#4 Developments in flexible house building in German-speaking countries

During the 20th century, flexibility concepts have been a periodically recurring influence for the production of hous­ing in Europe. Thus, a wealth of experience is available to­day. Essential flexibility concepts had already been devel­oped by the avant-garde of Classical Modernism.
Looking back we can see two very different development themes emerging in parallel in this first major development phase of flexible housing:

The development of flexibility strategies within new, avant-garde spatial models as part of ‘liberating living’
The development of flexibility strategies in plans for the ‘existential minimum’ by way of space-saving overlapping uses and growth models for building and housing people in crises
With many projects, however, these two themes also overlap, such as in Gerrit Rietveld and Truus Schröder's particular space creation in the Schröder house in Utrecht of 1924, or in Le Corbusier's double house on the Weissenhof of 1927.

Content #4

Introduction
Flexible Dwellings in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Sigrid Loch

Ten in one _ Flexible urban house, Berlin 2005, Germany
architect
Roedig. Schop architects and Baugruppe A52

Q-Bus _ Flexible apartment building, Winterthur 2001, Switzerland
architect
Kreis Schaad Schaad Architects

Future housing _ Sandgasse housing estate, Graz 2006, Austria
architect
Architectural firm Hansjörg Tschom

Balance _`Wohnparks`[housing parks], 2000-2003, Switzerland
architect
Haerle Hubacher Architects

Haus G _ An experiment in space, Überlingen 2009, Germany
architect
(se)arch Architects- Stefanie Eberdingand Stephan Eberding

Apartment K _ A conversion with surprises, Attersee 2005, Austria
architect
Atelier Peter Ebner- Franziska Ullmann

UFO _ Loft and commercial building, Frankfurt am Main 2004, Germany
architect
Dietz Joppien Architekten AG