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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. House K in Düsseldorf, Germany by Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller GmbHFebruary 14th, 2016 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller GmbH The building is located in a residential area of Düsseldorf, in the ‘White Estate’ in Golzheim. This estate was constructed by the National Socialists in 1935/36 in a period of one and a half years as a model estate that formed part of the propaganda exhibition ‘Schaffendes Volk“, meaning ‘Productive People’.  Image Courtesy © Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller GmbH
 Image Courtesy © Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller GmbH The estate, which comprised 95 whitewashed brick houses, formed the south-easterly limit of the former exhibition grounds and is directly adjacent to the Rhein River. The Nazis used the estate as a prime example of the ideal artists’ and workers’ estate according to National Socialist principles. All the houses were constructed in accordance with so-called model buildings and their rural village character was in line with the guidelines of the ‘Gauheimstättenamt’ or ‘local homestead department’.  Image Courtesy © Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller GmbH  Image Courtesy © Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller GmbH As the required rooms could not be incorporated in the existing building it was decided to replace the house with a new structure. Despite strict stipulations for land use it was possible to double the useful area through corresponding organisation of the layout within the given building plot. This was achieved with a very simple structure without any dormer windows or other structures on the roof that could have been regarded as distracting. Thanks to its formal restraint the new building integrates well into the surrounding structures without negating it contemporary character as an example of 21st Century architecture.  Image Courtesy © Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller GmbH  Image Courtesy © Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller GmbH  Image Courtesy © Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller GmbH  Image Courtesy © Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller GmbH  Image Courtesy © Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller GmbH  Image Courtesy © Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller GmbH  Image Courtesy © Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller GmbH  Image Courtesy © Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller GmbH  Image Courtesy © Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller GmbH  Image Courtesy © Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller GmbH  Image Courtesy © Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller GmbH  Image Courtesy © Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller GmbH  Image Courtesy © Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller GmbH  Image Courtesy © Architekten Wannenmacher + Möller GmbH
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