Single-family Houses with Floor-to-ceiling Concrete Wall Elements
In the winter semester of 1960/61, Professor Gustav Hassenpflug's chair at the Technical University of Munich assigned students in the design seminar the task of designing a single-family, single-storey house made of steam-cured aerated concrete. The Josef Hebel aerated concrete plant near Munich provided assistance, highlighting the specific characteristics of this construction method with story-high wall elements and addressing the resulting challenges through colloquia and discussions. The student project was based on the premise that when building with mass-produced, prefabricated components, it is essential to consider the inherent structural features of the prefabricated element as much as possible. Custom-made components become disproportionately expensive and significantly diminish the advantages of prefabricated construction compared to conventional building methods.
