House in Oferdingen Federal Republic of Germany

Abstract

This house consists of three floors: — ground floor with vertical walls, and — two upper floors with a sloping roofing. The ground floor houses the bedrooms, children's playroom, bathroom and toilet, dining-room, kitchen, drawing-room and a little covered courtyard inside the house. The first floor comprises a big living-room connected with the drawing-room with chimney, as well as the wife's work room. The father's studio-workshop is at the second floor or gallery. Almost all the construction is of wood, with loadbearing units which support a series of roof assymetric trusses in wood. The sloping roof consists of eternit units over wood boarding, with intermediate insulating material. The same type of construction is used for the upper part of exterior walls, and light-weight concrete for the lower part. The floors, chimney and stair wall are of reinforced concrete. Slag-made slabs are used for service area, and sisal-fibre moquette for the rest of the house. Timber is used for ceilings and staircases. The windows are made of fir wood carpentry with insulating panes.