mezzanine

Palazzo Porto ( Vicenza ) with mezzanine under the roof, perspective sectional view

Apartments on the mezzanine next to the entrance hall in Lisbon (Portugal)

Offices with access via a gallery in Portland (Oregon)

A mezzanine (from Italian mezzo = half) or mezzanine floor is a half or mezzanine floor of a multi-storey building . If it is on top, it is often called an attic floor . Originally there was an attic floor above the cornice .

description

The mezzanine has a lower height and possibly also a smaller area than the full floors of the building.

Typical forms of mezzanine:

as the last floor without a sloping roof under the roof , e.g. B. as a servant's apartment ,
as a mezzanine between the ground floor and the first floor. Here it often does not take up the entire floor space, but borders on the side of a high entrance hall, arcades or passage and occupies the room or half of the neighboring normal-height rooms.

If a mezzanine inside the building is adjacent to a hall that extends over several floors, it can be connected to it by means of a gallery . In English, the term mezzanine is often used for such galleries. A mezzanine is often not considered a full floor , but counts as part of the usable floor space .

In order to avoid tax regulations such as the floor tax , the mezzanine was used in Vienna around 1900, for example , to keep the number of floors low on paper. (Also called the basement) by inserting nominal mezzanines such as the mezzanine, underground, half and mezzanine floor and a mezzanine has increased the number of stories having to comply without the restrictions that would have been associated with additional full floors. This type of building can be found in Vienna, among other places, in the town hall , in the former war ministry (now the government building ) and in many apartment buildings .

In modern logistics halls , the areas on intermediate levels above the storage area are also referred to as mezzanines. They mostly serve to accommodate offices and social rooms.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Edward Allen, Joseph Iano: The Architect's Studio Companion: Rules of Thumb for Preliminary Design . John Wiley & Sons, 2002, ISBN 978-0-471-22185-2 , pp. 303 ( google.at [accessed on January 13, 2017]).
↑ Documentation on tax reform (PDF; 723 kB) page 18, accessed on December 18, 2008.

[:0-1] A ^b Edward Allen, Joseph Iano: The Architect's Studio Companion: Rules of Thumb for Preliminary Design . John Wiley & Sons, 2002, ISBN 978-0-471-22185-2 , pp. 303 ( google.at [accessed on January 13, 2017]).

[2] Documentation on tax reform (PDF; 723 kB) page 18, accessed on December 18, 2008.