Elementa

The central point of this experiment is the social, access, and pedestrian level on the first floor. This platform is equipped with ramps, staircases, and an elevator, which are interconnected by a pedestrian bridge. Access to individual apartments is via staircases offset by half a floor. The chosen column structure with reinforcing walls mounted on teeth allows spatial and plan freedom when designing the apartments. The individuality of each tenant was taken into account both during the initial division and was also considered during later changes in layout. Externally, the individual apartments are distinguished by color, material, greening, or shading of windows, awnings, and pergolas. In history, we find many examples where an urban whole consists of a fragmented form.
An interesting experiment has its older, more intimate, and more beautiful sibling in Munich, where the studio and its author are located. Through these examples, Steidle demonstrates that concrete prefabricated houses do not have to be a dead end in development as they are in our case and, in close connection with nature, can instead be a sought-after type of housing.