OBSERVATIONSIN BETWEEN

View at Façade

Street View

Zones of Interest

Front Door

Sunken in to the building. Creates distance from the street space.

Code display, not letting everyone in. Security.

To kinds of materials on the lower floor façade.

Two heavy stone slabs create steps up to the entrance. Distance.

Windows over door, give no view to interior.

Mailboxes to the right. Appartments to each side in the back

Narrow, dark.

Leads directly to staircase in the back.

Windows on staircase well-placed. Still not much light in the hallway itself.

Wood detailing on walls has seen better days.

One source of artificial light in the hallway.

Hallway

Bench

An attempt at creating a social experience in the buildings immediate surroundings.

Chained to a fence, protection against vandalism.

The nearby window makes it more of a private space than a public space. You don’t sit down if you don’t belong.

Feeble plants along the façade.

FAÇADE

PLAN

SECTION

CELLAR, PLAN

SHARP ANGLESNot suited for children, parents, bikes,elderly etc. Not functional or practical, but necessary as is.

HALLWAY INTERIOR

EXTRASWaste disposal very close.

Handles in the doorway. Accesability.

NEAR CONTEXT