Leaning house
A lean-to house or a lean- to greenhouse is a glazed extension to an existing building , which optically "leans" on it.
nature
Usually a leaning house is generously glazed and is located on the south side of the building, so that the interior warms up in the sunshine. Adjacent houses and winter gardens usually do not contain any heating , so that the temperature adjusts according to the weather and the heat exchange with the main building. People use the lean-to house as an intermediate step between inside and outside and accordingly spend most of the day there when the weather is right. Adjacent houses and winter gardens contribute to a certain extent to the heating of the building behind, as they "capture" more solar energy than it radiates due to the greenhouse effect with direct or sufficient diffuse solar radiation and also hinder the flow of heat from the building at night.
Leaning houses are often smaller and less complex in construction and execution than winter gardens. The difference between the two, however, is more visual than constructive.
literature
- Ruth-Maria Ullrich: Glass and iron architecture: plant houses of the 19th century , Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1989, ISBN 3884620371
- The curved leaning house as a building type - two greenhouses from the 19th century. in: Denkmalpflege im Rheinland 11 (1994) No. 1, pp. 30–33, fig., ISSN 0177-2619