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in the London Borough of
Greenwich, gaps in the urban
fabric have been closed with
subsidized housing for senior
citizens. Read moreabout this
project by Bell Phillips
Architects on pp. 18f.

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A serious consideration of housing forms for the elderly
is long overdue. What concepts comply with the needs
and wishes of the older generation? In the current issue
of Detail, we present various housing developments
for senior citizens. The cultural background ranges
from Japan to Switzerland, from Paris to Frankfurt and
London, and a question is addressed that arises in all
industrial nations. Typologies of homes for seniors are
documented here that offer various levels of care in
forms that range from dwelling clusters to solitary build-
ings integrated in the urban landscape. Health centres
that provide special medical support and that contain
communal zones are discussed as well as subsidized
housing that offers old people – whether in wheelchairs
or not – scope to find happiness within their own four
walls. Our editorial team has taken a closer look at the
Erika Horn care home in Graz, for example, as well as
the Padre Rubinos social centre in Corunna. The views
of residents there reveal how successful housing con-
cepts can have a direct impact on the lives of people
in advanced years. We hope these themes may be of
inspiration to you in this field. Sandra Hofmeister
Reports
1 Editorial
Sandra Hofmeister

4 Studio Mumbai: MPavilion in Melbourne

Christian Schittich

6 The New Design Museum in London

Heide Wessely

Discussion
10 Growing Old in One’s Own Neighbourhood – New Housing Forms for Old Age
Roland Pawlitschko

Typology
18 Terraced Housing for Senior Citizens in London
Bell Phillips Architects, London

22 Retirement Home in Frankfurt am Main

Waechter + Waechter Architekten, Darmstadt

26 Home for Senior Citizens near Hiroshima

CAn, Susumo Uno, Nagoya; Met Architects, Katsumasa Hirano, Gifu

28 Retirement Home in Küsnacht

Bob Gysin + Partner BGP Architekten, Zurich

31 Retirement Home in Paris

Atelier du Pont Architectes, Paris

34 Residential Care Facility in Vienna

Delugan Meissl Associated Architects, Vienna; Vasko + Partner Ingenieure, Vienna

Process
38 Erika Horn Residential Care Home in Graz
Dietger Wissounig Architekten, Graz

52 Padre Rubinos Social Centre in Corunna

Elsa Urquijo Architects, Corunna

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66 Jewellery Boutique in Beijing
Ippolito Fleitz Group Identity Architects, Stuttgart

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72 Lights and Lighting
76 Bathrooms and Universal Design
82 Landscaping and Outdoor Living
90 Interior Walls, Ceilings and Acoustics
95 On the Spot

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Studio Mumbai:
MPavilion in Melbourne
Text: Christian Schittich
Architects: Studio Mumbai
According to various international rankings,
the Australian metropolis Melbourne, with a
population of 4,500,000, is one of the most
attractive cities in the world in which to live.
Its growth is correspondingly dynamic. The
skyline, however, which is subject to con-
stant change, consists largely of rapidly
erected office towers of steel and glass. The
contrast between this urban backdrop and
the simple, handmade structure of bamboo
and wood that forms the current MPavilion
could scarcely be greater. The latter, in
what resembles a traditional Asian form of
construction, is the third temporary pavilion
to be erected in the Queen Victoria Gardens
since 2014. The pavilion will stand in this
historical park – situated to the south of the
city’s business district – throughout the Aus-
tralian summer, providing a cultural meeting
point and location for various events.
In contrast to the Serpentine Pavilion in Lon-
don, however, which also served as a model
for the Australian concept, there is no muse-
um backing behind the scheme in Mel-
bourne. Instead, a private organization, the
Naomi Milgrom Foundation, bears the bulk
of the costs. Every year, the eponymous
founder of this institution entrusts a different
international architect with the design. In
2014, local icon Sean Godsell developed a
filigree metal structure with changeable
openings in the facade and roof, for which
he was awarded the Detail Prize last No-
vember. In 2015, the British architect Aman-
da Levete created an ultralight object from
carbon fibres and translucent plastics.
For 2016, Naomi Milgrom selected the Indi-
an architect Bijoy Jain and his Studio Mum-
bai. Whereas his two predecessors opted
for state-of-the-art technology and material
development, Bijoy Jain’s scheme is char-
acterized by the exclusive use of natural
building materials. In addition, handmade
forms of construction were a major feature
of the design: for Jain, the building process
stands on an equal footing with the end
product. Alongside the core team of archi-
tects, Studio Mumbai consists above all of
craftsmen who are able to apply traditional
Indian construction methods that have been
handed down from one generation to anoth-
er over the centuries. A further token of this
return to tradition are the knotted ropes con-
necting the bamboo members, although
these are additionally fixed with wooden
pins, which resulted in a particularly elastic
overall construction.
As is common in the Mumbai region, the pa-
vilion is covered with prefabricated mats
made of Karvy branches – mats that were
also produced in that region. On the inside
of the roof and scarcely visible externally is
an additional translucent membrane that
acts as protection against rain. Somewhat
off-centre is an opening in the roof which,
according to Bijoy Jain, is meant to link the
internal space with the sky. Directly beneath
this, a golden receptacle symbolizes the im-
mense importance of water for the world.
With its simple, yet symbolic design, Studio
Mumbai has managed to create a pavilion
that is quite unspectacular at first sight, but
that stands with self-assurance in the ver-
dant surrounding landscape. In contrast to
many comparable projects, it does not seek
to be eye-catching at all costs. Only on clos-
er examination does it reveal the subtlety of
its concept. The present MPavilion, there-
fore, is a place of peace in an extremely
lively metropolis – a city where upmarket ar-
chitecture proves to be otherwise somewhat
loud and seeks to attract attention to itself.
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The New Design Museum in London
Text: Heide Wessely
Architects: John Pawson, OMA
A pair of jeans, a rotary dial telephone in
1970s green, an Avocet altimeter wrist watch
– these are some of the everyday objects on
display at the Design Museum in London,
which have always been a particular source
of its appeal. Founded in 1989 by renowned
designer Terence Conran, the museum was
located for 27 years in an old banana ware-
house on the south bank of the Thames Riv-
er. In addition to showcasing design objects,
the museum has presented small yet signifi-
cant architecture exhibitions.
A Long History
In 2011, Sir Terence Conran donated € 20.7
million for the museum’s move to a larger
building: the old Commonwealth Institute in
Kensington, once home to a permanent ex-
hibition extolling life in the former British col-
onies. The imposing construction from 1962,
with its swooping concrete roof, revealed its
shortcomings early on: the roof was leaky,
and buckets set out to catch rainwater often
detracted from the items on exhibit. Never-
theless, the building by RMJM architects
was historically listed, and stood vacant
from 2002 onwards. Its condition was ap-
propriately desolate when in 2008, a com-
petition was announced to redevelop the
complex; OMA and West 8 were the winners
(see interview in Detail 1/2 2017). To cover
the difficult and costly restoration and reno-
vation of the central building, the local
council partnered with a private investor,
who was allowed to demolish the remaining
buildings on site and replace them with
three luxury apartment blocks.
Old and New
A later competition was held for the muse-
um’s interior design, with the winning plans
going to John Pawson. The London-based
architect is known for his minimalist style,
with clear lines and subtle detailing, as seen
in Calvin Klein’s flagship stores and various
private homes for well-heeled clients. Paw-
son’s signature is likewise evident in the
new Design Museum, which is outfitted in
pale oak and glass with indirect lighting,
fostering an atmosphere of calm. The con-
trast with the pre-existing structure allows
the overlapping parabolic roof shells to as-
sert their spatial dominance. These consist
of alternating exposed concrete and a gird-
er framework covered by lightweight wood-
wool panels.
The three-level atrium with its tiered galleries
thus function as a kind of inner frame for the
original fabric, which is almost brutalist in
nature. The atrium, to which a café and the
museum shop have also been attached,
serves as a central access zone. It is a
place to see and be seen, on the stepped
benches, stairs, and walkways. Displays in
the high-ceilinged space are planned for the
future; a system of hanging rails has already
been installed.
Museum, Education, Research
Museums in England differ from those in
Germany in several ways. While German
museums serve mainly to showcase exhibi-
tions, their English counterparts take on a
broader institutional role that includes re-
search and education. Whereas a museum
membership in Germany means discounted
admission fees, in England one receives ac-
tual club benefits, which are reflected by the
different spatial arrangements. The new De-
sign Museum includes a Members Room,
the Swarovski Foundation Centre for Learn-
ing, seminar rooms, design studios, and an
auditorium with 202 seats. The Sackler Li-
brary also has an outpost here, serving as a
valuable source of information for designers
and design students alike. Much of the mu-
seum’s space is used for lectures, work-
shops, and other events, and is only partial-
ly open to the public.
Exhibitions
This may explain why the area dedicated
to the free, permanent exhibition has been
relegated to the building’s uppermost floor.
Despite a colorful wall with the words “De-
signer Maker User” signaling the show’s lo-
cation and theme, its entrance is relatively
narrow and sure to be tight with some
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Section 4 Administration
Floor plans 5 Temporary
Ground floor exhibition
Second floor 6 Museum shop
scale 1:1000 7 Stairs & seating
8 Permanent exhibition
1 Entrance 9 Members Room
2 Tickets 10 Restaurant
3 Coffee & Juice 11 Event space
counter 12 Seminar room

650,000 visitors expected annually. The
same applies to the path through the dense-
ly-packed exhibition, which showcases
nearly 1,000 design objects. More breathing
room is available on the ground floor, which
hosts temporary exhibitions where admis-
sion is charged.
The inaugural show, “Fear and Love: Reac-
tions to a Complex World,” presents 11 in-
stallations confronting current issues. Most
of the works take a more abstract approach
than the museum’s otherwise straightfor-
ward design content; an exception is OMA’s
living room, which is outfitted with one de-
sign object from each European Union na-
further photos:
tion. A Braun wall clock stands for Germany.
www.detail.de/D3_2017_DesignMuseum
Representing Great Britain is floral wallpa- www.designmuseum.org
per by Osborne & Little, the family company
of George Osborne, the former Chancellor
of the Exchequer who resigned after the EU
referendum. A strip curtain in the colors of
the Union Jack lies on the floor; the colors
of the other EU countries are still hanging.
An old photograph behind the blinds de-
picts war-bombed Rotterdam – a sobering
reminder of why the EU was originally estab-
lished. Here it becomes clear that design is
not only important for the form and function
of consumer goods, but can also help us to
understand developments at work within
society.

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Growing Old in One’s Own Neighbour-
hood – New Housing Forms for Old Age
Text: Roland Pawlitschko
Statistically, the life expectancy of newborn
children rises by two to three months each
year. How long this trend will continue is
scarcely predictable. One thing is certain,
however, namely that people will reach an
ever greater age as time goes on and that,
alongside the demographic change that is
taking place, a social change will increas-
ingly make itself felt in our living, housing
and constructional concepts.
Senior citizens remain fit for much longer
nowadays. They wish to participate in life in
an active and autonomous fashion, and the
lives they lead are by no means confined to
the family circle – not least because many
elderly people live on their own and/or
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have no children; or they do have children,
but these are scattered about the world. In-
dependently of a person’s age, though,
scarcely anyone does not strive for those
essential elements that ideally define all
family relationships: support, acknowledge-
ment, security and protection. As a result,
building for the elderly is particularly con-
cerned with creating a tight social network
in the immediate neighbourhood.
Family ties
In some instances, one can still observe
that older people remain in the circle of the
family, as was once the case in retirement
houses on farms, for example (ill. 6). But
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that is certainly not the rule today. That has
to do, on the one hand, with the increasing
fragmentation of family structures, but it of-
ten has to do quite simply with a lack of fa-
cilities. A modern version of a retirement
house was planned by Deppisch Architects
in response to a commission from a family
near Munich (ills. 3 – 5). The parents had
decided to make over their home to the
four-person family of their daughter and to
move into a newly erected house in the
large apple orchard on the site. In order to
take up as small an area of the garden as
possible, yet wishing to achieve a more re-
fined layout, the clients opted for a two-sto-
rey design, despite the limitations this im-
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1, 2 “Olga” housing project, 2004

architects: Semmer Rammensee Dietz
ground floor plan, scale 1:750
a Shared dwelling
3 – 5 Retirement house in Freising, 2013
architects: Deppisch Architects
site plan, scale 1:2000
6 Petzi Hof retirement house,
Finsterau open-air museum, 1847

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posed in terms of barrier-free construction.
In this case, in contrast to historical mod-
els, the parents were not concerned with
withdrawing from family life – quite the op-
posite: they wished to create a new focus
for everyone. The ground floor, therefore –
designed as a large living-cum-cooking-
cum-dining space – is open on three sides
to the garden with large areas of glazing,
and the impression of an inviting sense of
openness is supported by slender steel
columns with a diameter of only 8 cm,
which bear the comparatively massive up-
per floor in laminated timber construction.
The transparency, heightened by the ab-
sence of curtains or blinds, intensifies not
only the links with the garden but also con-
tact with the children and grandchildren in
the old house. Additional space for joint
activities is afforded by a south-facing ter-
race. Situated on the upper floor is the
main entrance from the street as well as a
bathroom, a bedroom and an office that is
used by the entire family on occasion as a
guest room.
In addition to the installation of entirely new
service runs, the measures included the
addition of steel balconies on the south
face, the removal of the internal staircases
in favour of a lift and access-gallery solu-
tion and the reorganization of the layouts.
The underlying intention of all this was to
create barrier-free access to all floors and
a generous circulation area that would be
conducive to chance encounters. The pro-
cess of living together is strengthened by
two further aspects. Firstly, on the ground
floor, is a shared dwelling that provides
space for mutual activities and entertaining
guests. Secondly, the group of women
formed a company constituted under civil
law that acts as a lessee in dealings with
the housing association and that strength-
ens the cohesion of the group through a
principle of mutual, equally shared respon-
sibility and overall liability, jointly and sev-
erally (for example, in searching for subse-
quent tenants).
Ultimately, all parties have profited from
the agreement. The group of women now
lives out its autonomous model of elective
affinities, while the landlord has found ten-
ants who regard his property as their own
and accordingly treat it with care. In addi-
tion, the district has gained an urban ele-
ment, the vitality of which cannot be over-
looked.

Elective affinities
Senior citizens do not always enjoy enough
space nor such good relations with their
families to allow them to live independently
yet in close proximity to each other. But
that does not mean that elderly people
have to live without firm social ties. This is
demonstrated by a group of 11 women who
have joined forces in Nuremberg under the
motto “oldies living jointly active”. One of
their aims is “to live together in a communi-
ty, free but not alone, and with a maximum
of autonomy” (ill. 1, 2)
In their search for a suitable rentable prop-
erty, the women came across a housing as-
sociation that was receptive to new forms
of living and prepared to rent two linked
houses to them. The houses, dating from
the 1930s, were divided into flats. Further-
more, the housing association agreed to
modernize and convert the property in ac-
cordance with the group’s individual con-
cepts and to plans drawn up by Semmer
Rammensee Dietz Architects. 5
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Communities in dwelling clusters
In recent times, a different communal form
of living has emerged that is finding in-
creasing popularity: the housing commune
in which residents are not confined to single
rooms, with bathrooms and kitchens used
in common, but live instead in their own ful-
ly equipped dwellings within larger dwell-
ings. In this way, tenants can organize a
joint household without having to give up
their needs for private space.
Dwelling clusters of this kind were created
by the housing cooperative “wagnis” on the
site of the former Funkkaserne in Munich
and form part of the housing project “wag-
nisART”. Grouped about two courtyards are
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five buildings in a passive-energy form of
construction, containing 138 barrier-free
flats – both subsidized and freely financed
dwelling units for families, couples, single
persons, young and old (ills. 7– 12). This di-
versity was a deliberate part of the pro-
gramme, but it also reflects the decidedly
multivalent offer of “spaces for living, work-
ing and personal development” in the form
of ateliers, offices, practices, workshops
and spaces for various events and commu-
nity activities”, plus planted roof terraces, a
laundry with cafe and a cafeteria where one
can eat.
Among the special features of this housing
complex, which was designed jointly by the
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7– 12 “wagnisART” housing project in Munich, 2016
architects: bogevischs buero,
Shag Schindler Hable Architects consortium
site plan, scale 1:4000
section, third-floor plan, scale 1:750
a dwelling cluster
working partnership bogevischs buero and
Shag Schindler Hable Architects, was a
participative approach, whereby the future
residents were involved in numerous pro-
ject groups in almost all aspects of the de-
sign and organization and had a say in
them. The aim of this was a mutual process
of planning, construction and dwelling,
whereby the members of the cooperative
could contribute to these matters as far as
possible. The fact that acquaintanceships
and friendships are made and a kind of pri-
vate network comes about at an early stage
as a result of such regular cooperation is of
advantage to all residents, and particularly
the elderly among them – regardless of the
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housing form for which they have opted.
The fact that most of them are interested in
the dwelling cluster with partly subsidized,
partly freely financed 1–2-room individual
flats is not surprising. Roughly 30 per cent
of the overall living area is housing of this
kind. The spatial requirements for such
dwellings are also defined relatively clearly
for the long term. (That may be contrasted
with the needsof singles or pairs, for whom
family planning is something that belongs
to the future.) What’s more, at an early
stage, elderly single people in particular
are looking for ways to counteract a solitary
existence and isolation in their later years.
With wagnisART, a housing district full of vi-
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tality has been created for people of all ag-
es. It brings together in a good mix those
with needs and others who have something
to give. Not only members of the coopera-
tive benefit from this, however. The offers
and events are available to the surrounding
area.
Seniors’ housing as an impulse for a district
A close relationship with the neighbourhood
and the role of lending special impetus to a
district are also distinguishing features of
the “Peace” development with its 69 dwell-
ings for the elderly (ills. 16 – 20). The devel-
oper is the Stiftung Alterswohnen, a founda-
tion of the city of Zurich that, since the
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1950s, has been involved in the erection of
new housing in as many urban districts as
possible. In this way, it has helped people
aged 60 years and older to find high-quality
dwellings in their own familiar neighbour-
hoods at reasonable prices. Thanks to its
location on an important road and the cen-
tral urban space about which the “Peace”
scheme is laid out, but above all thanks to
its unusual mix of uses, this development
by pool architects has established itself as
a local centre. In addition to the subsidized
and freely financed dwellings – all built to
the same standards, with bathrooms for
handicapped people and with scope to
convert the kitchens for wheelchair use if
required – there are also three communal
spaces, an alternative-medicine area, a
home nursing-care base, a toy library, a
nursery school and a parent-child centre.
The fact that this coexistence of genera-
tions still functions harmoniously in the eyes
of the residents after some years may be
attributed not least to the carefully consid-
ered lines of access in the ground floor
zone, where contact between children and
passers-by is possible, but not contrived.
The entire area is permeable and interwo-
ven with a network of linking routes both in-
side and outside the buildings. For exam-
ple, the points of access to the children’s
facilities are oriented to the central open
space, while the main entrances to the
dwellings are situated in the streets running
round the development. Nevertheless, in
every block there is a second entrance that
leads to the centre of the complex. Circula-
tion areas and communal realms are con-
ducive to an informal sense of community in
which residents can opt everyday anew for
public life or contact with neighbours, or al-
ternatively can simply go their own way.
Seniors’ residence as an urban district
Not far from Lisbon, the social foundation of
the banking sector erected a housing com-
plex for senior citizens, the small-scale ur-
ban structure of which creates stability and
order in an indeterminate peripheral zone
consisting of housing and commercial de-
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13 –15 Housing complex for senior citizens

near Lisbon, 2012
architects: Guedes Cruz Architects
site plan, scale 1:2500
a housing block
b service building with communal facilities
16 –20 “Peace” development in Zurich, 2013
architects: pool architects

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16 –20 “Peace” development in Zurich, 2013 Roland Pawlitschko is an architect, a freelance author,
architects: pool architects an editor and architectural critic
ground floor plan, scale 1:750

a Central square i Playground

b Playing field j Cafe/Meeting place
c “Spitex” office k Space for movement
support base l Children’s space
d Alternative medicine m Toy library
e Laundry room n Office / Drop-off point
f Garden space Parent-child centre
g Communal space o “Peace” restaurant
h Group room crèche (existing)

velopments, sporting facilities and open Conclusion:

fields. The ensemble, designed by Guedes
Cruz Architects, consists of 52 cubic struc-
tures and a service building that exhibit
many of the qualities of an urban district.
These are, above all, the outcome of a bal-
anced interplay of private and public areas
(ills. 13 –15). The closely spaced, sensitive-
ly designed two-room dwellings, which are
flooded with light and naturally air condi-
tioned, are enclosed within a network of
narrow lanes, broad paths and squares, so
that the public spaces form an extension of
the living realm, so to speak, and help to
create a congenial atmosphere reminiscent
17 of Mediterranean villages.
Community as the decisive factor
Freedom of barriers, a fitting out suitable for
seniors and uncomplicated access to medi-
cal care where necessary are doubtless of
great importance in the lives of the elderly.
But their physical and psychological well-be-
ing depend above all on how successfully
they can relate to their environment and to
other people – more so than in the case of
young people. As the above examples show,
appropriately designed buildings can sup-
port both aspects in such a way that a high
living quality is attainable, and the move into
an old-people’s home will have to be made
only when there is really no alternative.

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Terraced Housing for Senior Citizens
in London
Architects:
Bell Phillips Architects, London
Team:
John Lineen
Structural engineers:
Richard Jackson, Colchester
Others involved in the project: see page 102
In former times, the Royal Navy had its base
in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, and the
impressive buildings still standing there are a
UNESCO World Heritage Site. Also of signifi-
cance is the Royal Observatory by the archi-
tect Sir Christopher Wren. But there are poor-
er, neglected areas in the borough as well,
with a lot of public housing dating from the
post-war years. In part, these dwellings had
their own garages – often disused and in a
run-down state – which were scattered about
the district on small plots of land. The bor-
ough council therefore decided to use these
areas to develop small, single-storey houses
for senior citizens, with the further aim of
freeing larger housing for families. Six plots
of various sizes were available, on which a
single house type was to be erected in an
additive, terraced form. In all, 22 dwellings
were created on this basis. The largest de-
velopment comprises six dwellings set next
to each other. By using a timber load-bearing
structure with a high degree of prefabrication
it was possible to reduce the construction
period and the costs, allowing more to be in-
vested in the brick facades. Depending on
the location, these are either in mottled red or
paler ochre tones. The large lantern lights in
the galvanized steel roofs lend these small
bungalows a bolder presence in the sur-
roundings. They also allow daylight to enter
without permitting views into the houses. Re-
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cessed entrance zones afford immediate,
barrier-free access to the living area, com-
prising a dining corner, kitchen strip and liv-
ing room. The open layout allows greater lati-
tude in the way residents use their dwellings.
An impressive feature is the spatial effect
created by the roof, with surfaces of different
pitch that slope down in opposite directions
to the middle. The bedroom is oriented to a
small garden, and a further external space
adjoining the road can serve various uses.
Thanks to wider doors and passageways
and a large bathroom, there is no hindrance
to wheelchair users. The dimensions actually
exceed the requirements of the local authori-
ty for barrier-free construction. A central goal
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was to invest in high-quality architecture that

is so attractive that elderly people would will-
ingly leave their large dwellings and move in
here. That also explains the generous area of
3
84 m² per unit, which is generally occupied
a 4 a
by only one to two persons. Photovoltaic 1
panels were installed on the roofs, and the 5
window frames are of wood. The concept 2
7 6 10
seeks to allow residents to look after them-
b b
selves for as long as possible. An emergen-
cy call button can be pressed should they 8 9 11 12
need help. If long-term aid becomes ne-
cessary, one can apply to the local authority
for a care person. Even 24-hour aid is possi-
ble: an additional room for flexible use pro-
vides adequate space.

aa

Locations in Greenwich 5 Living room

6 Terrace
#Čĩĩœ ĻČyğ ° XбŨýĩğś 7 Garden
scale 1:200 8 Bedroom
9 Bathroom
1 Entrance 10 Recess for service
2 Space for wheel- connections
chair/ walking frame 11 Guest room/
3 Dining area Care person
4 Kitchen 12 Dustbins
20 Terraced Housing for Senior Citizens in London 2017 ¥ 3 ∂

Site plans
scale 1:1500
∂ 2017 ¥ 3 Typology 21

Little more than a year ago, Ms Koria from

India moved into Colomb Street, Greenwich,
a development comprising four houses.
Her grandson translated her interview with
Detail.

Detail: How were you able to get this house?

Ms Koria: The public housing block in
Greenwich in which I lived previously for 25
years was to be demolished. The ground
floor dwelling I had there was larger than this
one. Then the council offered me the present
house, and I moved into it.

Was it hard for you to move?

The old dwelling was linked with many mem-
ories, of course. The family had lived there.
But when my husband died, it was better for
me to attempt a new beginning, and the
move here was a good step.

How are things for you here?

The neighbours are very nice, and I can get
everywhere easily. The house is light and
airy.
I like the high ceilings in the living room, and
the large bathroom is really luxurious. The
fact that you can move from one room to the
next in a circle. pleases me, too. There’s no
wind lobby, so it can be a bit draughty in
winter, but that’s only for a few days a year.
Otherwise everything’s fine here. There’s a
pub opposite, which is sometimes a bit
loud, but I can send guests there when
things get too much for me; and if I have to
shop for larger things, someone from the
family helps me. Looking after the garden is
a bit hard, but my grandson can help me
with that, too. It’s OK.

22 terraced houses on 6 different

sites for 1– 4 residents each
Size of dwellings: 84 m²
Client: Royal Borough of Greenwich
Effective floor area: 78,5 m2
Gross construction costs: € 2,640/m²
Completion date: 9/2015
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Retirement Home in Frankfurt am Main
Architects:
Waechter + Waechter Architekten,
Darmstadt
Felix and Sibylle Waechter
Team:
Nils Meyer, Michael Kohaus, Stephan Erkel,
Anna-Lena Möller
Structural engineers::
DBT Ingenieursozietät, Frankfurt am Main
Others involved in the project: see page 102
The present housing development for the el-
derly, containing 35 dwellings, was erected
by the German Caritas organization as an
addition to the neighbouring St Joseph’s
care home for senior citizens. In the new
block, emphasis is placed on a concept of
allowing elderly people to lead an inde-
pendent life. At the same time, residents
can use the facilities of the care home and
take part in the events organized there.
The two buildings are situated on the south-
ern edge of an urban street block on which
other independent structures stand; for ex-
ample, a church, the rectory, a day-care
centre for children and a civic centre with a
municipal library. In other words, the neigh-
1
4 5
bourhood provides a diverse social environ-
ment. In the middle of the street block is a
park-like planted area intersected by semi-
public paths. The site of the new structure
was previously occupied by a nurses’ home
and the former rectory. A conversion of the
existing buildings to comply with the pro-
posed new functions would have led to ex-
tensive constructional measures and com-
promises in terms of the specified housing
quality. A decision was made, therefore, to
demolish the old fabric.
The new development is divided into three
clearly legible building tracts of different
height. These are linked with each other by
a pergola and form a small courtyard next
2017 ¥ 3 ∂
2
3
6
to the care home for old people. The court-
yard was conceived as a meeting place for
residents and as a location for community
activities.
As a result of the stepped height of the
building and the projections and setback ar-
eas of the facades, the residence mediates
between the heterogeneous neighbouring
functions and is well integrated in its sur-
roundings.
In the new structure, two different dwelling
types are available: 24 that are free of barri-
ers and 10 that are suitable for wheelchair
users. The former are located in the two
northern tracts, while the latter are housed in
the southern section together with a four-
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Retirement home with 35 dwellings

24 two-room dwellings, barrier-free (47.2 m2)
10 two-room dwellings with wheelchair access
(59.5 m2)
1 four-person shared dwelling (120.7 m2)
Use of cafeteria and service facilities in the
neighbouring care home for the elderly
Client/Developer: German Caritas organization,
Frankfurt
Effective floor area: 2,001 m2
9
Gross construction costs: € 4.25 m
Completion date: 11/2015

Site plan
b scale 1:3000
#Čĩĩœ ĻČyğś ° XбŨýĩğś
Ground floor, third floor
10 scale 1:400

1 Civic centre/
Municipal library
a a 2 Children’s day-care centre
3 Care home for the elderly
8 4 Church
5 Rectory
6 Senior citizens’ dwellings
7 Entrance
8 Dwelling barriere-free
8 9 Dwelling wheelchair access
9 10 Shared dwelling
12
11 Basement garage access
12 Mechanical services

11

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∂ 2017 ¥ 3 Typology 25

Floor plans
scale 1:200

1 Entrance
2 Kitchen
3 Hall
4 Bathroom
5 Store
6 Living room
7 Bedroom
8 Balcony

person shared flat on the ground floor. A
communal garden is envisaged on the roof
of the north-eastern part of the complex, al-
though so far it has not been possible to im-
plement this for cost reasons.
The dwellings
The dwellings are reached via a central
open staircase with a lift and two access
balconies that abut each other in a
T-shaped form.
The facade is articulated by various projec-
tions and setback areas. For example, the
entrances to the individual dwellings are re-
cessed to create small private approach
zones. Both dwelling types – those free of
barriers and those suitable for wheelchair
users – were designed as 2-room flats.
To promote contact between residents, the
kitchens have a large window overlooking
the access balconies. The architects also
drew up different layout options and devel-
oped model kitchen forms from which resi-
dents could choose. All bathrooms have
floor-level showers and non-slip mosaic til-
ing. Handgrips were fixed to the solid wall
construction according to needs. The stor-
age space in the dwellings can also be
used to park a wheelchair.
The living rooms and bedrooms – which are
separately accessible from the hall – are sit-
uated along the outer facade of the building
to prevent overlooking from the communal
areas. Each of these rooms has a door con-
necting it with the balcony zone, which ex-
tends along the entire length of the building.
The rooms can be individually furnished.
Recesses 60 cm deep afford space for cup-
boards or shelving. On request, residents
could have inbuilt furnishings designed by
the architects. In the larger dwelling type for
wheelchair users, the bedroom is linked with
the living room by an additional door, thus
enhancing the impression of a generous
spatial environment.
The decisive factor of the planning was to
create layouts that are free of barriers or al-
ternatively that are accessible for wheelchair
users. In accordance with German norms, a
turning radius of 1.20 m (for a walking
frame, for example) was foreseen in the bar-
rier-free dwellings. In those for wheelchair
use, the radius was 1.50 m, so that the
rooms are somewhat more ample in the lat-
ter case. The barrier-free type has an area
of 47.2 m2 and that for wheelchair use an
area of 59.5 m2.

2 6

1 3 8
7

4 5

Dwelling – barrier-free (47.2 m2)

4 5
7
1 3
8
6

Dwelling – wheelchair access (59.5 m2)

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Home for Senior Citizens near
Hiroshima
Architects:
CAn, Susumo Uno, Nagoya
Met Architects, Katsumasa Hirano, Gifu
Team:
Yasuharu Iwamuro, Satoshi Suzuki (CAn)
Eiji Suzuki, Yumi Saito, Chiho Takahashi
(Met Architects)
Structural engineer:
Fujio and Associates, Nagoya
Others involved in the project: see page 102
This single-storey development in Tōjō repre-
sents a special design solution in terms of
housing for the elderly. The rectilinear en-
semble extending along the Nariwa River is
divided into small cubic elements and cov-
ers an area almost 40 ≈ 180 m in size. It con-
sists of five housing groups for short- and
long-term residence, two blocks for day-care
facilities and one for the administration. The
last differs from the rest of the complex by
virtue of its cantilevered upper floor. All en-
trances are from the access route along the
northern edge of the site. Each of the five
housing groups is articulated into two units
of equal size linked by a shared sanitary
block. A spacious kitchen-living area in eve-
1 13
4
5 6
1
3
7
1
12
11
8
2 9
10
2 1
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Home for senior citizens with 98 dwelling units
28 rooms for short-term residence (15 m²)
70 rooms for long-term residence (15 m2)
30 communal spaces (20.7–27.5 m2)
10 kitchen-living areas (42.8 – 62.7 m2)
Client: Tōjō Arisukai Social Welfare Corporation
Other facilities: 2 day-care stations
Effective floor area: 4,603 m2
Net construction costs: ¥ 1.2 m (ca € 8.7 m)
Completion date: 6/2014
ry unit serves as a central meeting place for
the ten dwellings laid out round the outside.
These, in turn, are divided into three sub-
groups. Each resident has a private realm
nearly 15 m² in area, which consists of two
linked spaces: a bedroom with a double-
pitched roof as a retreat and a small private
living area in the intermediate space to the
adjoining dwelling. The living area is divided
from the central communal realm by a sliding
paper screen. This hierarchical spatial order
is accentuated by the horizontal lines of the
timber roof structure. The light-coloured sur-
faces were achieved with the use of orient-
ed-strand boarding internally and galvanized
steel panels to the facades.
16 15
14
15 16 14
14
15 16
12
12
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11
15 16
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14
15 16
14
16
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Site plan 6 Store

scale 1:2000 7 Reception
Layout plan 8 Dining hall
scale 1:400 9 Tatami mats
Typical section 10 Multipurpose
Layout detail space
scale 1:200 11 Laundry room
12 Sanitary space
1 Housing block 13 Kitchen-living area
2 Day care 14 Communal space
3 Administration 15 Bedroom
4 Entrance 16 Living room
5 Consultations 17 WC

17

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14

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28 2017 ¥ 3 ∂

Retirement Home in Küsnacht

Architects:
Bob Gysin + Partner BGP Architekten,
Zurich
Team:
Sandra Hauser, Marco Giuliani, Rudolf
Trachsel (project architects);
Marina Urben, Patrick Wildberger,
Marcel Knoblauch, Christian Zehnder
Structural engineer:
Basler + Hofmann, Zurich
Others involved in the project: see page 102 aa

To comply with modern needs, the former

retirement home and health-care centre in
Küsnacht near Lake Zurich was replaced by
a new development. A convincing feature of
the architects’ winning competition scheme
was its integration in the landscape. Stand-
ing on top of a low-rise structure inserted in
the slope of the site are two angled volumes
containing 99 one-room apartments and 11
flats. Generous seating facilities and a light-
ing system that takes account of everyday
activities in the centre have made the taper-
ing corridors vital communal spaces. The
peripheral balcony zone with perforated
metal balustrades also lends a lively sense
of depth to the facade, affording every resi-
dent a private, covered outdoor space. The
communal zones on the ground floor are
popular meeting places, where catering and
care facilities are situated together with ad-
ministrative functions. An important objective
was to comply with the Swiss Minergie Eco
standard. The energy-saving concept was
based on a compact building volume, a well
insulated outer skin and generous natural
lighting. The reinforced concrete skeleton
frame was reduced to a structural minimum
and consists in part of recycled concrete. A
large proportion of the basic heating load is
covered by 23 geothermal probes. As a
contribution to the regional identity of the
scheme, Küsnacht larch veneers were spec-
ified for doors and wall linings.
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further photos:
www.detail.de/
D3_2017_BGP

Site plan
scale 1:3000
23
Section
Layout plans
scale 1:800

23 1 Entrance
23 2 Cafeteria
3 Multipurpose hall
4 Store
5 Mechanical services
6 Hairdresser
12 7 Pedicure/Manicure
23 8 Room of silence
5 9 Doctor (external)
25 26 15 23 10 Archives
5 11 Cloakroom
25 12 Lounge
25 13 Rest room
24 14 Atrium
25
24 26 15 Administration
24 16 Library
24 17 Laundry, sewing
24
room
24 18 Filter room
24 19 Drying room
20 Refrigeration room
27 23 21 Kitchen
22 Basement garage
23 Single-room
Third floor apartment
24 Two-room dwelling
25 Three-room dwelling
26 Void
27 Discussion space

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8 4
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Ground floor
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30 Retirement Home in Küsnacht 2017 ¥ 3 ∂

Layout details Retirement home and health-care centre with

scale 1:200 99 one-room apartments (23.2 m²), 7 two-room
dwellings (54.4 m²), 4 three-room dwellings
A Single-room (81.7 m²)
apartment Other facilities: physiotherapy, fitness centre,
B Two-room dwelling multipurpose hall, library
C Three-room dwelling Other activities: meetings and events,
religious services
1 Hall Client / Developer: Municipality of Küsnacht
2 Kitchen-Living room Effective floor area: 12,497 m²
3 Bedroom Gross construction costs: CHF 34.9 m
4 Bathroom Completion date: 4/2015
5 Balcony

1 1 1
4 4 4

2 2

3 3 3 3

5 5 5

A B C
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Retirement Home in Paris

Architects:
Atelier du Pont Architectes, Paris
Team:
Luc Pinsard, Ariane Rouveyrol, Aline Defert
Structural engineer:
Khephren Ingénierie, Arcueil
Others involved in the project: see page 103

Site plan
scale 1:4000

On the site of a former industrial railway sta-

tion in the north-west of Paris, the new dis-
trict of Clichy-Batignolles is currently under-
going development. The planning of this ar-
ea, with mixed uses and an extensive park at
its centre, is based on ecological priniciples.
According to the proposals, this scheme will
link the surrounding areas of the 17th arron-
dissement with each other. Not far from the
park is a street block that is trapezoidal on
plan and incorporates a mixture of uses, in-
cluding a home for the elderly, retail busi-
nesses, local government housing and own-
er-occupied dwellings. In addition, there are
spaces for various activities, for church ser-
vices etc. Adjoining the council housing to
the east, the present retirement home occu-
pies a dominant position in the block. Other
uses are separated from it by a semi-public
area to which a ground floor restaurant and
the central community space for residents
and visitors are oriented. Abutting the neigh-
bouring building is a courtyard that allows
daylight to enter the surrounding spaces and
about which the various building volumes
and terraces rise in stepped form. On the
upper floors, rows of residents’ rooms with
angled facades are lined up next to each
other. The rooms are served by a lift and
staircase core with an adjoining atrium. The
double rooms on the top floor have access
to a peripheral roof terrace, whereas the out-
door spaces to the single rooms on the lev-
els below are small loggias. In view of the
advanced age of the senior citizens, their ra-
dius of activity is relatively small. For the ar-
chitects, therefore, it was all the more impor-
tant to allow views out of the dwellings – de-
spite the close proximity of neighbouring
buildings – so that residents could partici-
pate at least visually in the urban life around
them. The outer walls of each room are
turned at an angle to each other, affording
residents a better view from their beds. That
was how the triangular balconies came
about and conversely the internal wood-lined
corner recesses. The zigzagging facade de-
sign lends the building a striking appear-
ance, not least because it is clad with alter-
nating silver and red aluminium panels.
32 Retirement Home in Paris 2017 ¥ 3 ∂

Retirement home with 139 beds:

119 single rooms (20 m2)
10 double rooms (30 m2)
Client/Developer: Orpea
Net floor area: 6,117 m2
Gross construction costs: € 13.7 m
Completion date: 9/2015

further photos:
www.detail.de/D3_2017_Atelier_du_Pont

XбŨýĩğ ° #Čĩĩœ ĻČyğś 6 Restaurant

scale 1:800 7 Kitchen
Plan details 8 Communal space
scale 1:200 9 Conservatory
10 Double room
1 Foyer 11 Terrace
2 Single room 12 Remedial exercises
3 Computer/Playroom 13 Occupational
4 Therapy therapy
aa 5 Courtyard 14 Oratory
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10

10
13
10
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12

14

Single room Double room

Sixth floor

8 2

2
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Third floor

1 2

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Residential Care Facility in Vienna

Architects:
Delugan Meissl Associated Architects, Vienna
Vasko + Partner Ingenieure, Vienna
Team:
B. Heger, D. Hensler (project architect);
C. Haas, C. Gross, C. Schrepfer, A. Vogl,
L. Madsen, R. Tzscheutschler, T. Wetzstein,
C. Thümecke, L. Heinrich, N. Massinger,
M. Vaculka, N. Schjerve, B. Gruber,
N. Truttmann, H. Fleischer, Z. Tomic-Kesina,
P. Weber, M. Hofbauer, M. Daschil,
C. Dancso, P. Alder
Others involved in the project: see page 103

Demographic developments and ongoing
structural changes are causing shifts in soci-
ety. The number of people who require
24-hour care is on the increase. At the same
time, the support provided by family and rel-
atives is declining. The city of Vienna is re-
acting to the challenge posed by this with a
geriatric reform. As part of this programme
of renewal, the existing geriatric centre situ-
ated in the Donaustadt district has been re-
furbished and extended. The aim of these
measures is to create a living environment
for residents that qualitatively meets their
spatial needs and reflects their age and the
nature of their disabilities. The new care
home, which forms part of the eastern socio-
medical centre known as the Donauspital,
provides accommodation for 328 residents.
The zigzagging layout of the existing struc-
ture dating from 1982 was augmented to
create a compact form consisting of two off-
set cubic structures. As a result of this layout
and the ring-like circulation routes about two
spacious atria, residents are able to do their
rounds without erring into blind alleys. The
“dementia trails”, as they are called, are es-
pecially important for people suffering from
this disorder in order to be able to get about.
As such, the trails are a vital element of the
building design. The new single- and dou-
ble-room layout was fitted into the existing
cross-wall grid. Projecting glazed loggias
provide residents with their own external
realm with barrier-free access. This can be
adapted to various needs with glazing, wood
or textile elements that are movable in part
and lend the large smooth facade areas a
certain depth. Erected round the refurbished
existing building is an L-shaped, new struc-
ture three storeys high with wards for pulmo-
nary diseases, prolonged mechanical venti-
lation and persistent vegetative-state pa-
tients, as well as a day nursery. The recep-
tion and entrance hall are situated in a sin-
gle-storey linking tract. The planted court-
yards and the two atria – enlivened by art in-
stallations – ensure a good sense of orienta-
tion and diverse links with the outdoor realm.
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Site plan 1 Main entrance 9 Link to hospital

scale 1:4000 2 Foyer 10 Administration
3 Cafe 11 Staff changing room
Section 4 Multipurpose hall 12 Pneumology
Ground floor 5 Day care for children 13 Pulmonology
First floor plans 6 Oratory 14 Support base
scale 1:1500 7 Vegetative-state 15 Daytime area
ward 16 Long-term care,
aa 8 Therapy dementia

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Care residence with 328 beds Single-room layout

7 wards for general care, 3 wards for neurology: (dementia ward)
1 1 20 single rooms per ward scale 1:200
4 double rooms
2 wards for dementia: 18 single rooms, 1 Loggia
3 double rooms 2 Room (19.6 m2)
2 wards for prolonged mechanical ventilation: 3 Bathroom (5 m2)
2 2 12 single rooms (bath for 2 rooms)
2 double rooms (bath for 2 rooms)
2 wards for pulmonology: 18 single rooms
1 ward for persistent vegetative state:
10 single rooms (bath for 2 rooms)
6 double rooms (bath for 2 rooms)
3 3 Client / Developer: Vienna Hospital Association
Effective floor area: 26,270 m2
Construction costs: no details
Completion date: 11/2014
Process
Erika Horn Residential Care Home in Graz
Dietger Wissounig Architekten, Graz

Without the large sign over the entrance announcing the Erika Horn
Residential Care Home, one might think this two-storey timber struc-
ture was an office building or a hotel. Named after the Austrian geron-
tologist, the development certainly bears little resemblance to a con-
ventional home for the elderly, and that was precisely what the devel-
oper wanted: the residential element should dominate, and care as-
pects should be unobtrusive. Although senior citizens require sup-
port, they should be able to live as they would at home as far as pos-
sible and be involved in daily life. This was achieved through the divi-
sion of the development into comprehensible housing communities
with large common areas at the centre, thus stimulating a sense of fel-
lowship. Here, too, meals are prepared and people dine, so that resi-
dents can participate in domestic activities such as cooking or laying
tables – much as they would at home, only less autonomously. Con-
tact with the outside world also plays an important role. From each of
the living areas there is at least one barrier-free exit to the external
realm. Timber paved terraces and sheltered gardens with seating
groups invite people to linger awhile. And even less mobile residents
enjoy links with the natural environment and experience the changing
light at different times of day and in the course of the year as a result
of the generous areas of glazing and the atria.

Others involved in the project: see page 103

40 Erika Horn Residential Care Home in Graz 2017 ¥ 3 ∂

The New Building

Background, Concept, Design

Text: Julia Liese

The site for this new home for senior citizens 4 4

is located in the Andritz district of Graz. Ten
architectural practices were invited to parti-
cipate in the competition, which required
accommodation for 105 residents in seven 9
4 6 7 6 4
housing communities. Dietger Wissounig
Architects implemented this with a clearly
articulated two-storey development in a 7 4 13 13 4
mixed form of construction. Each of the hous-
ing groups – three on the ground floor and
5 5
four on the upper level – is laid out around
an atrium. At the heart of the seven communi- 5 19 5
ties is a central zone, the so-called “village 7

square”, where key functions are located.

The residents’ dwellings – 13 single rooms 4 13 21 13 4
and a double room in each community – are
grouped about a large communal space, 4 6 4
which serves as a dining area, lounge and 6 7
meeting place.
The individually furnished rooms of residents
are private retreats oriented by means of 4 4
different, two-part windows to the park-like
grounds. On one side, a glazed door affords Upper floor
access to a small external space; on the other
side, a low bench-like construction at the foot b a
of the window can be used as a seat or as a
surface for plants. Residents thereby enjoy a 4 10
14
great deal of natural light. The private realms 11
13
are distinguished from the communal areas
by means of different floor finishings, and the
7 1 12 13
white doors, which are contrasted with the 4 6 15
wooden wall finishings, help residents find 2 15
the entrances to their rooms more easily.
7 4 13 15
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scale 1:800 Therapy
1 Entrance 12 Office
2 Reception ijŭ XŨĩœÐ
3 Multipurpose foyer 14 Mechanical
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5 Double room ijä XŨyââ ±÷yğéýğé
6 Kitchen / room
Living area 16 Laundry
7 Terrace ijŢ Xĩ±ýyČ śĻy±Ð
8 Garden 18 Oratory
9 Atrium 19 Bath care
10 Hairdresser / 20 Discussion space
Foot care 21 Nursing-care base
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46 Erika Horn Residential Care Home in Graz
“The house is wonderfully bright”
Views of Residents
Johann B. (95 years old)
My wife and I considered for a long time
whether we should go into a home for senior
citizens. We had lived for nearly 50 years in
our flat, and we wanted to remain in the
same district at all costs. When we found
out from an acquaintance of ours that a new
home was opening in Andritz, we immedi-
ately decided to try to get in there.
At that time, my wife was in hospital for a
long spell, so I moved in here on my own,
and she joined me later. We were given a
room together, so that I could be with my
wife, and she could also receive the care
she needed from the nurses.
After she died, however, I moved into a
single room. All in all, I feel very well here.
The nurses are nice. I go walking every day
in the open air, and I even do a bit of train-
ing on the fitness equipment. I must say,
since I’ve been here, I’ve become much
stronger and more mobile.
Margarethe P. (86 years old)
I used to live alone in a second-floor flat
without a lift. In the end, during the final
weeks I was there, I wasn’t able to leave my
ÄƎÐČČýğéŁ Xýğ±Ð - ÷yƍÐ ¦ÐÐğ ÷МРýğ Ũ÷Ð ±yœÐ
home, though, I’ve become much more
mobile again, and I’m very pleased about
that.
I’ve made new contacts and friends within
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my community. We get on very well. In the
morning, I prepare breakfast for my fellow
residents, which we take together – as in
a family. I wasn’t used to that anymore.
XĩĘÐŨýĘÐś ƎÐ ňŵyœœÐČÀ ŨĩĩÀ ¦ŵŨ Ũ÷yŨŐś yČČ
part of living together. When the company
is too much and gets on top of me, I can
always withdraw to my room for some
peace and quiet. That’s something I value
a lot.
Elfriede M. (74 years old)
The house is wonderfully bright. Although
I’m in a wheelchair, I can look out of the win-
dow, which is something I find very pleas-
ing, because that way I can always see
what the weather is doing outside.
Friederike R. (84 years old)
At last I have a garden! All I had in my previ-
ous flat was a small balcony. Now I can go
out without any barriers and see how the
plants are growing and flowering there. We
cultivate a raised bed together in which we
planted vegatables last spring and which
we take it in turns to water.
We were really proud of what we harvested
in the autumn. It’s something I couldn’t have
done in my previous home.
When I feel up to it, I take two big turns
around the house. My favourite place is the
walkway along the stream. If it’s raining, I go
to visit the other housing groups and look
around there.
Care home for the elderly with 105 residents in
7 housing communities each with 13 single-room
dwellings, one two-room dwelling and
a kitchen-living room
Other facilities: space for various events, oratory,
rooms for physiotherapy, hairdresser, pedicure
Client / Developer: Geriatric Health Centres of the City
of Graz (GGZ)
Effective floor area: 6,030 m2
Net construction costs: € 9.6 m
Completion date: 9/2015
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In the past 50 years, a paradigm change has
taken place In the field of inpatient care and
support for the elderly – away from the mod-
el of invalids in need of treatment to that of
residents living in groups who are depend-
ent on care, but who experience the sense
of security and normality one finds in a fami-
ly. The Curatorium for Aid for the Elderly
(KDA) has developed a model of a housing
community that allows residents to deter-
mine their own everyday lives autonomously
as far as possible. The Erika Horn Care
Home, erected by the Geriatric Health Cen-
tres Graz (GGZ), is oriented to this model.
The people who live here are mostly of ad-
vanced age and suffer from typical illness-
es that afflict the elderly, such as dementia,
Parkinson’s disease and cardiovascular
disorders. The average duration of their
residence is about one and a half years,
and for the majority of residents, the care
home is the final place of stay in their lives.
The care concept is based on the idea of
enabling elderly people to live as they
would at home, but in this case in housing
groups of comprehensible size with a maxi-
mum of 15 persons. The centre of the com-
munities is formed by a common living-din-
ing area with an integral kitchen. The dwell-
ings – mostly one-room apartments – repre-
sent a personal realm that provides scope
for withdrawal.
Every housing group has direct access to
outdoor areas, either to the garden or a ter-
race. Here, residents can jointly cultivate
vegetables and herbs in raised beds or
planting boxes. The garden was specially
designed for elderly people and those with
dementia. Paths with plenty of bench seats
provide scope for walks around the build-
ing and always lead back to the starting
point.
The organization of everyday life on a mu-
tual basis plays a major role. As far as pos-
sible, residents are integrated into the daily
round of household activities, such as
cooking, laying tables, etc., according to
their experiences, needs and abilities. Even
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a passive form of participation has a posi-
tive effect. People suffering from dementia,
for example, orient themselves according
to sounds, such as the clatter of crockery,
or smells, such as the aroma of coffee.
That creates a sense of security and well-
being.
Alongside the regular staff, so-called “eve-
ryday carers” act as contact persons for
the seniors. In consultation with residents,
they organize the daily programme, provid-
ing support and taking care of household
duties – not unlike a housewife in a large
family. They also attend to events like an-
nual celebrations, community games, read-
ing to residents or decorations in the com-
munity. In the foyer, the so-called “village
square”, activities like religious services
and concerts take place.
Care activities are integrated in the familiar
daily life of residents according to needs.
In that respect, senior citizens living here
are treated as individuals with their own
specific social and cultural backgrounds.
In addition, the self-help capacity of older
people is supported. Living in a community
conveys the sense of security and protec-
tion that a person suffering from dementia
needs.
The aim of the care and support concept is
to strengthen the existing abilities of old
people and create a maximum degree of
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living quality and personal freedom, while
at the same time providing adequate secu-
rity. The work of the team is aimed at help-
ing residents (especially those suffering
from dementia) to exploit their scope for
activity and feel themselves as individuals
capable of acting independently.
Martina Pojer is responsible for the business
management of the care homes and is director
of the Erika Horn home.
Prof. (FH) Dr Gerd Hartinger MPH is director
of the GGZ.
Renate King is responsible for care services
at the Peter Rosegger Care Home.
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“Everything depends on the atmo-

sphere” – an Interview with Dietger
Wissounig

Interview: Julia Liese

Detail: Since the founding of your practice in
2003, you have implemented nine buildings
for senior citizens.
Was that a deliberate focus?
Dietger Wissounig: It was more a matter of
coincidence really. My very first project was
Ũ÷Ð ÷ĩĘÐ âĩœ śÐğýĩœ ±ýŨýƖÐğś ýğ XŨÐýğâÐČÄ
(ill. 2, 3) – the first competition I won. With
that I became independent and set up my
own practice. One reason why this project
interested me was that it was specified to be
in a timber form of construction and was to
be as environmentally friendly as possible.
This reference work subsequently made it
easier for me to be accredited as a partici-
pant in competitions for housing for the el-
derly. In the meantime, we have implement-
ed all kinds of building projects – but cer-
tainly there are a lot of old people’s homes
among them.
How did you implement these aspects there?
The kitchen-cum-living rooms in the housing
communities all receive daylight from two
sides through large areas of glazing. On
one side is the atrium and on the other side
the garden. Everywhere it is possible to go
outdoors – on to a balcony or a terrace or
into gardens of various design.
How have your homes for the elderly devel-
oped further between 2003 and the present
day?
Fourteen years ago, the housing-community
ĘĩÄÐČ Ǝyś ğĩŨ śĩ ±ĩĘĘĩğŁ Xýğ±Ð Ũ÷ÐğÀ
care concepts have changed, and one sees
that reflected in the architecture.
In what way?
In the past, you commonly had a layout con-
sisting of a central corridor with rooms to left
and right and a dining hall in the middle.
Today, the trend is clearly to a division into
housing communities in comprehensible
groups with decentralized living and dining
areas. The sizes of the groups vary, of
course, depending on the people who oper-
ate the homes. In the one in Nenzing, for
example, there are only eight residents to a
group, with two groups serviced jointly by
one station. In the Peter Rosegger home
(ills. 5, 6) – the forerunner of the present
building – there were 13 people in a group;
and here in the Erika Horn house there

What was your approach to the project at

that time?
First of all, I studied material on the subject
of providing care for the elderly, and I came
y±œĩśś y ğŵĘ¦Ðœ ĩâ ýğŨÐœÐśŨýğé ây±ŨśŁ XĩĘÐ-
thing I haven’t forgotten are the studies by
the Curatorium for Care of the Elderly in
Germany. What I discovered there, among
other things, was that daylight has a consid-
erable influence on the well-being of elderly
people – on all of us, of course – but in view
of the fact that people in need of care
spend most of their time indoors, this as-
pect plays a major role in their lives.
Translated into architecture, that means
planning a maximum area of glazing and
creating strong links with the external realm.
This allows residents to follow the course of
the day and the year indoors even when
Ũ÷ÐƑ yœÐ ¦ÐÄœýÄÄÐğŁ #ĩœ Ũ÷Ð XŨÐýğâÐČÄ ÄÐƍÐČ-
opment, I implemented this daylight con-
cept in the form of a central conservatory-
like structure that extends over three floors
(ill. 2). It was difficult to convince the clients
of the need for this space, but ultimately it
was much appreciated.

In the current Erika Horn project, light and the

outdoor realm also play an important role. 2
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are 15. Both these developments are of a
model character because the housing-com-
munity concept has been consistently ap-
plied by the operators. In Austria, therefore,
they play a pioneering role.
In other words, the design of the building de-
pends largely on the care concept of the op-
erator?
That’s right. Even my first design for a home
âĩœ śÐğýĩœ ±ýŨýƖÐğśÀ XŨÐýğâÐČÄÀ Ǝyś ĩœýÐğŨÐÄ Ũĩ
a housing-community concept, and on eve-
ry floor, small lounge areas were foreseen
for enjoying coffee and cakes and for other
communal activities. The spatial pogramme,
though, and the central operation of the
home were specified by the client. Meals
are, therefore, taken in the large dining
room on the ground floor, and that is quite
different from what I would have wished.
In their layout and facade design, your two
most recent care homes, Erika Horn and
4
Peter Rosegger, are quite similar. Was that
deliberate or a coincidence?
Both homes are run by the same organiza-
tion, the Geriatric Health Centres Graz, so
that the spatial programme was more or
less identical. In addition, we worked with
the same team. Not surprisingly, therefore,
things were solved in a similar way. The
specified number of 15 residents per hous-
ing community in the Erika Horn scheme –
compared with 13 in the Peter Rosegger
home – resulted in a somewhat broader lay-
out. Because we exceeded the specified
limits in terms of escape routes and fire
compartments in part, in the current Brück-
en project, we have linked up the external
terraces on the upper floor.
How did your collaboration with the manage-
ment work?
All matters of current concern were dis-
cussed in a weekly meeting; for example,
questions of furnishing or how the logistic
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1 The architect, Dietger Wissounig
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5, 6 Peter Rosegger Home for the Elderly in Graz,
2014; layout plan scale 1:1000
7 Maria Gail Home for the Elderly in Villach, 2010
systems should function – for the laundry or
medicines, for example. The discussions
were extremely constructive and well or-
dered, and the working climate was very
pleasant. Responsibilities were clearly de-
fined from the outset.
We were responsible for the design and ar-
chitecture; the operators had the know-how
for care activities. In the course of time, that
led to an enhancement of understanding
and knowledge on both sides. When the
development was finished and we showed
groups through the building together, it
sometimes happened that we inadvertantly
swapped roles: the director of the home
would explain the architecture, and I ex-
plained the care concept.
Were there problematic issues where you and
the client didn’t agree?
Not really. From the very beginning, the
operator saw his concept of running the
home reflected in our proposals. That’s why
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the suggestions we made were met with
open arms at every stage. It’s something ra-
re, but in this case it happened, and that
made the work very agreeable indeed.
How was that aspect in other projects?
In the case of the home in Nenzing, the cli-
ent required us to incorporate small win-
dows in our design – 80 ≈ 110 cm in size.
The idea behind this was that residents
should be reminded of their own traditional
homes in the Bregenz Forest area. One can
understand this intention, but unfortunately
the size of the windows is nowhere near
what is necessary for modern daylighting
requirements. In the end, we solved the
problem by creating a greater number of
these small windows (ill. 4).
In building for elderly people, one thinks first
all of avoiding barriers. Do other aspects play
an important role, too?
Of course one has to take account of such
matters in the planning. Hygiene is another
important aspect. But in my opinion, every-
thing depends on the atmosphere. That is
of the utmost importance. As an architect,
I have to create a friendly, homely environ-
ment. In the final analysis, a home for the
elderly is a housing development – and
probably the last one in which the respec-
tive residents will live.
Many of your old-people’s homes are clad
externally with wood as well.
We believe that buildings with rear-ventilat-
ed facades have a longer life and function
better than those with full thermal insulation.
Why do you believe a rear-ventilated facade is
the better solution?
A timber facade is, of course, more expen-
sive than a normal outer skin with full ther-
mal insulation. But today, energy constraints
tend more and more in the direction of
passive-energy construction, and in my
opinion, the composite thermally insulated
facade system has its limits. The compact
layer is not capable of breathing; and the
thicker the layer of insulation is, the more
damage will occur.
Wood has the problem, though, that, when
used externally, it turns grey in time. How do
you manage to convince clients to support
you in view of that?
We attempt to convey the idea that environ-
mental considerations can be of higher
value and that an organization or a compa-
ny can present itself outwardly to advantage
in this way. In the case of the Peter Roseg-
ger home for the elderly, we executed the
entire plinth zone in timber. The client even
accepted the fact that the facing layer of
boarding would possibly have to be re-
newed after 15 years.
Have you ever considered how you would like
to live when you are old?
No. I haven’t thought about that yet. I be-
lieve people are made in such a way that
they like to avoid that topic.
Dietger Wissounig was born in 1969. He studied
building construction at the polytechnic in Villach and
subsequently architecture at the University of Tech-
nology in Graz. After obtaining his diploma, he
worked for various offices in the fields of health, hous-
ing and transport construction. In 2003, he founded
his own practice, Dietger Wissounig Architects.

The Erika Horn and Peter Rosegger homes

were constructed largely of timber, like many
other old-people’s homes you have de-
signed. Why is that?
On the one hand, most homes for senior cit-
izens in Austria are located in rural areas,
so that it seems natural to adopt traditional
local timber forms of construction. In addi-
tion, almost everyone has a feeling for the
material wood, especially when it is used in-
ternally. But quite apart from that, wood
has positive hygienic properties.
The surface is actually antibacterial – an at-
tribute that can be exploited only in certain
areas, of course. Where hard cleaning sub-
stances have to be used, this quality of
wood is nullified. 7
Padre Rubinos Social Centre in Corunna
Elsa Urquijo Architects, La Coruña

Galicians say that Corunna lies at the end of the world, an allusion to
the time when the earth was thought to be flat. Even today, the Atlan-
tic and the horizon are the dominant features of this peninsula at the
north-western tip of Spain. One sees the ocean, smells it, feels the
breeze almost everywhere in the city. The horizontal lines of the Padre
Rubinos Social Centre – inspired by the boundary between sea and
sky – were of great importance, and the flat, restrained design of Elsa
Urquijo, the architect, is set off against the hilly topography. A sober
design language was also important to the client, Amancio Ortega –
one of the wealthiest persons in the world – whose foundation fi-
nanced this project.
The outcome is a vibrant location that radiates a sense of calm and
where various social facilities are united: a shelter for the homeless,
a children’s nursery and a home for the elderly. This institution is run
by 11 nuns, 129 secular employees and 104 voluntary assistants.
The remarkable social commitment found here is attributable to the
fact that the architecture provides a great deal of space for communi-
ty activities. The church and the square at the centre of the develop-
ment are open to all. For the elderly residents who live here, the
square is the gateway to the world, where people of all ages come
together and where the exchange between different generations is
lived out to the full.

Others involved in the project: see page 103

54 Padre Rubinos Social Centre in Corunna
“Architecture Should Be Unobtrusive”
A conversation with Elsa Urquijo
Interview: Heide Wessely
The Elsa Urquijo practice is located in the
historical city centre of Corunna in an older
building with typical Galician gallerias.
These glazed, unheated oriels were original-
ly used to store food or to dry washing. Elsa
Urquijo has pragmatically converted them
into spaces to house building material sam-
ples, books and files. But her studio also
contains other objects that lend it a sensu-
ous, relaxed note. Her work as an architect
covers a broad spectrum. She first made a
name for herself with a fashion-shop design
for the textile manufacturer Zara. But she
has also executed projects with a social
content for the Amancio Ortega Foundation.
Detail spoke to this successful, yet seeming-
ly shy architect in her office.
Detail: What is the most important aspect of
your architecture?
Elsa Urquijo: To create architecture in which
people feel well. We don’t want to be out-
landish and attract attention with our build-
ings. Our architecture should be unobtru-
sive. When you enter a space, you may feel
calm or relaxed – maybe excited or even
stressed. The surroundings always influence
your emotions, without your being aware of
the cause. My aim is to stimulate a positive
feeling in people through their subconscious
perception.
There are more women than men working
in your office. Is it easier for women to
stimulate positive feelings through archi-
tecture?
I don’t know. There was no intention behind
the fact that 17 women work here and only
four men: it simply came about that way.
Possibly it’s easier for me to establish a link
with someone of the same sex; and natural-
ly, women differ from men in many respects.
In particular, they express their feelings in
quite a different way. That’s certainly reflect-
ed in the architecture in some form or other.
On the other hand, there are masculine
women and feminine men, so that I’m not so
sure about the influence of a person’s sex.
What’s probably more decisive is the man-
ner of working. When I gain a commission, I
start writing first of all. In that way, I can fo-
cus on the sensory impressions a building
should evoke. I write everything down that
occurs to me. Only afterwards do I start to
visualize the space, the building, the archi-
tecture.
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Your office became big with shop design. One
of your most important clients is the clothing
company Zara. How did you make contact
with them?
It was pure coincidence. I was chatting with
a friend who had links with Zara.
Corunna is a small place and good for mak-
ing contacts. Everyone knows everyone else
here. We’d been active in the field of shop
design for roughly ten years and had done a
lot of things for the Galician fashion design-
er Adolfo Domínguez. That was a good ref-
erence when Zara was looking for an archi-
tect for its shop.
In comparison to a fashion shop, the Padre
Rubinos social centre was a major project.
How did you acquire it?
We had previously built a children’s nursery
for the Amancio Ortega Foundation. A fur-
ther reference project was the headquarters
of the social organization Proyecto Hombre
– both of them restrained pieces of architec-
ture with horizontal lines. That was very im-
portant for Amancio Ortega. His concept
was for a simple, well organized building
with an underlying aesthetic order. He also
attached great importance to the human
scale, and he wanted warm finishing materi-
als. He loves architecture and has a special
intuition. He had a keen eye for things that
were not quite optimized. He played a major
role in the planning process, yet allowed us
a great deal of latitude.
How do profit-oriented projects differ from
those with a social objective?
The greatest difference lies in the question
of time. A shop has to open by a certain
date; with a social centre, you have more
time to consider things. But our working
method is the same in both cases. Initially,
we consider a concept that embodies our
values: clarity, functional efficiency, beauty
and sustainability. They are important to us,
regardless whether it’s a shop interior or a
large-scale work. That is also a reason why
we were awarded the Padre Rubinos com-
mission: we take an interior just as seriously
as the overall architecture.
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56 Padre Rubinos Social Centre in Corunna
The Padre Rubinos Foundation
History, Goals, Significance
Text: Heide Wessely
The Padre Rubinos Foundation takes its
name from an eponymous Jesuit priest
who, in 1946, opened a shelter for poor
people. This was followed some years later
by a kindergarten and, in 1971, by a home
for the elderly.
The new development has much the same
spatial programme, except that a church
now stands at the centre, and eleven nuns
live here. They run the homeless shelter,
which is situated in the western part of the
complex separated from the other func-
tions. Alcohol and drug problems and the
sometimes difficult social behaviour of the
occupants made this division necessary.
The other realms – the multipurpose hall,
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administration, church, old-people’s home
and nursery – are grouped about a large
central square that, like the church, is open
to the public. Here, the different genera-
tions come together: young children are
brought to the kindergarten by their par-
ents, and sprightly senior citizens push in-
firm old people in wheelchairs across the
square.
The interaction of various age groups to-
gether with outside support from voluntary
helpers are key features of this institution.
As a result, residents maintain their contact
with the outside world. In the computer
room, they can even learn from young peo-
ple how to send an e-mail, or they can
3
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Ground floor
Overall layout
scale 1:1250

1 Gateway
2 Public courtyard
3 Day nursery
4 Old people’s home
5 Church
6 Multipurpose hall
7 Administration
8 Open workshop
9 Shelter for the
homeless
10 Mechanical
services and store
11 Parking space

grow vegetables in the greenhouse, where
the children from the crèche also cultivate
a bed.
One wing of the home is taken up by vari-
ous services provided by professional ther-
apists. Here, one can develop manual skills
with paper, turning wheels or climbing up
wall bars. Classical hydrotherapy, physio-
therapy and manual therapy also form part
of the programme. A special feature is the
infirmary: two fully fledged hospital rooms
allow residents to convalesce in their own
familiar surroundings. In the case of less
serious illnesses or after an operation in
hospital, elderly people are nursed back to
health here by trusted members of staff.
There is also an X-ray unit to help ascertain
whether a patient has broken a bone and
needs external treatment.
The home provides three levels of care.
These range from a closed section for pa-
tients suffering from more serious illnesses,
including dementia, to a hotel-like tract
where there are also double rooms for cou-
ples. There are 40 day-care places, too,
where outside patients can avail them-
selves of the therapy services.
The social centre, which is used largely by
elderly people, is a lively location. This is
attributable in part to the open areas on
various levels, which form interfaces and
meeting points; for example, in the upper
private garden, where the paths of nuns
and first-floor residents intersect. For most
of the senior citizens, who are often very
devout, the contact with nuns is of great
importance.
The communal spaces in the old people’s
residence and the group rooms with their
large windows are both oriented to the
same courtyard, where seniors sit on
benches and watch the children playing.
After church, when the weather is fine, the
benches are usually all occupied, and one
sees in the faces of residents how they en-
joy the sight of the young people. In this
way, the first stage of life is coupled with
the last in a natural cycle.
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Layout plans
Second floor
First floor 36 4
Ground floor 14 37
36 4

36

32

37

37

34 32

32 4 7
4

7 32

33

35 32 34

a b

21

17
14 14 14 20 19 19 18 16 15

29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 13

30 12
13
21 7 21 7 11
31 10

1
4
2 5
1 6 7 8 7 6 9
3 5

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aa

A B

bb
B A

Layout plans
Sections

A Home for senior

citizens

B Day nursery

scale 1:800

1 Entrance
2 Reception
3 CCTV
4 Store
5 Visitors
6 Computer space
7 Lounge
8 TV room
9 Dining room
10 Staff room
11 Treatment room
12 Dispensary
13 Sickroom
14 Mechanical
services
15 Laundry room
16 Linen store
17 Changing room
18 Hydrotherapy
19 Physiotherapy
20 Therapy space for
Alzheimer’s
disease
21 Courtyard
22 Doctor
23 Dentist/Chiropody
24 Physiotherapist
25 Therapist
26 Social worker
27 Psychologist
28 Hairdresser
29 Room for voluntary
workers
30 Discussion space
31 Management
32 Single bedroom
33 Dining room
34 Staff bedroom
35 Lounge
36 Double bedroom
37 Roof terrace
60 Padre Rubinos Social Centre in Corunna 2017 ¥ 3 ∂

B
A

Floor plans:
individual room types
scale 1:200

A Single rooms
for people not in need of care
B Single rooms
for people in need of care
C Double room
for people not in need of care

Sections:
finishings details
scale 1:5

1 2≈ 15 mm gypsum
plasterboard wall
2 Ø 40 mm oak handrail
3 handrail fixing:
Ø 5 mm matt-finished
stainless-steel bracket welded
to 30/15 mm stainless-steel
channel section bolted to
15 mm MDF reinforcing piece
4 6 mm HPL boarding with
oak decor,
adhesive fixed to
6/50 mm HPL strips
5 soft concave moulding
15 mm radius
6 3 mm PVC flooring
60 –75 mm self-levelling screed
40 mm system flooring for
underfloor heating
polythene separating layer
50 mm XPS impact-sound
insulation
7 30/70 mm HPL cover strip
8 6 mm HPL lining to blind box
9 casement door with
aluminium frame:
2≈ 8 mm + 2≈ 5 mm laminated
safety glass + 16 mm cavity

Social centre with chapel, crèche,

shelter for homeless, convent, multi-
purpose hall and old-people’s home
with 146 places (17 are double
bedrooms and 112 are single
bedrooms)
Institution: Institutión Benéfico
Social Padre Rubinos
Client: Amancio Ortega Foundation
Other services offered: day care
(40 spots)
Effective floor area: 15,882 m²
Gross construction costs: € 25 m
Completion date: 8/2014
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The essential features include resilient floor

and wall finishings that are easy to maintain
1 1 and simple to clean. Since the materials had
to create a bright and friendly appearance
here, high-pressure laminates (HPL) that are
resistant to impact and scratching were cho-
sen for the walls, with an oak surface pattern.
These were manufactured by hot-pressing
2
several layers of paper impregnated with
3
melamine and phenolic resin. The printing on
the paper determines the visual effect. The
7 vinyl floor finishes were executed in a similar
manner. In this case, a layer of PVC is lined
4 on top with the requisite decorative finish. Vi-
nyl floors consist of seven layers in all: a lay-
er of polyester fleece, an impact-sound-insu-
lation layer, a layer of glass-fibre matting, the
8 PVC layer, the decorative layer (also in PVC),
a covering layer and a coat of varnish. The
texture of a wood surface is created by heat-
ing the coating layer to 200 °C and rolling the
pattern into it. In the rooms, the architects
chose a monochrome grey coloration and for
the other areas, a pale oak tone.

6 5 6
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3 1

Vertical section
Horizontal section
scale 1:20
7

1 roof construction:
bed of gravel Ø 15 – 20 mm
separating layer
80 mm EPS thermal insulation
separating layer
PVC sealing layer
min. 50 mm lightweight concrete with 1% falls
350 mm reinforced concrete roof
12.5 mm gypsum plasterboard
suspended soffit
2 30 mm concrete slab covering to
parapet wall
3 40 mm composite thermal insulation system
150 mm reinforced concrete wall
40 mm composite thermal insulation system
4 165 –200 mm precast concrete canopy roof
5 40 mm composite thermal insulation system
115 mm vertically cored brickwork
200 mm cavity
60 mm mineral wool; 9
2≈ 15 mm plasterboard
6 30 mm concrete slab paving on raising
pieces
10
sealing coating
40 mm EPS thermal insulation sealing layer 11
min. 30 mm insulation to falls
350 mm reinforced concrete floor
12.5 mm gypsum plasterboard
suspended soffit
12
7 30 mm concrete slab cladding
15 mm EPS
8 Ø 40 mm tubular stainless-steel handrail c c
9 160/400 mm precast concrete lintel
10 screen/sunblind
11 30/70 mm HPL cover strip 14 13
12 fixed glazing in aluminium frame:
2≈ 8 mm + 2≈ 5 mm laminated safety glass +
16 mm cavity
13 800/600 mm fine stoneware slabs
60 mm screed
40 mm underfloor heating system
separating layer
50 mm XPS impact-sound insulation
350 mm reinforced concrete floor
14 40 mm raised concrete paving slabs
100 mm compacted bed of gravel
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64 Padre Rubinos Social Centre in Corunna
“I love this place”
The Views of Three Residents
Generosa R. (101 years old, left)
Building this home for senior citizens was im-
portant because society’s perception of el-
derly people and where they live was not
very positive. They were seen to exist largely
iso-lated in old, cold, damp buildings – as if
they belonged to another world. The old Pa-
dre Rubinos home where I lived for 12 years
was like that. I was very happy when I heard
that this beautiful, new modern building was
to be erected. The architecture, the fitting
out, the service provided, the people who
work here all contribute to our well-being.
The building itself and its relevance in socie-
ty seem to have completely changed the way
old people are regarded. We feel part of so-
ciety again. It’s wonderful, too, when the chil-
dren from the nursery visit us and sing
songs. Sometimes we go there to listen to
the stories the teachers read to them, and
now and then, one of us reads to them as
well. It’s very important to remain mentally
alert. If your brain begins to go, you feel inse-
cure and lose your orientation: you’re no
longer sure of yourself and start to feel
afraid. Fortunately, although the house here
is very large, it is well organized. You can
find your way about easily. What’s more, the
many activities on offer, like memory train-
ing, reading, writing, gymnastics and lec-
tures, help to keep you mentally fit.
Margarita H. (85 years old, right)
Since we’ve been living in this modern build-
ing, I see a lot more up-to-date people. The
staff is young and lively and always in
a good mood. There are also voluntary work-
ers from outside who help us plant vegeta-
bles in the greenhouse or show us how to
write an e-mail in the computer room. It’s
amazing how many options we have. We
never get bored. It’s also good that there are
nuns here. My belief is very important to me,
and I attend mass and pray almost every
day in the church. I like the space there very
much. It’s restrained, yet light and airy. I’m
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glad that the church and its tower form the
heart of the whole development.
Josefina P. (92 years old, centre)
Our home is centrally situated, and there are
cafes, bars and lots of shops on the door-
step. You can jump on a bus and go to the
city centre, although I never do. I prefer to
stay here. I love this place. It’s full of life –
bright, clear-cut, warm, peaceful. When I first
came here, I was very sceptical. I’d lived for
years in my own house and looked after
things myself. But then my husband died,
and I felt terribly alone. There’s nothing
worse than loneliness when you’re old. So I
decided to move here. I arrived with just one
suitcase. The rest of my belongings I left be-
hind. I don’t miss a thing, though. My room is
bright. It has big windows and is neverthe-
less warm. I do a lot of things myself: I do my
own washing, tidy up and clean my room,
just as I used to do in my own house. It’s im-
portant to work and stay active.
Special s Inside
66
Jewellery Boutique in Beijing
Architects/Interior design:
Ippolito Fleitz Group
Identity Architects, Stuttgart
Interior fit-out:
Huachuang
The exploding retail sector in China leads to
a booming interest in a successful retail de-
sign. The most important retail marketplace
of the future has come into being at light-
ning speed. In order to meet customers’ ex-
pectations, designers have to respect the
local culture while presenting their own ap-
proach with confidence. European engage-
ment in countries like China takes place in
the tension areas between two major and
significant cultural groups. A precondition
for the encounter is a cosmopolitan attitude
but also the willingness to try new things
and discard old habits. After all, anyone
who has been active abroad knows that
copying Western processes and ways of
thinking is not enough, and above all, it’s no
guarantee of success. The global trend to
emotionalise selling points in product pres-
entation and embed them in a world of ex-
perience also, and especially, applies to
China. Design no longer has just the task to
inspire and increase value, but it rather
needs to create adventures. After the fall of
communism the retail sectors have been in-
fluenced not only by the upper classes but
also by a huge middle class. A generational
change among consumers has occurred.
For the first generation it was predominantly
about luxury and the display of wealth. The
second generation, on the other hand, is fa-
miliar with the symbols of prosperity and has
a more subtle approach to luxury.
Young Chinese women in their 20s are af-
fected by the country’s former one-child pol-
icy and seeking ways to relax and reward
themselves for the private and professional
pressures they must endure. Their parents
have given up a great deal in order to give
them a better future. However their lives
usually take place in hectic, over-crowded
and polluted metropolises and their work-
loads are enormous. The desire to treat
themselves and give themselves rewards is
growing. This observation was central to the
work for jewellery brand Dada. The Western
lifestyle opens up dream worlds to prospec-
tive customers that transform shopping into
something unforgettable. The aim was to
strengthen their awareness of their own
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The “mix & match“-concept of combining individual el-
ements from the Dada jewellery collection is orches-
trated with great visual exuberance.
Dada Jewellery, Beijing 2014, Design: Ippolito Fleitz
Group, Stuttgart
Since early 2015, the international edition of DETAIL
has been supplemented by two special issues of
DETAIL inside.
DETAIL inside presents contemporary interior design
and construction in combination with professional in-
formation relevant to architects and interior designers.
Particular attention is dedicated to the significance
and characteristics of the materials used.
Our aim is to provide readers with insight on trends as
well as inspiration through the projects we present.
The jewelery boutique in Beijing was first featured in
the 02/2016 issue of DETAIL inside.
identity and what made them unique. The
design specifically focused on the romantic
ideals of young Chinese women. Whether
it’s the iconographic image of the Eiffel Tow-
er or French actress Sophie Marceau, both
stand for Paris, the ultimate fashion emblem.
In the case of both brands they played with
elegance and fashion consciousness and
created connotations of longing, sexiness
and self-confidence – all attributes greatly in
demand by modern, well-paid Chinese
women. The atmosphere is emphasised by
cool lighting that satisfies the Chinese beau-
ty ideal of pale, delicate, even skin. The
store was very well received and capture
the Chinese zeitgeist.
The design of the jewellery brand Dada
transforms the “mix & match“ principle – by
which elements of the collection can be
combined as required – into a setting of
highly adaptable types of furniture. As
customers journey around the monochrome
room they should feel as if they have en-
tered an “enchanted forest“. Graphic facet
patterns, backlit silhouettes and over-sized
beauty posters serve as visual leitmotifs.
The solid white lacquered furniture provides
a formal bridge into the fairytale landscape
and evokes associations to graceful mythi-
cal creatures. Despite a shared material pal-
ette and design language all the “family
members“ have their own personality: the
elongated counters rest on slender, conical
legs; a dressing table, the so-called DIY ta-
ble, gleams with a pivoting, backlit mirror at-
tachment. Free-standing and enigmatic
product display cases play with motifs that
oscillate between exclusivity and desire;
they show collective “places of longing“ in
semi-open capsules, sculptures that bring
to mind the complex mythology of Indian
deities or allegedly unattainable displays in
wide mesh cages. A back wall of mirrored
glass amplifies the promise of happiness.
Light displays mounted directly on the glass
are combined with an irregular pattern of
vertical decorative strips to create a shim-
mering background that visually dissolves
all spatial boundaries.
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Floor plan
scale 1:100

1 DIY table
2 Mirror wall
3 Counter
2 4 Display case (type 1)
3 5 Display case (type 3)
6 New product counter
7 Storefront display
7
1

4 5 6
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7
3
5 6

Section
product display case
scale 1:5

1 cabinet:
20 mm MDF, milled,
RAL 9016 white semi-matt finish
2 milled conduit for
fibre optic cable
1 3 LED strip light
4 neodymium magnet
5 top plate, detachable, magneti-
2 cally fastened:
2 mm sheet steel,
RAL 9016 white powder-coated
30 mm rigid foam board, slotted
8 5≈ 0.5 mm
6 LED downlight
7 circular magnetic strip
8 silhouette motif:
2 mm sheet steel,
laser cut, RAL 9016
white powder-coated
9 bottom plate with vent slot,
detachable,
hook-and-loop fastening:
for structure see (5)
10 lighting technology
11 pillar, RAL 9016 white
powder-coated:
2 mm sheet steel, curved
Ø 50 mm steel CHS
Ø 460 mm metal foot
12 Ø 2 mm knotted nylon thread
13 fi 12/20 mm clamping profile,
stainless steel,
high-gloss polished

9
7

10

11

12 13
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2 3

Section DIY table

scale 1:10

1 20 mm MDF
2 20 mm MDF, white
leather upholstered,
removable
3 2 mm chrome-plating, magnetic
4 pivoting mirror frame in
metal-sleeved ball joint connection:
12 mm MDF, RAL 9016 white
semi-matt finish
5 4 mm float glass with
high light transmission
6 LED light strips, circular
7 table leg with
Ø 6 mm steel rod reinforcement:
Ø 25 – 94 mm milled MDF,
RAL 9016 white
semi-matt finish
Ø 20 mm metal foot, black finish
8 cable routing:
Ø 60 mm wooden balls,
white finish
Products
72
Lights and Lighting
Contemporary fittings chosen to complement their historic surroundings
Lighting by Catellani & Smith has been se-
lected to play a significant role in the interior
design of two business premises in France
within recently renovated historic buildings,
as well as a new restaurant set in panoramic
surroundings in Italy. Above, the Fil de Fer,
made of aluminium wire that is sculpted,
intertwined by hand and lit by small LED
light sources, has been developed as a full
range of customisable lights available in
several shapes and sizes for both indoor
and outdoor spaces.
Here it has been used to light the new head-
quarters of a security company in Marseilles
located in a restored 19th century building.
The interior is richly decorated with stucco
and elegant details, complemented with
stylish furnishings in neutral colours, which
show the light fittings to advantage.
The bespoke fittings appear to float like
clouds in mid-air in the halls and along the
main staircase. Standard sizes of these LED
and halogen light sources are available as
pendant, floor, wall and table lamps, most of
them dimmable, and they can be anodised
in gold colour on request.
Below, Catellani & Smith lighting makes its
presence felt in the 18th century building in
Aix en Provence that is home to the branch
office of banking group BNP Paribas. The
lights provide a colourful detail in the build-
ing, where white prevails. Macchina della
Luce in gold finish, with Sorry Giotto copper
suspensions hand-painted in blue-universe
(just seen in the background) are harmoni-
ously integrated into the rooms. The latter
are additionally available as both floor and
table lamps.
The Macchina della Luce pendant is com-
posed of diffuser discs lined with gold-col-
oured leaf with brass rods; it also comes in
copper-coloured leaf with brass rods, or
silver-coloured leaf with nickel rods, on a
nickel base, which are all dimmable, or on a
matt grey base (not dimmable). The light
source is halogen or low-voltage LED.
Finally, the company’s lighting has been
used to effect in the Michelin-starred chef
Enrico Bartolini’s Casual Ristorante, in the
Bergamo Alta area of Italy. Surrounded by
16th century fortifications, the building has
wide windows along one wall offering a view
of the funicular railway, which takes visitors
to the highest part of the city.
The restaurant has two large rooms and a
smaller room that offers more privacy, com-
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plemented by a roof garden for use in good
weather. The lighting design has been de-
veloped to create a balance between light
and shadow, and this interplay between dif-
ferent visual elements serves to create a
welcoming atmosphere that contributes to
the overall ambience.
Amongst the products chosen to illuminate
the restaurant are the gold and white lamps
from the Lederam collection shown below,
right. Essentially the lamp consists of an
LED module concealed by a shaped disc
that embraces and reflects the light, and
can be connected directly to the mains volt-
age without requiring a driver.
Created for the company in 2014 by Enzo
Catellani, Lederam has recently been en-
larged with new models and offers a versa-
tile product family. Other finishes available
are silver, copper and neutral tones of white,
black and chrome, and the collection com-
prises floor, table, wall and ceiling models.
The lights are dimmable and eco-friendly,
offering low consumption.
¥ Catellani & Smith srl
Italy
 +39 (0)35 656 088
www.catellanismith.com
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Floral decoration
Linea Light Group says that its Moonflower
design offers a new way of decorating with
light, thanks to the modularity which offers
the ideal solution for a variety of settings
and room sizes. Each modular tile conceals
a compact ‘heart’: an optical unit enclosing
the RGB LEDs integrated into a circuit which
gives up to 21 pre-set programmes provid-
ing both static and dynamic colour effects.
The lighting can be customised through the
DMX protocol on request.
The wall light is described as sturdy, practi-
cal and reliable, its self-supporting structure
achieved by integrating the many modules
that are connected to each other through
side brackets. This means a large structure
can be simply assembled using just a few
screws. The product recently gained inter-
national recognition by winning the Codega
prize in the LED solutions category, chosen
for its ability to create fascinating colour ef-
fects in numerous combinations. The judges
considered it to be ‘a very innovative solu-
tion with an appealing design, thanks to the
use of RGB LEDs’.
¥ Linea Light srl
Italy
 +39 (0)423 78 68
www.linealight.com
Thermoformed material gives flexibility in design
Created to offer a warm and intimate atmos-
phere through gentle, indirect lighting, this
tulip-shaped lamp, top, is by designer Pierre
Cabrera. Searching for harmony between
material and light, he found that Hi-Macs®
from LG Hausys delivered the desired aes-
thetic appearance and offered a sensitive
and soft diffusion of light. Once the original
prototype had been completed to find the
right balance of curves for the lamp, he then
designed a special tool so that the ellipsoi-
dal thermoformed ribbon could intertwine to
produce smooth, flowing shapes.
These lamps come in different sizes for use
in large spaces and also as wall lamps. The
latest generation of Beneito & Faure LEDs
are used with Tulip20, Tulip30 and Tulip40
models, whilst the larger Tulip50 and Tu-
lip60 also feature a connected high-tech
lighting system and a Bluetooth gesture-
controlled switch/dimmer, which can be op-
erated by either a smartphone or a tablet to
create mood lighting.
The Filter collection of lamps by Sabine
Marcelis came about through an invitation
from Baars & Bloemhoff, distributor of Hi-
Macs in the Netherlands, to six respected
designers to create products using various
sheet materials from its library. Marcelis
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works with a strong focus on materials in the
field of product design, installations and
spatial design, and chose Hi-Macs for her
project: “This natural acrylic stone com-
prises a huge diversity of decors and colour
collections that vary in visual density, com-
position and layering. In my work I often ex-
periment with the manipulation of a light
source, and I continued this key theme for
Filter. I started by playing with the material,
varying it in thickness and texture, for in-
stance, and then illuminating it.”
Colours used are Star Queen, Opal, Gemini
and Arctic Granite, and she combined these
with moulded resin in various colours. Un-
seen when the light source is off, the colours
and patterns come alive when the light is
switched on, as seen above, right.
Below is a rather bigger lighting project fea-
turing the material, at Osram’s headquarters
in Munich, Germany. Translucent Opal was
used for the reception counter, which is
11 m long and has the lighting manufactur-
er’s LED lamps built into it.
¥ LG Hausys
United Kingdom
 +44 (0)1892 704074
www.himacs.eu
74 Lights and Lighting
Energy-saving lights with Tunable White options
Launched this year by Aura Light, the
OptiT8 energy-efficient, easy-to-install LED
light source (top), is designed to replace
traditional fluorescent tubes. With a high
output of 4,000 lumens and an efficacy of
up to 160 lm/W, it provides a high quality of
light within the room and can safely upgrade
an existing scheme to reduce running costs.
A versatile option, it can be used for offices,
supermarkets, retail, signs and cold refriger-
ated areas, or anywhere where fluorescent
lighting is currently being used.
OptiT8 tubes are available in 1,200 and
1,500 mm lengths and a range of colour
temperatures, including 3000 K, 4100 K and
5000 K with a CRI of more than 80. This al-
lows them to be matched to the desired ap-
pearance, as well as to that of the previous
fluorescent tubes, whilst generating signifi-
cant energy savings. They are equipped
with 90 ° rotatable end caps to fine-tune the
direction of light once installed.
The company has also recently introduced
the Lezzon LED luminaire, designed to offer
a stylish twist to the classic favourite linear
luminaire. It joins Aura’s architectural range
of luminaires, which offer a modern lighting
solution for offices, schools, universities and
other public spaces. Boasting a more stylish
and unusual outline, the fitting is wire sus-
pended for a contemporary addition to a
room. It also incorporates Tunable White
technology so colour temperatures can be
adjusted to promote natural light levels,
known to improve productivity and concen-
tration and providing a particular benefit to
working and educational environments,
comments the company.
Lezzon by designer Joachim Engstrand is
based on the advanced Z-core light engine
platform used in a number of Aura’s latest
luminaires, and designed to offer high effi-
ciency rates due to the ‘exceptional’ thermal
management properties. Said to be particu-
larly good for areas where reliable, afforda-
ble lighting is required over long periods of
time, it can be dimmed for additional energy
savings, and comes in 36, 41, 53 and 65 W
as a low-energy replacement for fluorescent
tubes, producing up to 115 lm/W. Colour
temperatures of 3000 K and 4000 K are
standard; the Tunable White option, which is
available in 41 W only, is adjustable from
2700 K to 6000 K.
¥ Aura Light UK
United Kingdom
 +44 (0)1952 250800
www.aura-light.co.uk
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Travelling light
Researching a medium through which light
travels was the process that inspired the
Stefan Diez Office to create the Guise col-
lection of luminaires for Vibia, described as
an assemblage of beautiful objects combin-
ing warm, atmospheric lighting with the
transparency and richness of glass. Exploit-
ing the phenomenon that light conducted
through glass is invisible until it meets the
edge or is refracted by surface striations,
Diez presents a new way of using LED tech-
nology with this collection of lamps.
The wall light features a disc with a re-
cessed row of LEDs that glows at the edges
of the lamp and reflects on to the adjacent
walls, whilst the floor and pendant versions
include etched glass volumes that express
the light through their cut-glass patterns,
keeping the illumination source hidden. The
design-oriented, Barcelona-based lighting
manufacturer Vibia operates throughout the
world, with a subsidiary in the United States,
and offers a range of lighting solutions
aimed at both architects and interior and
lighting design professionals.
¥ Vibia Lighting
Spain
 +34 (0)934 796 971
www.vibia.com
 Edition
Building with light
More than any other material used, daylight
determines spatial effects, generates moods
and sets the stage for architecture.
Well-lit rooms make us feel good and are
conducive to productive work. Light also pro-
motes good health. Moreover, the meaningful
planning of daylight and coordinated artificial
lighting, even in office buildings, also contri-
butes to energy saving.
Daylight apertures in lateral walls
F equency of use
90 %
45 %
19 a Time of day
Frequency of use
90 %
45 %
b Time of day
The quality of daylight at workplaces in
office buildings can also be described
by the daylight autonomy (Figure 18 a)
In daylight oriented workplaces (D ≥ 3 %)
values exceeding 70 % are reached
Since it is not possible to uphold such high
standards over the entire floor area, the
average value of daylight autonomy at a l
workplaces should at least be 30 %
Further recommendations for daylight de
ivery can be found in DIN 5034 Day
ight in Interiors; they are, however, no
longer adequate because they were
designed to set a minimum standard for
daylight levels in dwe lings Further cr te
ria for workplaces are not available, such
as energy consumption for artificial light,
daylight autonomy and daylight orienta
tion
DIN 5034 Daylight in Interiors
Recommendations for the daylight factor
and a uniform distribution of interior illumi
nation:
• Rooms with lateral ight:
The day ight factor D is calculated for a
reference point ha f way into the room,
at a height of 0 85 m and at a distance
of 1 m from the lateral wall
• only one vertical window:
D ≥ 0 75 % (at the less advantageous
reference point)
D ≥ 0 9%
(average of both reference points)
• windows on two abutting walls:
D ≥ 1 0 % (at the less advantageous
reference point)
• interior spaces with skylights:
Davg ≥ 4 %
(for pleasant lighting, 2 % is considered
too dark in rooms with skylights)
Davg ≤ 10 %
(to avoid overheating)
Recommendations for an even distribu
tion of interior illumination:
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Lighting Design
Principles
Implementation
Case Studies
Lighting Design
Ulrike Brandi Licht,
2nd edition 2006.
112 pages, with numerous
diagrams and photos.
Format 21 × 29.7 cm.
ULRIKE BRANDI LICHT
ISBN 978-3-7643-7493-8
Paperback: € 42.95 / £ 35.– / US$ 60.–
Birkhäuser + postage/packing
Edition Detail + VAT, if applicable
∂ Practice
This volume of the DETAIL Practice series
features important principles on the planning
of daylight and artificial lighting, compiled by
experienced specialist authors. In addition
to simple planning rules such as floor plan
designs, building orientation and facade
membering, current daylight and artificial
lighting systems are introduced and ex-
plained using example projects.
Day ight
Characteristics and basic design rules
Solutions for the planning of day-
9
8
Energy demand (kWh/m a)
7
6
5
4
light and artificial lighting, whether
constructing homes, administrative
2
19 Comparison of ut lisat on pro iles of housing (a)
and off ces (b) 1
20 a b Hous ng dayl ght au onomy and energy 22 Information Communication and Media Centre
0
demand as a function of window area Cottbus
buildings or special projects
21 a b Office space daylight autonomy and 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Architects Herzog & de Meuron
energy demand as a funct on of w ndow area 20 a W ndow area (%) Day ight delivery of lateral ight 22
• Dmin / Dmax ≥ 0 67 • Above 50 %: A further increase in win
• Dmin / Davg ≥ 0 5 dow area would not improve aspects
45 relating to these two criteria However,
Size and layout of lateral daylight 40 since there are no disadvantages to
apertures 35 increasing the window area, up to 65 %
Day ght autonomy (%)
The following sections examine the opti 30 (above this problems of heat gain may
Advice: Important considerations
Rear – W dth (m)
mum number of windows a room should 25 occur in summer) it can be designed to
have, and how they should be laid out optimise views and the use of passive
Front
20
There is no pat answer to this question; it solar energy
15
depends entirely on the function of the
room In office space, working hours are
generally in the daytime (Figure 19 b) and
this type of use requires a high nominal
10
5
0
With respect to daylight, a balcony,
according to the 30° rule, reduces the
internal area (usable throughout the year)
when preparing for tenders and
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
lluminance of 500 lux Hence any change of the apartment below by exactly the
building inspections
23 Depth (m)
b W ndow area (%)
in daylight delivery has a marked effect area it adds (in temporary use) above
on the daylight autonomy and energy Hence, balconies in apartment blocks
consumption should not be larger than the necessary
(4 to 5 m2, depending on use) and
If working hours extend into the (dark) 45 located above enclosed areas of the
evening hours and the level of nominal 40 apartment below
lluminance is lower (e g living space) a
35
Rear – W dth (m)
Day ght autonomy (%)
greater supply of daylight will have less
effect on the resultant daylight autonomy
30
For typical office space that has windows
in the facade, the two diagrams opposite
Separate manufacturer demonstrations
Front
25
and energy consumption (Figure 21 a, b) llustrate the daylight
Daylight autonomy for the entire usable 20 autonomy attained, depending on the
floor area of at least 30 % can be assumed 15 ratio of window area and energy demand
to be a cr terion of restraint for both uses
For a typical residential space that has
10
5
0 24 Depth (m)
for artificial lighting (with the optimum fen
estration layout) Analysis results in the
fo lowing recommendations regarding the
for daylight and artificial lighting systems
windows in one outer wall, the two dia 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 ratio of window area:
grams opposite (Figure 20 a, b) illustrate 21 a Window area (%)
the daylight autonomy obtained depend • 50 %: below this the desired autonomy
ing on the ratio of window area and ener Daylight actor of 30 % is not reached Minimum
gy demand for art ficial lighting (with the
optimum fenestration layout)
The analysis results in the following rec
ommendations regarding the ratio of win
35
30
10 %
9 10 %
8 9%
All the light ng scenar os shown here are simulations
produced by a compu er p ogramme The room stud
ied is 4 ≈ 6 ≈ 2 7 m n size the nominal l um nance for
requirement
• 60 %: saturation is almost reached,
sufficiently bright rooms
• 65 %: the maximum degree of auton
Overview of building management
Energy demand (kWh/m a)
7 8%
the off ce is 500 x and has been assumed at 100 lx
systems functionality
dow area in residential buildings: 25 omy and energy saving is reached
6 7% for housing (since D N 5035 does not nc ude residen
tial use) Optimum value
20 5 6%
• 30 %: Here the desired autonomy of The dayl ght factor D on the useable floor space s • Above 65 %: A further increase in win
taken direct y f om the programme It is represented
30 % is already reached Minimum 15 4 5%
in shades of grey in which the gradat ons are not
dow area would not be advantageous
requirement 10 3 4% dayl ght or ented linear but fol ow he visual mpression of the eye in respect of these two criteria
• 40 %: Saturation is almost achieved, 2 3%
5 23 Housing with a window area of approximately
sufficiently bright rooms 40 % and the resu tant l ght s tuation A 65 % window area is the threshold
1 2% su f cien ly br ght
• 50 %: The maximum degree of auton 0 Assessment Suff cient y bright almost op imum beyond which office space (depending
0 5 1% au onomy and energy saving
omy and energy saving is reached 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
24 O fice space wi h a window area of 60 % and he
on the degree of mechanisation, illumina
Optimum value b Window area (%) 0 0 5 % gloomy resul ant light si uat on tion, type of glazing and protection
25
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Bathrooms and
Universal Design
Practical porcelain
CRL Stone’s Ceralsio porcelain surfaces are
available in a comprehensive range of col-
ours and a choice of natural, polished or
textured finish. They are designed as an at-
tractive and practical choice suitable for
vanity tops, wall cladding and flooring for
both the bathroom and kitchen. Seen here
is the light grey natural finish.
The company says that, responding to cur-
rent trends in work surfaces, and with thin-
ner profiles also evident in interior design,
Ceralsio taps into the huge move towards
ceramic surfaces coming out of Europe. At
12 mm thick and in an extra-large 1,500 ≈
3,200 mm slab format, they can be used to
create surfaces largely without joints for
continuity and visual appeal.
Also available in 6 and 10 mm thicknesses
in a range of sizes and colours, the surfaces
can be used for splashbacks, floors and in-
door and outdoor wall cladding, being stain-
and scratch-resistant, thermally stable and
shock-resistant. Also, as it is UV stable the
colour won’t fade over time.
¥ CRL Stone
United Kingdom
 +44 (0)1706 863600
www.ceralsio.co.uk
Appealing and accessible styling for all users
The ensuite bathroom, top, in a 1930s Lon-
don home was fitted out by Devon&Devon in
wetroom-style for ease of use. As well as the
large, wall-mounted shower rose it has a
handset positioned at low level to cater to
the needs of all users. There is room for
seating, whilst recessed shelves give plenty
of storage without encroaching on the show-
ering area. Lambris ceramic wall panels in
white clay allow for easy cleaning.
The Wide Blues Console (just seen), a twin-
basin version of the original Blues console,
is designed to complement classic, retro or
contemporary interiors. The polished nickel
structure, also in chrome or light gold, has
ample space underneath the basin area for
a chair or wheelchair, at 124.5 cm wide ≈
86.5 cm high. The Deco-style room is com-
pleted with an Elite mosaic floor of black
Marquinha and Crema Marfil marble.
Also from Devon&Devon, the Bentley vanity
unit echoes the elegant lines of a classic
desk and it comes with a central basin and
a drawer on either side at 144 cm wide, or
as a right-hand/left-hand unit with one
drawer, at 121 cm wide. It is seen top, right
with a black Marquinha marble top, splash-
back and apron on a mahogany-colour Can-
aletto walnut structure with truncated cone
2017 ¥ 3 ∂
legs and chrome end sections. Various
other combinations of wood, marble and
ceramics are available.
Smaller bathrooms do not have to compro-
mise on sophistication, as illustrated by this
compact but stylish shower room, below, in
a luxury Grade II listed development. The
Serenade console offers a generous surface
without crowding the limited space. Its large
fireclay ceramic top measures 110 cm wide
≈ 99 cm high and rests on two curvaceous
legs, which can be white or black ceramic
or cast aluminium with antique nickel finish.
The Fairy mirror visually extends the space,
and the Armonia 3 radiator serves as a styl-
ish and practical towel warmer.
The Regina free-standing tub in cast iron
with an enamelled interior is just 58 cm tall
at the lower end for ease of entry and 81 cm
at the raised end for a comfortable backrest.
The exterior can be customised in any of
213 choices from the company’s Colours
Collection. It is shown with the Coventry
bath and shower mixer.
¥ Devon&Devon
United Kingdom
 +44 (0)20 7221 5137
www.devon-devon.com

A handbook for universal design and planning, inside and out
“Building for all” best defines what lies behind
“Résidence de la Rive” nursing home,
Onex
Archi ects Atelier Bonnet Geneva
S ruc ural engineers Ott & Uldry Thonex
Da e of comp et on 2007
Building for people whose abil ties to per
ceive their environment are limited can
certainly be counted among the most
demanding tasks of planning The learning
abilities and powers of remembrance of
patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease
or dementia decrease constantly and
hence their orientation capabil ties, too
Our current state of scientific knowledge
does not permit a cure, only a slowing of
the process The spatial environment for
these people reliant on the help of others
is important because the loss of orientation
capabi ities and power of remembering
inevitably lead to uncertainty and anxiety
The design and construction of an appro
priate nursing home therefore forced an
in depth examination of clearly structured,
comprehensible organisational principles
and opportun ties to encourage group
dynamic processes on the one hand,
the formation of areas for individual
retreat on the other After seven years of
intensive design and construction work,
Atelier Bonnet managed to solve this task
in a completely natural way in the shape
of the “Résidence de la Rive” nursing
home near Geneva
Four residential units are grouped around
a north south circulation zone, which
resulted in four intimate, enclosed court
yards framed by the ground floor reception
area The ground floor is simultaneously
circulation zone and common area, w th
the café as the focal point A fifth unit on
the upper floor above the offices provides
options for caring for patients temporarily
when their relatives need to be re ieved
Despite the great clarity of the internal
layout, it was still possible to create areas
for w thdrawal and retreat This zoning plan
enables users to participate intensively in
group life or merely observe it Stairs and
l fts provide access to the individual rooms
on the first floor
Distr buting such an establishment over
two floors is a non standard concept
98
Edition
Barrier-Free Design
Oliver Heiss, Johann Ebe and Christine
Degenhart. Specialist consulting:
Bayerische Architektenkammer.
2010. 112 pages, with numerous
drawings and photos.
Format 21 × 29.7 cm.
ISBN 978-3-0346-0577-9
Paperback: € 42.95 / £ 35.– / US$ 60.–
+ postage/packing
+ VAT, if applicable
∂ Practice
tation options open to planners around the
the unwieldy term “barrier-free design” – the topic of barrier-free design. It shows how
integrative use of buildings for people with such demands can be accommodated in
disabilities. The integration of all members of aesthetically sophisticated architecture and
society, including those with disabilities, can that taking barrier-free aspects into account
only be achieved if the environment is made in the early stages of planning does not
fully accessible to everyone. Demographic necessarily result in extra costs as com-
changes also mean that occupants are pared with “classic” construction. As well as
demanding new qualities of buildings. The an overview of the basics of planning, this
DETAIL Practice book “Barrier-Free Design” book depicts the relevant rules and regula-
provides all specialist planners, architects, tions and presents examples of these and
but also interested owners and builders with of prospective developments in an Euro-
practical basic information and implemen- pean context.
Examples
“Résidence de la Rive” nursing home, Onex
Historic and demographic developments
1 Gardens
Both the access to the courtyards and even the
pa hs through the gardens are very help ul when
it comes to sat sfying the urge for movement that
can affect many patients The planting which
ref ec s he changing of the seasons and s imulates
several senses s robust enough to withs and
Planning basics for inside and outside
areas
touching and p cking by the residents possibly
Location p an even carrying out some of he gardening work
Scale 1 2000 under supervision which supports their therapy
The reason for this approach is to be Sect on Plan
Sca e 1 750
found in the limited size of the plot on the
one hand, the organizational principle of 2 Store 9 Staff room
the nursing concept on the other, which 3 Enclosed courtyard 10 Ca é
4 Aquarium 11 Recep ion
leads from public to semi public to private
Specific requirements classified
5 Multi purpose room 12 Secre ariat
rooms However, this fac lity does 6 Day room 13 Mee ing room
7 Workshop 14 Tea kitchen
demand more intensive supervision and 8 Lounge 15 Off ce
care services from the personnel than
would be the case in groups organised
on one floor only In the form realised
here, the link with the semi public gar
dens via large opening lights demon
according to type
strates both courage and at the same time
great sensitivity towards and respect for
aa
the needs of the users
Covered terraces connect the she tered
exterior with the interior; they allow each
group to use its own enclosed courtyard
It is said that many Alzheimer’s patients
have a desire for exercise An internal
Barrier-free planning and building
layout and routing that essentially permits
this in a safe form therefore contributes to
their well being Plants can also be used 7
to advantage: their changing appearances
and fragrances over the course of a year,
the possibility of touching them and even
becoming involved in gardening work are 2 3 6 3 3 6
all factors that support current therapies
Autonomous use of their surroundings, 8 8 8
finding their way by themselves, represents
9 9 9
a challenge for dementia patients The
choice of materials and colours for their 4
built environment therefore takes on a
9
special meaning And the interior design of
a 10 a
this nursing home shows just how subtly 5 8
and nevertheless clearly light/dark contrasts
can alternate and hence ease orientation 3 6
in three dimensional space
11
12 13
14
15 15
1
99
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78 Bathrooms and Universal Design 2017 ¥ 3 ∂

Seamless solution offers luxury with clean lines
For a bathroom in a new-build project using
energy-efficient insulated concrete, and a
client with a distaste for grout lines and ex-
posed joints, designer Kerr Drummond
chose DuPont™ Corian® to achieve this
light-filled scheme. Its subtle lines disguise
the plumbing which could not be chased
into the concrete.
The brief for the 5 ≈ 5 m bathroom in the
contemporary, luxury home was for some-
thing unique, bespoke and distinctive. To
achieve this, the plywood stud walls and all
other surfaces are entirely clad in Corian, in-
cluding the shower’s curved wall, floor, ceil-
ing and canopy. It has also been used to
produce the two-person bathtub with a
seamless bath surround and a joint-free
double basin area.
The Ice White colour gives a fresh, clean
appearance, and some of the 6 mm translu-
cent panelling has been back-lit, which
adds further ambience without making too
bold a statement. To avoid a clinical feel to
the space the radiator, shower hose and
controls, as well as the door and window
frame, are all in black.
Strong, non-porous and with anti-bacterial,
stain- and slip-resistant properties, the solid-
surface material can be shaped to create all
kinds of practical designs, including basins,
vanity units and cladding as well as floor
surfaces. It comes in a vast range of col-
ours, is durable and easy to maintain and
carries a 10-year warranty.
A collection of ‘off the shelf’ shower trays
has been introduced to facilitate bathroom
design and allow for all the benefits of the
material to be optimised in an easy-to-spec-
ify way. The Casual tray shown left comes in
a 30-mm thickness in eight models (two
depths, with four lengths for each depth) in
white only. The larger Smart shower tray is
available in 12 models, and there are also
three models of Delight bathtubs. All are
suitable for both residential and commercial
environments.
Design meets function
The Geberit brand is known for its Aqua-
Clean shower toilets, including the Mera
Comfort, above. Features include a proxim-
ity sensor that automatically raises the WC
lid and starts warming the seat on the user’s
approach. The patented WhirlSpray technol-
ogy provides gentle cleaning with body-
temperature water and there is a warm-air
dryer and built-in odour extraction.
The company has now launched a complete
bathroom collection of standard and short-
projection basins and toilets, bidets, furni-
ture and cabinets. Design meets function is
the ethos behind the five-series collection
for residential and commercial uses, with
glass, metal, painted and wood finishes.
¥ Geberit
United Kingdom
 +44 (0)1926 516800
www.geberit.co.uk

Combined with the cladding, wet walls and

surfaces, these products enable interior de-
signers and specifiers to create bathroom
solutions that meet a wide variety of de-
mands in terms of style and functionality.
Another benefit is that Corian can easily be
retro-adjusted to seamlessly add handles,
seats and other features.

The bespoke shelving also seen left is clad

in the Clam Shell colourway, whilst the back
wall of the shower is in Lava Rock; these
colours are from the Earth Heritage collec-
tion with a veined mineral aesthetic.

¥ DuPont Corian
United Kingdom
 +44 (0)800 962116
www.corian.co.uk
 Edition

Housing for People of All Ages

Christian Schittich (Ed.), 2007.
176 pages, with numerous
drawings and photos.
Format 23 × 29.7 cm.
ISBN 978-3-7643-8119-6
Hardcover: € 74.95 / £ 60.– / US$ 105.–
+ postage/packing
+ VAT, if applicable
in ∂ series

Living, through all of life’s phases

Collective living, multi-generational living, the modernisation or conversion of existing
family living, barrier-free living, living and buildings offering an extensive overview of
working, living and leisure – a broad range what is on offer. Individual points of focus are
of diversity is determining future concepts structured according to subject in “Housing
of living that should be able to live up to for People of All Ages” for example typology,
the demands and needs of an ever more ec- sense and perception, barrier-free construc-
lectic society. tion and upgrading of kitchen and bathroom.
The spectrum of examples in this addition to Articles by the experts as well as realised pro-
the DETAIL series is therefore just as diverse. jects including large-scale construction draw-
The assortment of projects extends from ings present these. The volume also provides
residential complexes for prams and wheel- addresses of information centres and organi-
chairs to elderly-friendly developments to sations and further expert knowledge.

City House in Munich

Architects: Fink + Jocher Munich

Ground plan zoning – optimum spatial

distribution for all phases of life
Barrier-free city house with retail units addition to which two apartments are designed to be wheel
Two wheelchair-friendly apartments
Maisonettes with roof terraces
Sound insulation against traffic noise
chair friendly while the large entry areas provide sufficient
internal parking space Barrier-free apartments – planning
Energy and ventilation concept
The Westend is an upwardly mobile inner city suburb of
Munich This new city house replaces five older constructions
which were no longer economically viable As a residential
and retail address this new bu lding contributes greatly to
The rooms are heated by an under floor heating system with
a reduced flow temperature and by a controlled ventilation
system Air supply is acquired via the roof due to the close
proximity of a heavily used arterial road Loss of heat is mini
and construction clearly explained
the enhancement of the area by providing spaces commen mised by the app ication of a heat exchanger In association
surate with modern standards of living and working in a city

Mixed uses
This building accommodates seven shops diverse commu
nally used spaces and 23 residences of various sizes: 17
single storey apartments with private loggias and six maison
ette apartments with double storey voids and roof terraces
The load bearing concept of the building has been pared
down to the external walls and the stairwells By restricting
the internal structure to a lightweight system it remains possi
ble to alter plans to meet long term demands of individual
users and adapt to future changes in the real estate market
Communal spaces for all residents have been provided in the
forms of generous entry areas adjacent to the stairwells an
internal courtyard with playground and a community room
complete with kitchen and direct access to the courtyard
Accessibility
All routes within the building are threshold free and each
apartment is access ble from a ift A l dwellings are obstacle
free with the exception of the six maisonette apartments In
with the highly insulated external construction elements
these measures have enabled the architects to surpass the
requirements of low energy housing standards
in large-scale details
Sound insulation
The adjacent street is used by 32 000 vehicles and two tram
lines daily leading to sound emissions of up to 75 dB Noise
pollution of this magnitude is not uncommon in inner city
locations In contrast to the popular planning strategy of
facing secondary rooms with sma l opening onto the street
frontage this scheme employs the application of highly insu
Residential buildings of the future –
lated specially constructed windows The windows are con
structed of double glazing on the inside with an additional
single glazing layer applied externally and noise absorbing
elements located within the cavity spaces Thus the apart
ments remain unrestricted in their layout and can take full
individual living concepts
advantage of orientation and sunlight irrelevant of traffic
flow and the related noise pollution The streetscape
becomes a pub ic and social yet controllable aspect of
the urban location
in multi-generational building

site plan
sca e 1 4000
e evat on
sca e 1 750

Project De ai s Total in ernal vo ume 13 206 m

Usage resident al and retail bu ld ng Total floor area 3 530 m
Un ts 15 barr er f ee apa tments with logg as Resident al floor area 2 066 m
2 whee chair riendly apartments Retail floor area 616 m
6 ma sone tes with roof terraces Total s te area 1 102 m
7 shops on ground loor Bu lt site area 783 m
Deve opment two and three unit layout Construct on cost 3 25 mil ion Euros
Internal room height 2 48 m upper floor Funding Münchner Gesellschaft für
2 84 m ground f oor Stadterneuerung mbH
Construct on type re nforced concrete Construct on ime 2004 Oct 2005

124 125

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80 Bathrooms and Universal Design
Hygiene and colour
Hi-Macs® solid surface material by LG
Hausys has found many applications in the
medical and hospital sector because of its
resistance to pathogens and chemicals as
well as its functionality. Shown here is a new
style of maternity ward in Madrid, where
everything is designed to instil a feeling of
calm and relaxation. The colours, including
Sky Blue Hi-Macs, were chosen for thera-
peutic properties according to chromother-
apy principles, whilst the soft, rounded
shapes give a gentle feel and aid safety.
Hygiene and colour were also prime consid-
erations for the basins and counter tops be-
low, installed at a children’s daycare centre
in Switzerland, where the children can enjoy
using facilities in a space designed just for
them. Surfaces are easily cleaned with a
damp cloth or with the use of a gentle abra-
sive cleaning agent for stubborn marks. The
company also offers a selection of square,
round and rectangular basins in standard
sizes, for installation on or mounted under
bathroom counter tops, as well as a baby
bathtub for neonatal wards.
¥ LG Hausys
United Kingdom
 +44 (0)1892 704074
www.himacs.eu
Safety considerations
Inclusive showering and bathroom products
from Mira are designed to meet the needs of
all users and provide for ease of installation,
low maintenance and reliability combined
with safety and security in use. Its range of
TMV2 and TMV3 controls are designed to
guard against scalding and ensure compli-
ance with Part G of the Building Regula-
tions, which addresses the issue. Features
such as long hoses and large, colour-con-
trasted controls make showering easier for
wheelchair users and those with impaired vi-
sion, whilst maintaining a contemporary aes-
thetic that works in any bathroom.
The Advance ATL Flex, awarded the BEAB
Care mark for safety and endorsed by the
Royal National Institute for the Blind, is de-
signed to deliver precise, thermostatically-
controlled showering; if the temperature
should rise above a pre-set level the shower
turns off automatically. Excel Thermostatic
BSM bath/shower mixer features thermo-
static control for shower and bath fill and is
suitable for all systems. A 1.75 m hose is
available to aid with assisted bathing.
¥ Mira Showers
United Kingdom
 +44 (0)1242 221221
www.mirashowers.co.uk
2017 ¥ 3 ∂
Slimline storage
Luxury brand Bagnodesign from Sanipex
Group encompasses basins, including mar-
ble and copper designs, brassware in
brushed nickel, anthracite, black and white
finishes, and vanities, counter tops and inset
and free-standing baths. The company of-
fers extensive support services from initial
design to installation and beyond.
Top, the Umbria wall-mounted counter top
responds to the trend for natural materials,
its woodgrain adding warmth to the bath-
room, and offers ample space for soaps and
other toiletries. It can be combined with a
matching wall-mounted shelf for storage of
towels beneath the basin itself.
The Mezzanine collection includes the basin
below with a slim profile in sizes from 700 to
1,700 mm wide. In White, Matt White or Matt
Black, it can be combined with the new
Mezzanine stand, ideal for compact bath-
rooms, with side rails for convenient storage
of towels. The stand itself can be chosen to
match brassware in the same finish, includ-
ing anthracite, shown here.
¥ Bagnodesign
United Kingdom
 +44 (0)1924 233976
www.bagnodesign.co.uk
∂ 2017 ¥ 3 Bathrooms and Universal Design 81

Getting a handle on modern design features Completely co-ordinated

Shown here are examples of Arcos handle-
less bathroom furniture from Schmidt. Top,
the modern, concrete-like Marvel has been
teamed with wood-effect Harvey to give an
urban industrial feel in this loft living space.
The giant mirror has subtle lighting at the
sides, adding to the ambient atmosphere.
Seen centre, these units in Stucco Grey and
Porpora offer a contemporary, clean effect.
They are available in 31 vibrant or muted
colours. The double basin in the sustaina- Keuco’s Plan series includes overhead and
ble, recyclable solid surface Cristalplant® hand showers, a shower rail that also serves
material provides space for toiletries, and as a stable grab rail and tip-up seats in two
above it is another large mirror, this one with sizes, with co-ordinating sponge baskets,
a handy shelf. towel hooks and holders and soap dishes.
¥ Schmidt Groupe UK Ltd ¥ Keuco GmbH & Co KG
United Kingdom Germany
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Well-being – Villeroy & Boch's hotel expertise
In an age of 24-hour digital communication,
time-out is becoming a luxury item, and the
desire to slow down is growing. This is a
challenge, especially for hotels, where the
desire for reachability and recreation, and
for on- and off times is equally pronounced.
Well-being is a keyword in the hotel indus-
try. Guests should feel both at home and im-
pressed, and architecture and design both
contribute decisively to this.
Integrated technology, enabling, for exam-
ple, room fixtures and fittings to be operated
using a smartphone, enhance comfort. For
this reason, Villeroy & Boch offers the innova-
tive ViSound sound-system with its Quaryl®
and acrylic bathtubs. It comprises four pow-
erful structure-borne sound transducers that
use the tub, whether empty or full, as a reso-
nance chamber. In addition, there is a re-
ceiver that plays back multimedia files from
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exceptional sound experience that is not only
heard but also felt in the water.
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The Memento premium collection is characterized
by consistent linearity and a minimalist design. A
timeless style and luxurious finishes with refined
patterns lend each bathroom its own distinct
charm.

In hotel bathrooms, the trend is even

stronger towards small wellness temples
with entertainment value. Villeroy & Boch
offers a large variety of design colours and
shapes, as well as customizable products.
Collections such as Artis, Aveo New Gener-
ation, Loop&Friends, My Nature and Squaro
Edge 12 provide architects and hotel plan-
ners with wide design scope thanks to inno-
vative materials such as Quaryl® and
TitanCeram as well as room-specific colours
and decors.

Since many hotels are increasingly opting

for a compact design, flexible bathroom so-
lutions are in demand. Villeroy & Boch guar-
antees country-specific requirements – from
Villeroy & Boch

a compact model to a comfortable XL ver-

sion in the Architectura and Subway 2.0 col-
lections. But beautiful and functional bath-
room products alone are not enough; they
must also be comfortable and intelligent.
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Landscaping and
Outdoor Living
Lightweight and strong
Sen-su Lounge is part of the Sen-su and
Sen-to contemporary chair and armchair
collection by Bartoli Design for Italian manu-
facturer Daa. “The system was developed in
a continuous exchange between design and
engineering by several prototypes to trans-
late the lightness of the sensu traditional
Japanese fan with the rules dictated by the
steel-wire manufacturing technology,” ex-
plained Bartoli.
“The result is a chair whose technical and
aesthetic focus is the ‘spine’ where several
V rods alternate and are reflected, creating
a distinguishing pattern, extremely light yet
sturdy.” The seats are available with a tex-
tured or satin lacquer in various colours.
¥ Bartoli Design
Italy
 +39 (0)39 387225
www.bartolidesign.it
Flexible installation for external tiled floors
OUT2.0 from Ceramiche Refin are 20 mm-
thick porcelain stoneware tiles suitable for
external floors using traditional or raised in-
stallation methods. The thicker tiles are de-
signed to guarantee a high resistance to
loads and stresses and are suitable for both
residential and commercial outdoor flooring,
being frost- and fire-resistant, as well as re-
sistant to the attack of chemicals and ad-
verse weather conditions.
The tiles can be dry-installed directly on to
the footing, gravel or grass or can be laid as
a raised floor by means of polypropylene
supports of variable heights. Fixed supports
represent the quickest, most economical
solution and allow for a raise of 15 mm,
whereas the self-levelling supports can be
adjusted in height from 50 to 75 mm; these
are equipped with a self-levelling head that
reduces uneven surfaces and means the
system can compensate for an incline of up
2017 ¥ 3 ∂
to 5 %. Quick and easy to install, the floor
can be walked on straight away.
As the dry-installation method does not re-
quire the use of adhesives and grouts, the
porcelain stoneware slabs can be easily
removed and reused if desired. As well as
helping to reduce unevenness of the sur-
face, the raised flooring system is said to
increase thermal insulation, whilst the gap
created between the floor and the substrate
allows for the housing of cabling and pipes
and ease of inspection. OUT2.0 tiles are
available in a selection of finishes including
Artwork (above, left), Bluetech (top and be-
low, left) and Wood2 (bottom), as well as
Graniti, Pangea and Pietre di Borgogna.
¥ Ceramiche Refin
Italy
 +39 (0)522 990499
www.refin.it
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84 Landscaping and Outdoor Living
Aluminium ranges add variety with colours and fabrics
Play rectangular and square outdoor tables
by Ethimo are described as having a con-
temporary character and harmonious geom-
etries. The basic structure is aluminium with
legs in cast metal to give a solid base as
well as height and lightness to the design. It
comes in a range of sizes, and the table top
can be aluminium, natural or pickled teak or
a stone-effect ceramic.
In the all-aluminium versions, the top is the
same colour as the legs, entirely in Warm-
white or Warmgrey; additionally, these legs
can be combined with the teak top. The
stone-effect top, new to the company, is
claimed to be highly resistant to scratch
marks and heat, and is available in Ice
White and Slate Black.
Esedra, designed by Luca Nichetto, is one
of Ethimo’s leading collections for 2017. It
teams woven fibre, in a tight or wide weave,
with aluminium legs and fabric cushions to
give a complete range of furniture with a
contemporary outdoor look. Sofas and arm-
chairs, including the high-back option seen
above, are complemented by round, rectan-
gular and square dining and coffee tables in
a variety of finishes.
The aluminium Nicolette armchair, below,
left is by Patrick Norguet. Frame colours are
Warmwhite, Olive Green, Coffee Brown,
Warmgrey, Sepia Black and Warmred. The
back comes in a microperforated pattern,
with a backrest in natural teak, and can be
dressed in a water-repellent, pleated fabric
and accessorised with seat cushions in
three colour choices for a variety of looks.
¥ Ethimo
Italy
 +39 (0)761 300 444
www.ethimo.com
2017 ¥ 3 ∂
Plain and patterned
Tile of Spain is the voice of the Spanish tile
industry, representing more than 100 manu-
facturers and these Spanish porcelain tiles
are widely available in the UK. Above, from
Apavisa, the Nanoconcept 7.0 series tile
on the facade in Anthracite with a rigato
finish is shown with a Materia series floor
tile in White with a flame finish. Both are
45 ≈ 90 cm with other colours, finishes and
special sizes available.
Below are two tiles from the Dolce Vita col-
lection by Vives. Amalfi depicts small mar-
ble fragments giving the surface its marked
character, and this 30 ≈ 30 cm tile is paired
with a decorative design, Cavour, both seen
in Azul from a variety of colourways.
¥ Tile of Spain
United Kingdom
 +44 (0)20 7467 2385
www.tileofspain.com
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NEW

Landscape best of DETAIL:

Landscape
NEU February 2017
200 pages with numerous
drawings and photos.
Format 21 × 29.7 cm.
Bilingual English/German.
ISBN 978-3-95553-350-2
Paperback: € 49.90 / £ 40.– / US$ 70.–
+ postage/packing
+ VAT, if applicable
best of ∂ series

Architecturally designed landscapes

Industrialisation, mechanisation and expan- Landscapes” presents highlights of the past
sion have wrought profound changes on few years from DETAIL: buildings that disap-
European cities and the surrounding land- pear into their surroundings, lush meadows
scapes in the last century. As regards the revealed as roofscapes only after closer
positive social and healthy development of inspection, paths and walkways through
inhabitants, landscape planning has become jungle-like gardens. Architecture and cities
an integral part of all urban planning. can no longer be counterpoints to nature and
Sometimes it is possible to truly merge the landscape. Rather they should strive to
nature and architecture. “best of DETAIL: create stunning symbioses.

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Designing outdoor areas using

Maßstab 1 400 scale 1 400

1 Eingang 1 Ent ance

2 Garderobe 2 Wa drobe space
3 Wohnzimmer 3 Liv ng room
4 Essraum 4 Din ng room

architecture
5 Küche 5 Kitchen
6 Zimmer 6 Bed oom
7 Terrasse 7 Te race
8 Tiefgarage 8 Basement garage

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8 8
Planned “nature”
Typ A / Type A Typ B / Type B

Landscape planning: a balance

5 1 6 5 1

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1 Obergeschoss / Fi st loor 1 Obergeschoss / First f oor tion and technical infrastructure
b

7 7

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6 2 4 3 2 6 6 2 4 3 2 6

Erdgeschoss / Ground f oor Erdgeschoss / Ground f oor

80 81

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86 Landscaping and Outdoor Living
Warm on the outside
Suitable for wall-mounting, ceiling or free-
standing application, Tansun’s infrared
heating systems can be installed in a wide
variety of settings, particularly benefiting
bars and restaurants wishing to increase
revenue from alfresco dining, says the com-
pany. With a UK manufacturing base, it spe-
cialises in providing heating solutions for
buildings which are recognised as difficult
to heat, such as factories, warehouses,
gymnasiums and aircraft hangars.
The Rio IP, below, is described as a weath-
erproof, lightweight infrared heater with a
superior parabolic reflector. The high-quality
aluminium body is available in standard col-
ours of white, black and silver and, as with
most of the heating systems, it can also be
powder-coated in a range of RAL colours as
a bespoke service to align with corporate
branding, or to match awning or parasol
profiles or venue colour schemes. The
streamlined design is compatible with the
company’s energy-saving controllers to suit
varying situations. Heat coverage distribu-
tion area is around 10.5 sq.m.
¥ Tansun
United Kingdom
 +44 (0)121 580 6200
www.tansun.com
High-performance surface aids safety underfoot
Bituchem’s Natratex hard-landscaping ma-
terials are used in school and park projects
around the country. The flagship product is
specified for its modern aesthetics and
safety benefits, says the company, and can
be used for new construction as well as re-
generation and overlay projects. Fosse-
brook Primary School, top, was developed
by Leicestershire County Council to provide
an additional school for early-years students
in the area. It was designed by Kast Archi-
tects and MeiLoci landscape architects,
which specified the Cotswold and grey col-
ours to create an informal demarcated area
in the playground.
Natratex is manufactured to offer a seam-
less, high-performing solution, using natu-
rally occurring aggregates. The clear resin
binder used to create the smooth surface
reduces the likelihood of the material deteri-
orating and causing potholes or other
breakages in the surface, so eliminating trip
hazards and helping to make it safer for
young children.
A second new-build school, Pimperne Pri-
mary School (below, right) is situated near a
rural Dorset village in an Area of Outstand-
ing Natural Beauty (AONB), where new de-
velopments are required to respect and en-
2017 ¥ 3 ∂
hance the natural beauty of its setting. The
project was managed by Dorset County
Council’s Dorset Property, which specified
the Cotswold colour to provide a smooth,
durable surface for both pedestrians and
vehicles. The versatile material can be used
for a wide range of applications, with a vari-
ety of colours available to suit all specifica-
tions. These aggregates are said to offer an
aesthetically pleasing alternative to a tradi-
tional tarmac finish whilst providing the
same durable and long-lasting qualities as
asphalt technology.
Another recent project was the refurbish-
ment of Coleshill Memorial Park in North
Warwickshire, now transformed with new
equipment and facilities for all ages to en-
courage its use by local people. Architects
Moore Environment chose Cotswold for the
adventure playground and the pedestrian
paths. A spokesperson for Coleshill Town
Council said it was delighted with the
scheme, adding, “We are particularly happy
with the golden colour of the pathways. It re-
ally lifts the park on dull and dark days.”
¥ Bituchem
United Kingdom
 +44 (0)1594 826768
www.bituchem.com
 Edition

Holz best of DETAIL: Wood

Christian Schittich (Ed.), 2014.
200 pages with numerous
drawings and photos.
Format 21 × 29.7 cm.
Bilingual English/German.
ISBN 978-3-95553-214-7
Paperback: € 49.– / £ 40.– / US $ 70.–
+ postage/packing
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best of ∂ series

Traditional construction material for the architecture

of the future
With its positive qualities and wide range of tion material into one of the most sought-after
applications, wood excels in several areas: It materials for innovative projects of the future,
meets the holistic evaluation criteria of sustain- while its structural design potential, combined
able construction and is perfect for outdoor with a “pure” solution, allows the building of
use in sophisticated designs and facades, mixed and composite structures.
as well as for use in interiors. It enables short “Best of DETAIL: Wood” brings together high-
construction times, is relatively inexpensive lights from DETAIL about wood as a material.
and both builders and architects alike appre- Besides a theoretical basis, the publication
ciate its sensuous charm and familiarity. Even also offers a comprehensive section on pro-
today’s high standards for acoustic insulation jects, ranging from experiments to elaborate
and fire safety in multi-storey buildings can be details, which provides abundant inspiration
met by wood. These outstanding qualities are and examples of successful architectural
increasingly turning this traditional construc- design using wood.

5 Innenansicht e ner Büroebene im Rohbau
6 Blick n den Insta la ionshoh raum einer Decke
7 Schnit perspekt ve einer Büroebene
8 Querschnitt Systemdecke mit Trennwandan
schluss Maßstab 1 20
5 Inter or v ew of an o fice floor dur ng cons ruction
6 Gl mpse into a f oor instal a ion cavity
7 Sect on pe spec ive of an off ce floor
8 Cross sect on of loor and par it on wall
Scale 1 20

a Betonfe tigteil 80 mm
b ns al at onshohl aum
c Heiz /Küh decke (revisionierbar)
d Unterzug Bret schichtho z 24 ≈ 28 mm
9 Montage der Fassadenelemente m t Stützen
10 Horizontalschn tt Gebäudeecke Maßstab 1 50
Wood as a material:
a Precast concrete e ement 80 mm
b Technical nsta lations in f oor cav ty
c Heating and coo ing cei ing (accessib e)
d Glued amina ed timber beam 24 x 28 mm
9 Assembly of a acade element w th co umns
10 Plan of corner junc ion Sca e 1 50

architectural highlights from DETAIL

11 Vert kalschnitt Geschossdecke/Fassaden
1 ²7 Obe geschoss Maßstab 1 50
a Systemfassade im Bürobereich (Ho zrahmen
kons ruktion)
b Flurzone (abgehängte Decke mit unterse tiger
Gipskartonverkle dung)
c Außenwand Erschl eßungskern (Stahlbeton
wand m t Wärmedämmverbundsystem)
11 Vertical section of f oor/ acade eve s 1 7
Scale 1 50
a Off ce facade (timber frame construct on)
b Corr dor (suspended p aste board ce l ng)
c Exterior wall sta r shaft (reinforced concrete wi h
external wall insulation )

5 6 9

vorgefer igten Plattenbalken zusammenge

setzt (Abb 14) Jedes dieser 2 70 m ≈ 8 10
m großen Elemente besteht aus einer acht
Zentimeter dicken Betonplatte sowie vier
Längsbalken aus Brettschichtholz (Quer
schnitt je 24 ≈ 28 cm) die als Unterzüge
wirken An den Schmalseiten des Gebäu
des schließen die Längsbalken an höhen
gleiche Querträger aus Stahlbeton an (Abb
13)
Jedes Deckenelement muss an den vier
Eckpunkten gestützt werden Am Kern wer
den die Deckenplatten auf geschweißte
Stahlkonsolen aufgelegt Entlang der Fas
saden bilden die Fassadenstützen aus
Brettschichtholz das Auflager Nach der
zenpaare zu einem Element vereint und ge
meinsam mit der Fassade montiert werden
Diese Verbindung von Primär und Sekun
därkonstruktion erlaubt einen schne leren
Baufortschritt als bei herkömmlichen Syste
men Zudem sind bei dieser komplett tro
ckenen Bauweise keine Aushärtungszeiten
zu berücksichtigen
Der Bauprozess
Um die Einwirkung von Feuchtigkeit und
Feuer aus der unmitte baren Gebäudeum
gebung auf das Holztragwerk auszuschlie
ßen wird das Erdgeschoss (und eine even
tuelle Unterkellerung) eines LifeCycle Tower
stets in konventioneller Massivbauweise er
dem Innenausbau begonnen werden
Die elementierte Bauweise der Tragkon
struktion und Fassade setzt sich in der Ge
bäudetechnik fort: Deckensegel werden an
der Unterseite der Hybriddecke passgenau
zwischen die Holzba ken eingebaut Diese
Segel dienen zur Heizung Kühlung Lüf
tung und Verbesserung der Raumakustik
Optional können darin auch Brandmelder
Präsenzmelder Tageslichtsensoren Strom
versorgung für die Fassade sowie Feuer
löschanlagen und Beleuchtung ergänzt
werden Somit lässt sich fast die gesamte
Gebäudetechn k in die Decke integrieren
tionell errichteten Gebäude in Stah beton
bauweise mit gleicher Nutzung
Über seine gesamte Lebensdauer setzt das
Gebäude somit 340 Tonnen CO2 weniger
frei Dies ist in etwa so viel wie ein VW Golf
im Laufe von 60 Erdumrundungen ausstößt
Allein 200 Tonnen CO2 Einsparung entfa len
auf die Holz Hybridkonstruktion (Abb 16)
Doch auch die Ausbauleistungen wurden
mithilfe von Ökobilanzvergleichen optimiert
So wurden etwa die ursprünglich geplanten
Natursteinbeläge im Foyer und im Treppen
ner besitzen die Decken keine Hohlräume
in denen sich ein Brand ausbreiten könnte
Die Fassadenstützen sind durch rechneri
sche Nachweisverfahren für einen Brandwi
derstand R 90 bemessen Obwohl sie nur
dreiseitig sich bar und auf der vierten Seite
durch die Fassade abgedeckt sind muss
te hierbei ein allseitiger Abbrand berück
sichtigt werden Die rund 10 Mil imeter brei
te Fuge zwischen den beiden Einzelele
menten der Doppelstützen ist mit nicht
brennbarem Material verschlossen
register der Lüftungsanlage mit Wärme Im
Foyer im Erdgeschoss ist zusätzlich eine
Fußbodenheizung installiert
Multi-faceted material with future
Kälte für das Gebäude erzeugt eine zwei
stufige wassergekühlte Kompressionskälte
maschine mit integrierter freier Kühlung
(Nennleistung 85 kW) Analog zur Wärme
verteilt sich auch ihre Leistung auf die Kühl
potential
decken der Büroräume und die Nachküh
lung der Lüftungsanlage (Abb 20) Ferner
verfügt jede Büroetage über ein separates
Kaltwassernetz zur Kühlung von mög ichen

Montage werden die Deckenelemente mit
tels Fugenverguss kraftschlüssig zu einer
aussteifenden Deckenscheibe verbunden
Die Decken sind für eine Nutzlast von 4 kN/
m2 ausgelegt
Die Fassadenstützen bestehen aus zwei je
24 ≈ 24 cm starken Brettschichtholz Recht
eckprofilen (Abb 9 und 10) Jedes der bei
den Stützenteile trägt ein angrenzendes
Deckenelement Die Stützen sind reine Pen
delstützen und werden nur durch Normal
kraft beansprucht Sie stehen stumpf gesto
ßen auf den darunterliegenden Deckenele
menten und diese wiederum liegen über
einen stumpfen Stoß auf den Stützen des
folgenden Geschosses auf
Über Rahmenhölzer können mehrere Stüt
richtet Die Fassaden und Hybriddecken
elemente der Obergeschosse werden ge
schossweise in direkter Folge versetzt
Grundsätz ich sind bei den Fassadenele
menten Vorfertigungsgrade bis zu 100 %
möglich Um Beschädigungen bei Trans
port und Montage zu vermeiden wurde die
äußerste Fassadenoberfläche beim LCT
ONE jedoch erst an der Baustelle aufge
bracht (Abb 2)
Am Ende jeder Arbeitsetappe ist das gera
de fertiggestellte Stockwerk und damit die
feuchtigkeitssens blen Holzoberflächen im
Inneren durch die oben aufgelegten Hyb
riddecken vor Witterung geschützt Durch
die trockene Bauweise kann in den bereits
montierten Gebäudebereichen sofort mit
Ökobilanzierung
Um die ökologischen Vorteile der Verbund
konstruktion auch zahlenmäßig zu ermitteln
erste lte der Bauherr nach der Baufertigstel
lung des P lotprojekts eine Ökobilanz nach
den Kriterien der Deutschen Gesellschaft
für Nachhaltiges Bauen (DGNB) Sie erfasst
die Umweltwirkungen aus der Errichtung
dem Betrieb der Instandsetzung und dem
Rückbau des LCT ONE während einer an
genommenen Lebensdauer von 50 Jahren
Bezogen auf den Quadratmeter Nettoge
schossfläche emittiert das Gebäude 27 kg
CO2 Äquivalente pro Jahr wovon rund zwei
Drittel auf den Gebäudebetrieb entfallen
und ein Drittel auf die Konstruktion (Abb
15) Das sind rund 32 % weniger CO2 Emis
sionen als bei einem gleich großen konven
haus durch einen ökologisch weniger be
denk ichen oberflächenveredelten Estrich
ersetzt In der Systemfassade kam ein Mi
neralwoll Dämmstoff mit hohem Recycling
gehalt und umweltfreundlichem Bindemittel
zum Einsatz und in den Büroräumen liegen
nun Bodenbeläge mit »Cradle to Cradle«
Zertifikat
Brandschutz
Alle tragenden Elemente im Gebäude sind
auf einen mindestens 90 minütigen Feuer
widerstand bemessen Für die Verbundde
cken wurde dieser Nachweis
(REI 90 gemäß EN 13501 2) mittels eines
Brandversuchs nach DIN EN 1365 2 er
bracht (Abb 12) Die Geschossdecken
sind auch insofern brandschutztechnisch
günstig zu bewerten als sie eine unterbre
chungsfreie Brandabschnittstrennung zwi
schen den Geschossen gewährleisten Fer
Das Gebäude ist mit einer automa ischen
Brandmeldeanlage ausgestattet die auf die
Feuerwehrleitstelle aufgeschaltet ist
Heizung Lüftung und Kühlung
Zur mechanischen Be und Entlüftung der
Räume dient eine zentrale Lüftungsanlage
mit Wärmerückgewinnung (inklusive Bypass
für Zeiten mit moderaten Außentemperatu
ren) Die Anlage verfügt über ein Nachheiz
register und eine Nachkühlung um auch
bei sehr hohen oder tiefen Außentempera
turen komfortable Zulufttemperaturen zu
gewährleisten
Das Gebäude ist an das örtliche Nahwär
menetz angeschlossen das seine Wärme
aus regenerativen Que len (Biomasse mit
Kraft Wärme Kopplung) bezieht (Abb 19)
Die Übergabestation (Leistung 80 kW) ver
sorgt sowohl die Deckenstrahlungsheizung
in den Büroräumen als auch das Nachheiz
Serverräumen Zur Kältespeicherung ist ein
Pufferspeicher an die Kältemaschine ange
schlossen
Contemporary use of traditional
Heizungs und Lüftungssteuerung
Heizung und Kühlung werden über die Ge
bäudeleittechnik abschnittsweise (das he ßt
in der Regel raumweise im Raster von 2 70
building materials
Meter) gesteuert Hierzu wird die Raumtem
peratur in der Abluft gemessen und die
Heiz bzw Kühlleistung entsprechend an
gepasst Dabei sind zwei unterschied iche
Solltemperaturen für besetzte und nicht be
setzte Räume vorprogrammiert Die Raum
regelung erkennt automatisch (z B anhand
von Präsenzmeldern Bedienung der Licht
schalter und sogar Mausbewegungen am
Computer) ob sich Personen im jeweiligen
Büro aufhalten
Der Nutzer wird jedoch auch aktiv einbezo
gen um unnötige Energieverluste zu ver

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The green Danube
Cruise company Crystal opted for a be-
spoke green roof terrace incorporating al-
pine plants for the newest addition to its
river fleet, to reflect the journey taken along
the Danube. ANS Global worked with AD
Associates and Crystal on the design, using
the modular lightweight Grufekit system of
multiple individual modules, each containing
everything needed – from a water reservoir
and drainage layer to the soil and vegeta-
tion. The rest of the landscaping was then
completed. The Mozart travels from Austria
through Switzerland and Germany, and pas-
sengers will be able to walk about the ter-
race identifying the species and learning
about their environment.
Below is a recent photograph of an earlier
project by ANS, a living wall at the Côte
Brasserie in Birmingham’s city centre
planted more than six years ago, and the
company says it is looking as healthy as
when it was first installed. The 60 m2 wall on
the outdoor terrace is made up of multiple
plant species such as vinca minor, heu-
chera palace purple and hosta variegata.
¥ ANS Global
United Kingdom
 +44 (0)1243 545818
www.ansgroupglobal.com
Low-maintenance grass and paving products
Launched this year by Natural Paving Prod-
ucts is Luxigraze, a range of artificial grass
and supporting installation, care and main-
tenance products offering a complete low-
maintenance landscaping option. Currently
available in Premium 20 and 30 mm, Luxury
32 and Super Luxury 27 mm pile heights
and types, it features a multi-tone green pile
with tan thatch for a natural finish. The prod-
uct comes with a 10-year UV guarantee. The
launch of the commercial Prograze range is
set to follow.
Quality sandstone from the Natural Paving
Products range was supplied to the Centre
For Digital Innovation (C4DI) in Hull, set up
as a pioneering specialist business space to
further build and connect Hull’s technology
talent. The £4 million centre is home to a
collective of digital companies and individu-
als. Diamond Sawn York Mix sandstone has
been used for paving, steps, seating units
and copings. With a warm multicolour pal-
ette, the flagstone is said to create a dy-
namic aesthetic in perfect harmony with the
centre and surrounding area.
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well as 30 linear metres of coping stones.
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 Edition

Perfect Scale
Ansgar and Benedikt Schulz.
144 pages. 2nd Edition 2016.
Bilingual: English/German.
Format 24,5 × 33 cm.
ISBN 978-3-95553-307-6
Hardcover: € 39.90 / £ 32.– / US$ 56.–
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Perfect scales for architectural design and construction

Thinking and working in a variety of scales determines whether the client or the con-
lies at the heart of architecture. What scale struction worker understand what is being
should be selected for which design deci- conveyed.
sion? At what point is it sensible to change In view of the countless possibilities of-
the scale? What can and ought to be depict- fered by CAD, the objective of clearly and
ed in a true-to-scale architectural drawing? unambiguously conveying one’s own ideas
And how can such a drawing remain clear is occasionally lost sight of. The authors,
and thus appealing? Ansgar Schulz and Benedikt Schulz, pro-
An architectural drawing is not least a means vide orientation with their book, exemplarily
of communication. It contains pieces of in- guiding the architectural drawing back to its
formation which are relevant for various re- original purpose: the creation of exceptional
cipients. The choice of the appropriate scale structures.

80 1 100

22 1 100

Im Grundriss sollten die Räume möbliert gezeichnet sein um
Entwurfsmaßstab ihre Funktionalität nachzuweisen Betten Schränke Tische mit
Stühlen Küchenzeilen Badewannen Toiletten Waschbecken
Schulmöbel oder Labortische verdeutlichen die Nutzung und
dienen als Anha tspunkt für die Planung der technischen Ge
Die Reihenfolge ste lt eine Abweichung von den normativen
Vorgaben dar nach denen mit der ersten Maßkette die Raum
maße angetragen werden und erst danach die Öffnungsmaße
Die abweichende obige Reihenfolge ermög icht die direkte Zu
ordnung der Öffnungsmaße zu den Öffnungen was eindeu

1:100
bäudeausrüstung wie beispielsweise Leuchtenauslässe Steck tiger und dam t schöner ist insbesonde e wenn es aufgrund
dosen Lichtscha ter Wasse anschlüsse Es verbietet sich bei eines komplexen Grundrisses mehrerer Raum
der Darste lung von Möbeln und Sanitä objekten auf vorgefer maßketten bedarf was die Öffnungsmaßkette fig.25

A guide to scales, design and construction

Im Maßstab 1 100 ist der Umrechnungsvorgang sehr einfach
1 cm in der Zeichnung entspricht 1 m in der Realität Damit ist
dies auch der Maßstab in dem sich Laien am besten zu echt
finden zum Beispiel Kaufinteressenten einer Wohnung Man
misst im Grundriss mit dem normalen Lineal die Abmessungen
Die mögliche und sinnvolle Darstellungstiefe im Maßstab
1 100 wird anhand der Goldenen Regel deut ich 1 mm Linien
abstand in der Zeichnung machen 100 mm in der Real tät aus
also 10 cm Dam t sind beispielsweise nichttragende Wände ob
Trockenbau oder Mauerwerk darstel bar nicht jedoch Fenster
tigte Ze len der CAD Prog amme zurückzugreifen Diese ent
halten zu viele Linien die darüber hinaus näher als 1 mm ne
beneinander liegen Möbel so lten auf die wesent ichen Maße
reduziert und unter Beachtung der Goldenen Regel ästhetisch
ansprechend abst ahiert we den
Wenn die Zeichnungen im Maßstab 1 100 einen überwiegend
dokumentarischen Charakter haben sol ten Bäume Autos
und Menschen nur exemplarisch eingefügt werden Ein Auto in
einer Garage verdeut icht zwar die Nutzung des Raumes und
ein neben dem Gebäude eingezeichneter Baum dokumentiert
dessen Erha t aber die Lesbarkeit der Zeichnung mit ih er Fül
le an wichtigen zeichnerischen und schrift ichen Info mation
ist wichtiger als die llustration m t Maßstabsbildnern Schnitt
führungen sollten durch den gesamten Grundriss verlaufend
dargeste lt werden Achsen und Gebäuderaster we den nur am
sehr we t von den Öffnungen entfernen würde
In Schnittzeichnungen wird jedes Geschoss mit
Höhenkoten versehen Innerhalb des Schnittes
kann man Maßketten für die Geschosshöhen und die ichten
Raumhöhen samt Deckenstärken eintragen da die Schnitt
zeichnung in den Räumen Platz dafür bietet Zudem so lte ein
Schnitt alle für die Prüfung der Planung relevan
ten Höhenmaße entha ten wie zum Beispiel Fens
ter und Brüstungshöhen Höhen von Geländern
und Umwehrungen oder Höhenlagen über der
Geländeoberkante vor dem Gebäude Ansichten
fig.26
in architecture
we den in der Regel nicht m t Maßen versehen Ausnahmen be
stehen bei genehmigungsrelevanten Aspekten wie Anschluss
höhen an eine Nachbarbebauung
Geschnittene massive Baute le werden m ttels dicker“ Voll

Everything concerning the ‘right’ scale,

von Räumen und erm tte t die ealen Maße über die h lfsweise
Umrechnung cm = m“ Oft wird der Versuch unternommen
die ohnehin schon leicht lesbare Zeichnung für derartige Zwe
cke durch Schraffuren und Fa be noch anschaulicher zu i lus
trieren Doch um derartige Darste lungen die wenig mit äs
thetisch ansprechenden A chitekturzeichnungen zu tun haben
p ofile oder Türblätter Der Schichtenaufbau mehrscha iger Au
ßenwände oder Flachdächer kann gezeichnet werden sofern
Schichten mit einer Stärke von weniger als 10 cm abstrahiert
oder weggelassen werden Treppen werden m t ihren realen Ab
messungen gezeichnet Treppenbeläge aber erst ab einer Stärke
von 10 cm Die Darstellung von Treppenge ändern im Grundriss
Rand des Grundrisses eingetragen Schatten sind in Grundris
sen ausgeschlossen da der Zeichnungsinha t verunklart wird
Ansichten sol ten nur im Ausnahmefa l mit Schatten darge
stel t werden Für textliche Informationen etwa zum Schich
tenaufbau von Wänden und Decken empfieh t sich die knappe
Einfügung direkt an der betreffenden Stelle
linien abgebildet Glas und leichte Ausbauelemente werden
als geschn ttene Bauteile mit der Linienbreite m ttel“ als Voll
linien dargestel t Sichtkanten werden als Vo llinien gezeich
net verdeckte Kanten als Strich inien Projektionskanten als
Punktlinien jewe ls m t der Linienbreite dünn“ Achsen und
Gebäuderaster we den m t dünnen“ Strichpunkt inien ge

line types and line thicknesses

geht es hier nicht
Im Maßstab 1 100 werden die Zeichnungen eines Gebäudes an
gefertigt die für Genehmigungsverfahren erforder ich sind
So sind sie im bauordnungsrecht ichen Verfahren Teil der so
genannten Bauvorlagen eines Bauantrages auf den die Bau
aufsichtsbehörde eine Baugenehmigung erteilt Der Maßstab
1 100 ist nicht geeignet für den ganzheitlich betrachtenden
Entwurf von Gebäuden Zum einen sind viel mehr Informatio
nen enthalten als für die Beurteilung der funktionalen Bezüge
der Proportionen und Raumabfolgen notwendig sind Zum an
deren passen große Häuser oft nicht auf die Standardblattfor
mate und können deshalb nicht zusammenhängend betrach
tet we den
würde die Informationen zur Geometrie der Treppe verunkla
ren und so lte daher entfallen Türzargen und b ätter können
aufgrund ihrer geringen Stärke nicht abgebildet werden aber
die Lage des Türanschlags und die Aufschlagrichtung der Tür
können mittels Einzellinien eingetragen werden Der Tü auf
schlag wird dabei als Vierte kreis gezeichnet den Vorgang der
fig.24
Türöffnung symbolisierend und nicht als unschöne Diagonale
zwischen Türblatt und Anschlag Die Lage des Fensters in der
Außenwand wird m t einer einzelnen Linie dokumentiert die
das gesamte Bauteil aus Blendrahmen und F ügelrahmen ab
strahiert Die entscheidende Information in diesem Maßstab ist
Die Bemaßung der Zeichnung dient dazu die Flächenbe
rechnung und genehmigungsrelevante Entwurfselemente zu
überprüfen wie zum Beispiel Treppenbreiten Es
so lten so wenige Maßketten wie möglich in den
Grundriss hineingelegt werden um eine Kollision
mit Möb ierung und Raumbezeichnung zu ver
meiden A le Maßketten liegen parallel zur Außen
wand außerhalb des Grundrisses und zwar durch
gehend von einer Gebäudese te zur anderen ausgehend von
der Gebäudeaußenkante in folgender Reihenfolge
zeigt Um eine Trennung der Konstruktion in Rohbau und Aus
bau darzustellen empfieh t es sich die Ausbauelemente mit
der Linienbreite mittel“ zu zeichnen so beispielsweise eine
Vorsatzschale vor einer massiven Wand oder eine Trockenbau
decke die von einer Stah betondecke abgehängt ist Material
schraffuren sol ten im Maßstab 1 100 nicht verwendet werden
Bei Planungen in einem bestehenden Gebäude ist alle dings
eine Differenzierung in Bestand Abbruch und neue Bauteile
erforder ich Bei Schwarz Weiß Darstellung ist die Unterschei
dung in schwarz ausgefüllte Baute le für den Bestand dünne“
Vol linien mit Auskreuzungen für abzubrechende Teile sowie

Bauvorlagezeichnungen im Maßstab 1 100 dokumentieren den

die Position des Fensters in der Außenwand und dam t die Tiefe
der inneren und äußeren Fensterbrüstung Fensterbänke wer
den nicht dargeste lt da hre Ausladung kleiner als 10 cm ist
Wandbekleidungen oder Vorsatzschalen sollten nur gezeichnet
werden wenn die Information von Bedeutung ist etwa weil die
1 Öffnungsmaßkette“ mit den einzelnen Öffnungen in der
Außenwand Dabei steht über der Maßlinie die Maßzahl der
Öffnungsbreite unter der Maßlinie die der Öffnungshöhe
Innen vor dem Fenster wird die Höhe der Brüstung bemaßt
nicht ausgefüllte Darste lung für Neubaute le verbreitet

Im Entwurfsprozess bietet der Maßstab 1 100 auch die Möglich

ke t innenräumliche Teil ösungen für Raumgliederungen und
Möblierungen zu konzipieren Möbel und ihre Abstände zuein
Formatting rules when using drawings
Obergeschoss über Werktagskapelle

Gebäudeentwurf für eine Prüfung durch Dritte sei es beispiels
weise im Baugenehmigungsverfahren bei der hausha tsrecht
lichen P üfung einer öffent ichen Bauinvestition
fig.23 oder im Antragsverfah en auf Förderm ttel Sie
sind daher als Kartierung a ler für die Prüfung re
levanten Informationen zu verstehen wie zum Bei
spiel Wandaufbauten Feuerwiderstandsklassen
Raumbezeichnungen und größen sowie Treppensteigungen
Spezie le Anforderungen an Bauvorlagezeichnungen sind je
nach Bundesland oder Prüfste le verschieden Gelegentlich ge
ben die prüfenden Institutionen dazu Merkblätter oder Check
listen als Handreichungen heraus
Vorsatzschale akustisch oder brandschutztechnisch wirksam
ist Sie kann als Einzellinie vor der Wand da gestel t werden
vorzugsweise m t einer Mindeststärke von 10 cm
2 Raummaßkette“ mit Bemaßung der inneren Raumbrei
ten und Wandstärken zum Verständnis der Quadratmeter
be echnung der einzelnen Räume
3 Vorsprungsmaßkette“ mit a len äußeren Vor und Rück
sprüngen des Gebäudes
4 Gesamtmaßkette“ des Gebäudes von Gebäudeaußenkante
zu Gebäudeaußenkante
5 Achsmaßkette“ der Rastersch itte oder Achsen falls dem
Gebäude eine strukture le Ordnung zugrunde iegt samt
Endmaß von der letzten Achse bis zur Gebäudeaußenkante
as a medium of communication
ander lassen sich gut unter Beachtung der Goldenen Regel Upper floor above the weekday chapel fig 24
eines Mindest inienabstands von 1 mm abstrahieren so dass
verschiedene Raumkonfigurationen vergleichend gegenüber
geste lt werden können Als Entwurfszeichnungen so lten der
artige Zeichnungen eine deutlich geringere Informationsdich
te aufweisen als die Bauvorlagezeichnungen um den Kern der
behandelten architektonischen Frageste lung abzubilden

fig 1 39

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90
Interior Walls, Ceilings
and Acoustics
Modular felt ceiling makes an impact in new HQ
A £15 million headquarters in Wrexham,
North Wales for an outsourced switchboard
and telephone answering service company
features a modular felt ceiling system said
to be the first of its kind in Europe. Devel-
oped and manufactured by Hunter Douglas,
HeartFelt is described as budget-friendly
and is made from 100 % recyclable material,
including the carrier system.
When AEW Architects was commissioned to
design Moneypenny’s new office building,
the brief was to create an inspiring working
environment. The building includes a pub
and nature trails, and one of the main fea-
tures of the three-storey building is a 17-m
high central atrium, which houses a tree-
house meeting room, stadium seating and
an indoor terrace.
A ceiling was required for a canopy within
this space and the felt system was chosen
both for its acoustic control and to add fur-
ther ambience to what was already an unu-
sual interior scheme.
Said architect David George, “The brief from
Moneypenny was all about challenging the
‘norm’ and we really wanted a high-impact,
visually stunning ceiling for the entrance
area and the adjacent boardroom above, as
both these ceiling areas are highly visible on
approaching the main entrance. The soft
materiality of the product was perfect for this
application and enhanced the warm wel-
come the client was keen for us to provide
at the entrance.”
The panels are available in five colours from
off-white to anthracite, so making them suit-
able for a wide variety of applications. Here
they were used in three tones to give both
depth and warmth.
HeartFelt complies with regulations for use
in non-polluting buildings, is resistant to dirt
and dust and meets the indoor European
standard EN 15251 and EN 13501 Class B,
S1, d0 fire certification. The panels are man-
ufactured using thermoformed polyester fi-
bres which are completely recyclable –
earning the system a C2C Bronze certificate
from the Cradle to Cradle Products Innova-
tion Institute. Available in up to 6 m lengths,
the panels are fixed via a special carrier
system, which comes in six standard modu-
lar sizes from 50 to 100 mm.
¥ Hunter Douglas
United Kingdom
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www.hunterdouglas.co.uk
2017 ¥ 3 ∂
Reclaimed technique
Expanding its London showroom presence,
Havwoods has opened a branch in Chel-
sea’s King’s Road. The company has also
added a comprehensive range of interior
wood cladding to its flooring offering. Prod-
ucts can be viewed on a drop-in basis by
specifiers and designers. The Shou Sugi
Ban wall cladding collection is based on the
Japanese process of the same name, and
the company has translated this ancient
technique of burning and charring wood into
innovative cladding designed to make an
impact in a variety of settings.
Traditionally used as an external cladding
material, it is now gaining new life as an un-
usual, contemporary-style wood finish. The
burning process is typically adopted as a
weathering technique, to create a more du-
rable and hardy surface, but this also works
to emphasise the knots and grains present
in the natural wood. The reclaimed pine
cladding is 20 mm thick and 130 mm wide
with a sealed finish available in seven wood
tones, which include Hertford, shown top,
and Nixon, below.
¥ Havwoods
United Kingdom
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www.havwoods.co.uk
∂ 2017 ¥ 3
Cool colour schemes
Grey tones show no sign of losing their pop-
ularity and these tiles from Spanish manu-
facturer Cas Ceramica add pattern and tex-
ture for creating individual schemes. Con-
cept, above, was developed using the latest
sophisticated techniques, and the satin-fin-
ish tile collection allows a wide range of
combinations thanks to the geometric lines,
colours and textures that characterise it.
Decor Antracita is teamed with Gris on the
wall above it and Antracita on the floor. The
plain colour tile comes in 10 colourways in-
cluding the two shown here, whilst there are
five designs of decor tile. All these tiles are
size 20 x 20 cm and 9 mm thick and are
suitable for walls and floors.
The matt-finish Factory tile below offers
three shades to choose from, providing a
clean, simple atmosphere. The space is en-
hanced with the use of subtle decorative
tiles, adding personality to the minimalist ef-
fect. The far wall is Gris, with Grafito on the
near wall teamed with Kaleido Decor Grafito
from a selection of seven decor tiles.
¥ Cas Ceramica
Spain
 +34 (0)964 601 114
www.casceramica.com
New standard layouts aid ceiling specification
Armstrong Ceilings has further simplified its
TechZone™ easy-to-specify-and-install ceil-
ing solution with integrated technical ser-
vices. This is now available as four standard
layouts which organise lighting, air diffusers
and returns into 100 and 150-mm-wide tech-
nical zones. A range of compatible fixtures
from its partner companies for the building
services elements (Trox for air diffusers and
XAL and Zumtobel for lighting) has also
been prequalified for fit-and-finish to give a
clean, monolithic look using standard ceiling
panels and suspension systems.
Specifiers working from their own design
layout or one from Armstrong’s CAD/Revit li-
brary then choose the field panels, technical
panels, suspension systems and perimeter
treatments. Field panels are Ultima+ and Ul-
tima+ OP, Perla and Perla OP 0.95 and Op-
tima mineral tiles and planks with Microlook
90 or SL2 edge profiles. Described as the
ultimate green ceiling system, the improved
TechZone system meets the growing trend
for linear lighting.
At the same time the company has teamed
up with XAL Lighting to launch the On Cen-
tre linear lighting solution said to make it
easier to create inspiring ceiling designs
with higher ceiling heights, zero plenum in-
Interior Walls, Ceilings and Acoustics 91
terference and on-centre continuous or non-
continuous layouts. Designed to be installed
as a full new system, it can be retrofitted to
existing 600 ≈ 600 mm ceiling modules to
open- and closed-plan spaces in buildings
such as offices, schools and hospitals.
The integrated system allows the high-per-
formance XAL Leno Grid LED luminaire to
be installed from below to eliminate the re-
quirement for ceiling re-work when specified
with factory-finished Ultima+, Ultima+ OP
and Perla OP 0.95 ceiling panels and the
Prelude 15 XL2 suspension system.
Armstrong showcases European projects in
its publication A Book for 2017. Dozens of
designs feature new-build and refurb pro-
jects from the retail and leisure, education,
office, healthcare and transport sectors
throughout Europe. Its own office in Prague
is shown in the 82-page book, depicting the
complete portfolio. Downloadable from the
company’s website, it also features on the
Armstrong Ceiling Systems app from the
Apple store and the Google Play store.
¥ Armstrong World Industries Ltd
United Kingdom
 +44 (0)1895 251122
www.armstrongceilings.co.uk
92 Interior Walls, Ceilings and Acoustics
Digital inspiration
Designer Ella Doran creates photography-
based images and patterns, and pioneered
their application on functional, everyday
products when digital printing technologies
were first developed. The Camouflage wall-
paper above was inspired by the plane
trees in Ella’s local park, and she has used
a soft-focus effect and enlarged the scale of
the bark to allow the design to be integrated
into a variety of interior settings. Succulent
plants in a palette of greens populate a rich,
dark canvas on Surreal Succulents, below.
The soft pink and white accents of some of
the leaves add contrast and balance to the
overall design. Digitally printed in the UK on
high-grade FSC paper, the wallpapers
come in 5 m double-width (110 cm) rolls.
¥ Ella Doran
United Kingdom
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www.elladoran.co.uk
Space flexibility with high acoustic values
Specialising in qualified adult and appren-
tice education, the new Henry Ford Acad-
emy in Daventry, Northamptonshire required
a partitioning solution to create maximum
flexibility of space in this high-specification
warehouse conversion. Style recommended
Dorma Moveo fully automatic moveable
walls for the main auditorium, meeting
rooms and teaching areas. Its ComfortDrive
system is designed to provide high acoustic
performance and ease of operation.
At one end of the stage area, a Moveo wall
has been installed that consists of three
panels, one of which incorporates a pass
door. The same is repeated at the other end
but in a configuration occupying the corner.
This enables vehicles to be easily manoeu-
vred into and out of the auditorium, for pres-
entation and teaching purposes. A flexible
arrangement for the larger meeting and
training rooms involved the use of Dorma
2017 ¥ 3 ∂
Variflex partitioning walls with interchangea-
ble panels and 60 dB Rw acoustics. Where
the structure wasn’t suitable for supporting
top-hung systems, floor-supported SWG
folding walls were installed.
What is said to be London’s first stepped di-
viding wall system was installed using the
Skyfold automatic moveable partition wall to
divide the 450-seat auditorium at the Francis
Crick Institute, below. Installed within a cav-
ity in the ceiling, the wall descends smoothly
at the press of a button. The bottom edge is
customised to form a firm seal with the stair-
case, and the wall delivers a 49 dB acoustic
performance, comfortably allowing two
events to take place simultaneously.
¥ Style
United Kingdom
 +44 (0)1202 874044
www.style-partitions.co.uk
∂ 2017 ¥ 3
Contemporary collection comes to London
Lorfords Antiques has opened a London
showroom in Chelsea. With a contemporary
upholstered furniture collection, styled
roomsets and a whole floor of fabrics and
papers from a number of independent arti-
san designers, each with their own collec-
tions, Lorfords London will offer a complete
design source over its three floors.
Rapture & Wright employs hand-printing
methods to create its collections and for
2017 took the Silk Road trade route as its
theme. Sakori, top, is inspired by an 18th
century Japanese textile, whilst Tamerlane
(below, right), is based on the wild mallow
flower from central Asia. Both are available
as wallpaper and fabric in bespoke colours
as well as the five standard colourways that
co-ordinate with the rest of this collection.
Above, right, Nile & York has launched its
Small Prints and Small Linen Prints fabric
collections of delicate, small-scale patterns
as a range of wallpapers. Designs include
geometrics, fine stripes, paisley, sprigs and
dots, each on the same scale as it appears
on the fabric. The collection comprises 14
designs across a spectrum of colours. The
Gem design wallpaper in Nettle colourway
is seen with fabrics from the collection.
Agave Americana from the Manzanita col-
lection in colourway Big Leaf is a Belgian
linen fabric shown bottom, left used as a
wallcovering. Designer Lake August says
the Los Angeles landscape is as much a
melting pot as is its culture, where native
and adopted plants share space and be-
come familiar combinations, like this tangle
of agave and nasturtium.
¥ Lorfords London
United Kingdom
 +44 (0)20 3434 3133
www.lorfordsantiques.com
Interior Walls, Ceilings and Acoustics 93
Ancient and modern
Walling and flooring from Welsh Slate fea-
ture on a new restaurant in the grounds of
Cardigan Castle, in Ceredigion, Wales,
which has undergone a £12.5 million rede-
velopment to save it for the nation. Home to
the first recorded Eisteddfod in 1176, the
castle was partly dismantled by Cromwell’s
forces and by the end of the last century the
site was derelict and ruinous.
Ceredigion County Council acquired the
site, and an options appraisal to identify fu-
ture potential uses included heritage inter-
pretation, a restaurant, holiday accommoda-
tion, restored gardens and space for open-
air events. Phase I of the redevelopment
was the repair of the castle’s curtain walls;
Phase II was the conservation and upgrad-
ing of the six buildings within the walls and
restoration of the Regency gardens.
The project brief required new accommoda-
tion to house the restaurant and catering fa-
cilities and the decision was taken to locate
this new building above a section of the
castle walls providing views across the Teifi
quayside and the river below and inwards
across the gardens. Purcell Architects’ de-
sign cantilevers out above the castle walls,
giving it a strong visual presence.
Dark Blue Grey cleaved walling from Welsh
Slate’s Cwt-y-Bugail quarry clads the interior
and exterior walls of the 70-cover restaurant,
which is uncompromisingly contemporary,
with large glazed elevations taking advan-
tage of the views and giving it a transpar-
ency which helps minimise its impact on the
site. The coursed walling is complemented
by floor tiles in the same material. The com-
pany’s Penrhyn Heather Blue slates have
been used on roofing projects on restored
buildings within the castle walls.
¥ Welsh Slate
United Kingdom
 +44 (0)1248 600656
www.welshslate.com
94 Interior Walls, Ceilings and Acoustics
Sound design benefits
Newly launched by acousticpearls, Fiber
Ceiling is a tile system combining the func-
tional aspect of improving acoustics with the
aesthetics of design lighting. With a modular
approach, it offers a wide array of solutions
for architectural applications. The slimline
polyester-fleece tiles come in two acoustic
versions of standard or high (with additional
low-frequency absorber), three standard
sizes and three colours. Bespoke options
are available, and the tiles can be accented
by professional lighting in the form of LED
spotlights and uplights developed for the
product by lighting specialist Buschfeld.
As part of the company’s Fiber Surface Con-
cept, two other products under develop-
ment are soon to be made available. Fiber
desktop is a slender panel solution for use
on desks, counter tops and other horizontal
surfaces, whilst the Fiber Structure system
enables creative wall and ceiling structures
using this lightweight material, as seen be-
low. All products have a fire classification
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On the Spot
Communication Landscapes – the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2017
“There is no reason for any individual to have
a computer in his home.” When Ken Olsen,
Founder of Digital Equipment Corp., made
his famously mistaken judgement in 1977,
large IBM mainframe computers filled entire
rooms, and Olsen’s company Digital Equip-
ment Corp was famous for its ‘smaller’ ward-
robe-size computers. Just three years later,
in 1980, the Apple II entered the market,
giving people access to personal computing
and paving the way for what followed.
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things is becoming accessible with the
advent of desktop 3D printers, small-scale
CNC milling machines and laser cutters.
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what will it do to our cities?
At the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and
Urbanism 2017 in South Korea, an ambi-
tious international exhibition initiated by the
Seoul Metropolitan Government and organ-
2 lective design effort. (Photo: Henn)
ized by the Seoul Design Foundation, one of
the key topics is the Production City. Co-
directed by Hyungmin Pai (Professor, Uni-
versity of Seoul) and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
(Professor, Princeton University), the Bien-
nale will “explore the role and potential of
urban manufacturing by providing partici-
pants with the opportunity to create new
products and develop new modes of pro-
duction using existing production facilities in
the areas of the Dongdaemun Gate and
Eulijiro neighborhood.
The intention of these experiments is to re-
veal the spatial network of manufacturing
ecosystems and discover the potential for
new urban architectural systems such as
building complexes with a mixed-use of
housing and factory.” (Citation taken from
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seoul-lab). Henn architects and the Digital
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ture Biennale 2017 with an installation.
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Landscapes, investigates and showcases
novel forms of production and interaction
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gies and robotic fabrication in architecture.
95
Visitors to the exhibition will be invited to
interact with a robotically-driven production
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design of these objects will be based on
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tures, which will be translated into geometry
and finally hot-wire cut by an industrial
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to the visitor. The exhibition will invite visitors
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munity, with the installation making use of
the by-products of the user-objects. A grow-
ing fabric will be woven from the unique
pieces, which together will reflect the collec-
tive design effort.
The Biennale will run from 1 September to
5 November in concomitance with the UIA
World Architects Congress (3-10 September
2017). The main venues of the Biennale are
Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Donuimun
Museum Village and Sejong Daero Gallery.
http://seoulbiennale.org
Oliver Tessmann
1 The procedure produces two-piece objects. The
negative forms of the user-objects are accumulat-
ed to create a growing artwork on site. The Henn
architects and DDU installation invites the visitors
to become part of the collective artwork. (Photo:
Henn)
2 The installation makes use of the by-products of
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