Aerial view of the complex
RESIDENTIAL ROMEO AND JULIET
Hans Scharoun
Stuttgart.Alemania.1959
This project is the first building designed by Hans Scharoun in German postwar, where he puts all his conclusions practices acquired over many years. This residential complex located in the eastward expansion of Zuffenhausen, in a small village next to Stuttgart,, wherein the ratio of the built with the immediate surroundings is given by the combination of two opposite typologies: the vertical tower and linear building gallery
With a total of 186 property consists of two buildings located at the corner Romeo this, in two important pathways that converge where is imposed by its verticality, occupying a small percentage of the total area. Juliet on the other hand is located in arguably the most private place in the field, occupies more area because of its semicircular shape and therefore generates a private garden, a second space transition, where children can play inside .
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