin , 19 71