Hello everyone,
I saw a perfect duplex solution in Switzerland and wonder why this design isn’t more common... what could be the reason?
The two houses are not directly attached but stand about 2m (6.5 feet) apart, creating a passageway. Of course, there are no windows on the passage side. BUT: each has its front door facing each other. The passageway thus serves as the main entrance for both houses. The connection between the two houses is formed by the roof covering the passage/entrance area. This way, no land is wasted, and the design is simply clever. Advantage: each owner has their own detached house and therefore not just three private walls...
I saw a perfect duplex solution in Switzerland and wonder why this design isn’t more common... what could be the reason?
The two houses are not directly attached but stand about 2m (6.5 feet) apart, creating a passageway. Of course, there are no windows on the passage side. BUT: each has its front door facing each other. The passageway thus serves as the main entrance for both houses. The connection between the two houses is formed by the roof covering the passage/entrance area. This way, no land is wasted, and the design is simply clever. Advantage: each owner has their own detached house and therefore not just three private walls...
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nordanney10 Sep 2015 07:25ypg schrieb:
In holiday destinations (mainly mountainous coastal villages), we photograph comparable buildings in their traditional and historic styles in awe and amazement 😉 Style is a good point! Unfortunately, it is completely missing in the construction here 🙁B
Bauexperte10 Sep 2015 09:52nordanney schrieb:
Style is a good point! Unfortunately, it is completely missing in this construction 🙁 I think if the original poster hadn’t chosen such a terrible location/time of day/lack of sunlight for their photo, the comments on the architectural style would be more positive 😉
Best regards, Bauexperte
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deSertfiSh11 Sep 2015 09:46Bauexperte schrieb:
I think if the original poster hadn’t chosen such a poor location/time of day/lack of sunlight for their photo, the comments about the architectural style would be more positive 😉
Regards, BauexperteThanks! Most people here seem to lack a sense for unconventional solutions... yes, the lighting in the photo is poor, but it was a chance find, so I can’t go back there for a second photo. I was more interested in the basic concept, not a direct 1:1 copy! You can easily shift the whole thing, or replace the continuous roof with a lower intermediate roof, etc.
If such a shared structural element is indeed sufficient by definition for a semi-detached house in Germany and there is enough space on the plots, I would rather space the houses further apart and create a kind of connecting corridor between them, with the party wall in the middle. The entrance areas could then be located in this corridor.
You can sometimes see this in public buildings when multiple buildings are connected. However, in those cases, the corridor is usually continuous.
Whether something like this would work as a semi-detached house in Germany, I have no idea.
You can sometimes see this in public buildings when multiple buildings are connected. However, in those cases, the corridor is usually continuous.
Whether something like this would work as a semi-detached house in Germany, I have no idea.
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Sebastian7911 Sep 2015 10:15deSertfiSh schrieb:
Thx! Most people here lack a sense for unconventional solutions...Aha, then what is the point of this thread? Do you just want to hear confirmations on how great the construction method is? In that case, you should have removed the question mark from the headline...