peter ebner and friends: public housing in munich

‘housing at welfenstrabe’ by peter ebner and friends, munich, germany all images courtesy of peter ebner and friends

munich-based office peter ebner and friends have completed the ‘housing at welfenstrabe’, a residential block in the haidhausen district of munich, germany. part of a larger scheme, this pair of six-storey tall buildings are mirrored across a courtyard. flanked by buildings with two kindergartens, office and commercial space to create atertiary scheme. differing from its neighbors, rhombic balconies generate a pleated elevation.

ground level units border a green area, opening the living spaces to the collective garden where children can play with their mothers.long lines of operable windows accentuate horizontal lines while raised parapet walls offer integrated screening for privacy to interior rooms.

(left): exterior overlooking the street(right): rhombic balconies overlook the interior courtyard

rhombic balconies generate a pleated facadeimages © peter ott

(left): children play in the garden(right): living spaces open directly into the courtyardimages © peter ott

images © peter ott

view looking up the stairwell

context plan

site plan

floor plan / level 0

floor plan / level 1

floor plan / level 2

floor plan unit

diagram distinguishing separate designers

conceptual diagram

project info:

urban planning: 03 architects, munichclient: bavarian house building, munichproject client: franz schwarzenberger, christiane hufnagelresidential architect: peter ebner and friendsdesign: peter ebnerdesign team: peter ebner, patrick ridder, birgit bucher, hermann eger, thomas kosiec, georg raess, gerhard hatredcompletion: 2012total project area: 25,560 m2area housing: 4,209 m2residential floor area: 9,960 m2cost: EUR 13,900,000, – excluding 19% vatsales period: all the apartments within 2 months before planning permissionapartments: 78 apartmentsratio gf / wf: 81.5%landscape architecture: studio b – elke berger, munich