Hoesch bungalow
The Hoesch bungalow was a prefabricated house from the steel company Hoesch AG from 1963 to 1969.
history
In 1962, Hoesch from Dortmund presented the steel bungalow, developed together with Donges-Stahlbau GmbH, made of galvanized, plastic-coated sheet metal that had been foamed for heat insulation, to the public at the Hanover Fair . The turnkey bungalows came in three different types.
A total of around 150 to 200 Hoesch bungalows were built. They were marketed by Hoesch Bungalow Sales in Dortmund . In 1969 production was stopped.
Building design
The bungalow was a prefabricated steel house. It stood on a basement foundation and had a flat roof. The bungalow had a living room (41 m²), a spacious bedroom, a guest room as well as a kitchen, bathroom, storage room and terrace. The builders had a free choice of colors inside and outside, as well as change options.
The prefabricated parts were made of Platal, a corrosion-resistant composite material made of steel and plastic. The construction consisted of steel strip girders and rib girders. The sub-floor, walls and roof each consisted of two layers of Platal, between which there was an insulating layer of styrofoam . This and the plasterboard ceilings achieved effective heat and sound insulation, comparable to a stone wall about 40 cm thick. A steel rail ran along the walls in the ceiling, on which pictures could be hung on nylon threads like in a gallery. Attachment strips for the 6 cm thick walls, which were also made from Platal and Styrofoam, were welded to the floor. The floor was also made of steel, over it lay pressed wood, on top of it the carpet. A hot-air heater used a fan to blow warm air from the gas heater in the basement through shafts in the floor. Even the terrace and the roller shutter boxes were made of steel.
costs
The bungalow type 109 had 4 rooms, 109 m² of living space and a turnkey cost of 93,040 DM , which would be over 199,808 euros today. The construction time was three to four weeks.
Preserved buildings
- In 2008, seven Hoesch bungalows were still standing on Lütgenholthauser Strasse in Dortmund.
- A building that has been preserved in its original state is on Bruno-Hirschfeld-Strasse in Koblenz.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Museum talk: The Hoesch bungalow - prefabricated steel houses. ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c State Office for Monument Preservation Baden-Württemberg: HOESCH bungalow type 109 K.
- ↑ a b c Julia Gaß: Stahlhaus in Renninhausen: Old love doesn't rust. Ruhr news from July 10, 2008.
- ^ Housing construction in Quickborn. Spiegel dated September 4, 1963.
- ↑ How inexpensive is the prefabricated house? Die Zeit No. 42 of October 18, 1963, page 32.
