#Apartment block #Leipzig #1931
Description
Along the street Torgauer Straße and bordered by a former railway line, a block was built with three entrances, four floors and two flats per floor. The flats had two rooms, the kitchen was called a kitchen-living room and a toilet. Since the flats were not large and the architectural programme was economical, the flats were called Schlichtwohnungen (plain/simple flats). Despite the economising applications, the facade is uniquely designed in Leipzig. The clear outlines of the house, the large flat windows and the round stairway windows, as well as the rounded entrance doors, give the house a visual fulminance. This is reinforced by the use of the clinker bricks around the stairway windows and doors.With the modernisation, another storey has been added. It is set back, to preserve the original look of the house.
Description
Along the street Torgauer Straße and bordered by a former railway line, a block was built with three entrances, four floors and two flats per floor. The flats had two rooms, the kitchen was called a kitchen-living room and a toilet. Since the flats were not large and the architectural programme was economical, the flats were called Schlichtwohnungen (plain/simple flats). Despite the economising applications, the facade is uniquely designed in Leipzig. The clear outlines of the house, the large flat windows and the round stairway windows, as well as the rounded entrance doors, give the house a visual fulminance. This is reinforced by the use of the clinker bricks around the stairway windows and doors.With the modernisation, another storey has been added. It is set back, to preserve the original look of the house.
History
The plot should have been built like the neighbouring buildings around 1909. The construction work began only in 1931, implementing the architectural trends of the time.After 1990, the house was abandonded for many years and in 2020/21 the house is given a new lease of life.
History
The plot should have been built like the neighbouring buildings around 1909. The construction work began only in 1931, implementing the architectural trends of the time.After 1990, the house was abandonded for many years and in 2020/21 the house is given a new lease of life.
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