Projects

The Gormann street project in Berlin's Mitte district combines two opposing housing models: The inner-city

dwelling and the private home. Instead of using the usual, vertical storey divisions common to urban

housing complexes, Hoyer Schindele Hirschmueller have created three individual houses fused together.

Each individual house has its own clearly destinguishable layout and includes a street enterance as well

as a private courtyard.

All three houses possess unique spacial qualities ranging from double height mezzanine areas and open

ground plans through to private relaxation rooms in the lower levels. These can be flexibly used as work or

guest rooms. Movement through the houses is provided through open, innerstairwells which create a vertical

connection between floors and also through a central elevator which is accesible from all three houses. For

an inegration with the streetscape, shop fronts are planned for the ground levels.