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Building No.
397
Hostel for single people
and newly-wed couples
address: ul. Kopernika 9 (former Finkenweg, then Copernicus-Strasse)
ARCHITECT: Hans Scharoun; I nterior design: Hans Scharoun
DATE OF COMPLETION: 1929
SIZE OF THE APARTMENTS: 16 apartments - 37 m2; 32 apartments - 27 m2
NUMBER OF STOREYS: left wing - basement and two floors accommodating duplex (split-level)
apartments; right wing - basement, first floor and two floors accommodating duplex (split-level) apart-
ments; central section - basement, first floor, second floor
CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND MATERIALS:
Reinforced concrete structure (house of cards/Kartelblattbauweise construction) 573; skeleton frame
cast on site. 574. Frames perpendicular to the building's length, set 3 x 3.5 m apart. The structure made
rigid by binding joists and floors. 575.
External walls: basement - continuous footing and bottom section of the walls of mass concrete;
upper section of brick; reinforced concrete skeleton frame above the ground level with infills of pumice
concrete blocks 576; lintels and breasts of windows of reinforced pumice concrete blocks; walls lined (on
the inside) with corkboards; plastered.
internal walls: pumice concrete blocks; prefabricated bathroom walls (wood and pumice concrete
blocks); corridors - wood panels.
573 Hans Scharoun. Bauten..., p. 88; This construction method freed the external walls of their load-bearing function allowing for large
windows.
574 Concrete was made of high-quality cement (proportion 1:5).
575 Hans Scharoun, Maison..., p. 414; L, 'Ein neuzeitliches Wohnheim', Innen-Dekoration 1929, vol. 40, p.431; Adolf Rothenberg, op. cit., p. 348.
576 Waclaw Zenczykowski, Budownictwo ogolne. vol. 1, Warszawa 1956, p. 354. Pumice - porous light-weight material with excellent insulating
properties was used as an aggregate in the production of lightweight concrete. Pumice concrete is lightweight, stable and stress-resistant
(25-45 kG/cm2, when mixed in lean proportion (cement:pumice =1:8).
397
Hostel for single people
and newly-wed couples
address: ul. Kopernika 9 (former Finkenweg, then Copernicus-Strasse)
ARCHITECT: Hans Scharoun; I nterior design: Hans Scharoun
DATE OF COMPLETION: 1929
SIZE OF THE APARTMENTS: 16 apartments - 37 m2; 32 apartments - 27 m2
NUMBER OF STOREYS: left wing - basement and two floors accommodating duplex (split-level)
apartments; right wing - basement, first floor and two floors accommodating duplex (split-level) apart-
ments; central section - basement, first floor, second floor
CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND MATERIALS:
Reinforced concrete structure (house of cards/Kartelblattbauweise construction) 573; skeleton frame
cast on site. 574. Frames perpendicular to the building's length, set 3 x 3.5 m apart. The structure made
rigid by binding joists and floors. 575.
External walls: basement - continuous footing and bottom section of the walls of mass concrete;
upper section of brick; reinforced concrete skeleton frame above the ground level with infills of pumice
concrete blocks 576; lintels and breasts of windows of reinforced pumice concrete blocks; walls lined (on
the inside) with corkboards; plastered.
internal walls: pumice concrete blocks; prefabricated bathroom walls (wood and pumice concrete
blocks); corridors - wood panels.
573 Hans Scharoun. Bauten..., p. 88; This construction method freed the external walls of their load-bearing function allowing for large
windows.
574 Concrete was made of high-quality cement (proportion 1:5).
575 Hans Scharoun, Maison..., p. 414; L, 'Ein neuzeitliches Wohnheim', Innen-Dekoration 1929, vol. 40, p.431; Adolf Rothenberg, op. cit., p. 348.
576 Waclaw Zenczykowski, Budownictwo ogolne. vol. 1, Warszawa 1956, p. 354. Pumice - porous light-weight material with excellent insulating
properties was used as an aggregate in the production of lightweight concrete. Pumice concrete is lightweight, stable and stress-resistant
(25-45 kG/cm2, when mixed in lean proportion (cement:pumice =1:8).