On a plot of around 2,100 m² in a small residential street in Duisburg, two individual houses were to be built for two clients with business and private ties, which would also express an informal sense of togetherness. Architektur S + R was commissioned with the planning. The original 1960s building on the site was demolished and the plot divided up. If you look at the two adjoining bungalows built on the site, they are similar in terms of design, but have their own unique character thanks to their different façade designs and entrances. What unites the two buildings without basements are the differing room heights of 2.7 to 3.7 m in the entrance and living and dining areas, which create a very special spatial experience. The façades facing the garden with its large stock of trees are completely glazed. Generous sliding doors lead to the wide covered terraces without thresholds, so that nature virtually merges with the buildings. This impression is reinforced by the large floor tiles - one in a concrete look, the other in a light sand-colored tone - that lead from the living area out into the outdoor space. The individual ceiling panels of the canopy made of a reinforced concrete frame construction and special textile tarpaulins can be opened and closed electrically. Architect Thomas Stahlmann highlights some of the building's characteristics: "On the one hand, a simple white plaster façade was chosen, which accentuates the projections and recesses as well as the height offsets of the building particularly well. The second façade is dominated by an elegant, long and narrow facing brick, which is atypical and radiates extravagance. The elongated canopy of the clinker brick building also contrasts with the square entrance canopy of the other bungalow. The individually adapted building layouts are also different. Only one pool was built."

All rooms and corridors of the bungalows with their 200 and 240 m² of living space are lit by built-in flat roof windows. The built-in cupboards in the entrance hall and bedrooms as well as the wardrobes are custom-made. Heating and hot water are generated by geothermal heat pumps.

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Photos:

Peter van Bohemen
www.bohemen.de

(Published in CUBE Ruhr Area 03|22)