House in Dusseldorf Himmelgeist - Federal Republic of Germany

Abstract

The design of this house for a couple of scientists is outstanding, as a result of the advantages offered by the site surrounded by a river. The floors are stepped, according to their own function. The house also comprises a basement intended for services, a little swimming-pool and a sauna. On the ground floor are the entrance, drawing-room with chimney, dining-room, kitchen, studio, guests toilet, guests bedrooms, two garages, and two suites of rooms built against the main dwelling with their own entrance. A mezzanine houses a bathroom, W.C., wardrobe for the double bedroom placed just above, on the first floor, forming a tower which stands out from the lower mass of the building. The floors are vertically connected by means of spiral-stairs. Walls are made of brick, coated with white cement mortar internally and externally. Circular coloured tiles are used for dining and bathroom floors; wood floor for bedrooms; blue vitrified tiles for the swimming-pool, Rhin gravel mixed with cement mortar for the hall and chimney room; polygonal slates for the drawing-room, studio and terrace; finally, the exterior path is paved with large paving-stones arranged according to the house perimeter. Black pine wood is used for exterior carpentry. Interior wardrobes and doors are of makorée. Heating is by ducted warm air.