Housing Block in Weimar
Situated high above the city of Weimar, this four-storey housing block closes one of the last gaps in the new residential district am Horn. The development plan for what had formerly been the site of a military barracks came about in the course of the Expo 2000 and was influenced by a nearby Bauhaus estate proposed in the 1920s, but never realized beyond a model house. The long, narrow volume now erected gives the former parade ground a spatial boundary, while the functional plinth storey forms a step at the edge of the slope that provides access to the first living level and the gardens with their old stock of trees. Oriented in two directions, the dwellings afford views of both the park and the city.
