DOI Heft:
No. 185 (August 1912)
DOI Artikel:Schölermann, Wilhelm: The Hessian National Exhibition at Darmstadt
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20778#0246
The Hessian National Exhibition at Darmstadt
WINDOW RECESS IN SEMI-DETACHED COTTAGES ILLUSTRATED ON OPPOSITE PAGE
semicircle around a market-place, where a well has
been placed as a centre motive.
Prof. Olbrich (to begin with the first on the
left hand on entering the village) has designed and
built his type of house on entirely new lines, regard-
less of local tradition. There is nothing Hessian
about it; it can be erected anywhere. The kitchen
is perhaps a little too narrow, and the washstands
are rather small and awkwardly placed by the beds.
A bath is also provided
for, which may be closed
over by a wooden board,
to be used as a table if
needed.
The next cottage was
designed and built by Prof.
Walbe, Rector of the
Technische Hochschule
of Darmstadt. This is very
small and .very pretty.
Inside as well as outside
the design suggests affini-
ties with local types such
as may still be met with
in the rural districts of
Oberhessen. It is so
simple in construction that
it can be repeated by any
capable builder or even
bricklayer. The upper
story projects on two
sides about a metre over
the lower, thereby giving
shelter against the pelting
rain-storms so frequent in
the uplands of Hesse, and
the space thus gained up-
stairs is considerable. One
of the bedrooms in this
cottage is here illustrated.
Next comes a “double
house,” built by Messrs.
Mahr and Markwort,
architects and engineers
(see illustrations oppo-
site). It is divided into
two independent dwellings
by a vertical party-wall,
leaving both halves nearly
symmetrical, though differ-
ing slightlyin detail. Here,
as almost in each of the
other houses, the window
recess characteristic of the
Hessian peasant house, figures as a principal feature
of the living-room. The pinewood furniture (mostly
built in as permanent fixtures) and casement is,
perhaps, a little too yellow for a refined taste, and the
ceilings seem somewhat lower here than elsewhere
in the village. The area covered by each dwelling is
about 43 square metres (roughly 460 sq. feet); the
cubic contents work out at 31 o cubic metres (roughly
10,600 cubic feet), and the cost of building at ,£180.
COUNTRY COTTAGE DESIGNED BY PROF. WALBE FOR
HERR C. W. CLOOS
BEDROOM IN AN ARTISAN’S
223
WINDOW RECESS IN SEMI-DETACHED COTTAGES ILLUSTRATED ON OPPOSITE PAGE
semicircle around a market-place, where a well has
been placed as a centre motive.
Prof. Olbrich (to begin with the first on the
left hand on entering the village) has designed and
built his type of house on entirely new lines, regard-
less of local tradition. There is nothing Hessian
about it; it can be erected anywhere. The kitchen
is perhaps a little too narrow, and the washstands
are rather small and awkwardly placed by the beds.
A bath is also provided
for, which may be closed
over by a wooden board,
to be used as a table if
needed.
The next cottage was
designed and built by Prof.
Walbe, Rector of the
Technische Hochschule
of Darmstadt. This is very
small and .very pretty.
Inside as well as outside
the design suggests affini-
ties with local types such
as may still be met with
in the rural districts of
Oberhessen. It is so
simple in construction that
it can be repeated by any
capable builder or even
bricklayer. The upper
story projects on two
sides about a metre over
the lower, thereby giving
shelter against the pelting
rain-storms so frequent in
the uplands of Hesse, and
the space thus gained up-
stairs is considerable. One
of the bedrooms in this
cottage is here illustrated.
Next comes a “double
house,” built by Messrs.
Mahr and Markwort,
architects and engineers
(see illustrations oppo-
site). It is divided into
two independent dwellings
by a vertical party-wall,
leaving both halves nearly
symmetrical, though differ-
ing slightlyin detail. Here,
as almost in each of the
other houses, the window
recess characteristic of the
Hessian peasant house, figures as a principal feature
of the living-room. The pinewood furniture (mostly
built in as permanent fixtures) and casement is,
perhaps, a little too yellow for a refined taste, and the
ceilings seem somewhat lower here than elsewhere
in the village. The area covered by each dwelling is
about 43 square metres (roughly 460 sq. feet); the
cubic contents work out at 31 o cubic metres (roughly
10,600 cubic feet), and the cost of building at ,£180.
COUNTRY COTTAGE DESIGNED BY PROF. WALBE FOR
HERR C. W. CLOOS
BEDROOM IN AN ARTISAN’S
223