Project Information
| Address: | between Mainzer Landstrasse and the main railway depot, Frankfurt |
| Work Type: | new built |
| Context: | urban |
| Number of Storeys: | 3-storey |
| Type of Building: | housing estate |
| Number of Units: | 1200 |
| Other Uses: | 20 shops |
Description
The internal structure consists of cross walls and floors that span from party wall to party wall. This allows for the free arrangement of facades, loggias, and balconies as well as a high degree of variability in the plans. None of the internal walls are load-bearing.
References
Dreysse, D. W., May-Siedlungen : Architekturführer durch acht Siedlungen des neuen Frankfurt 1926-1930, Köln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 1994.
Höpfner, R., and V. Fischer, Ernst May und das Neue Frankfurt 1925-1930, Berlin: Ernst und Sohn, 1986.
Rümmele, S., Mart Stam, Basel: Birkhäuser, 1994.