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Weissenhofsiedlung estate ,case study
The Weissenhofsiedlung settlement in Stuttgart, Germany was built in 1927 as a model housing exhibition organized by the German Work Federation under Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. 17 architects constructed 21 buildings with 63 apartments showcasing modern design. Mies van der Rohe designed Houses 1-4 with a flexible floor plan using movable walls. Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret designed Houses 14-15 using Le Corbusier's Five Points of Architecture with a horizontal window and transformable living space divided by sliding partitions. The exhibition demonstrated modern urban housing solutions for different social classes.
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- 1. Weißenhofsiedlung estate , Stuttgart DIKSHAKONDA ,1RW18AT032 MANIKRISHNA, 1RW18AT023
- 2. Exhibition staged byGerman Work Federation Experimental housing Building land and financing were made available by the City of Stuttgart Construction - 1927 Construction duration - 21 weeks Architectural style - Modernist The Weissenhofsiedlung settlement is one of the most significant landmarks of modern architecture: It was built in 1927 as a building exhibition staged by German Work Federation. Under the artistic direction of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 17 architects from Germany, Holland, Austria and Switzerland created what was considered an exemplary model for modern urban living.
- 4. INTRODUCTION Location - Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg , Germany. Architects - Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Gropius, Hilberseimer, Scharoun, Max and Bruno Taut, Poelzig, Behrens, Oud, Stamm, Döcker and others. Area - 12,540 sq ft Buffer zone - 3,618,970 sq ft Buildings - 21 buildings comprising a total of 63 apartments The second international exhibition of the Deutscher Werkbund in 1927 was designed to introduce modern housing solutions for the different social classes of a typical city. The exhibition’s organisation, headed by architect Mies Van der Rohe, had proposed the construction of a model housing estate in the hills of Stuttgart.
- 6. Houses 1-4 byMies van der rohe
- 7. Concept Flexible floor plan,facilitated bythe use of moveable dividing walls in a skeleton construction.
- 8. This framework ensuredthat the internal partitions could be laid out without any constraints and the twenty-four apartments were therefore designed with different geometries. To design the apartment buildings, he used a structural steel frame which shows the geometry of their elevation. Mies Van der Rohe's plan was simple and at the same time very functional.
- 9. He intended tomaximise the surface area of the areas used for daytime activities while minimising , typically functional spaces such as storage areas, corridors and passageways.
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- 11. NPLAN , SCALE 1:200 CROSSSECTION SCALE 1:200 SIDE ELEVATION SCALE 1:200
- 12. House 14 &15 by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret Designed - International Style Many of Le Corbusier's Five Points on Architecture can be observed in this project. The most visible example is its main facade, which features a horizontal strip window that runs the length of the building.
- 13. Concept T ● The factthat there were two units with similar plans presented the opportunity to set up one living space for daytime use, and the other living space for nighttime use. ● A key innovation of the building was the transformable open living space that could be subdivided into multiple sleeping compartments with sliding partitions; similarly, beds would slide out of large built-in closets. ● Also noteworthy are the library and study concealed behind the stairs; the location of this room meant that residents could work late into the night without disturbing others on the floor below.
- 14. Steel pilotis holdup the upper portion of the residence, which juts out towards the street. The flat roof accommodates a terrace that is partially sheltered by a concrete canopy above it. Le Corbusier solved the thermal imbalances problem (having light on the East side only in the morning and on the West side only in the afternoon) by designing apartments on two levels.
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- 18. Project takeaways ● Twoor more households having common distribution systems (stairs, balconies, lifts, services for kitchen and bathroom ,etc.) ● with common structural elements,which represents one or more linear staircases that constitute a single serial building. From the staircase it is possible to access the housing units. ● where the internal aggregative unit is constituted by the apartment (distributed on one or more floors). ● The type of housing varies according to the existing different family compositions, thus the internal arrangement allows a greater variety in the use of the space. ● A common solution is to locate the central corridor for a double distribution of apartment units at each side of the hallway. It represents an interesting opportunity for the natural cooling of rooms. ● Adopting an East-West orientation and a central distribution system would result as an unbalanced solution. As a matter of fact, the apartments located north of the corridor would be sun-deprived since facing only North.
- 19. Problems House 1-4 Central corridorallow less light inside the building House 14-15 Narrow corridor Large windows would be better for Mediterranean climate
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