CONTENTS Preface 6 Cybernetics : Integration of type and topos 8 The principle of repetition 16 Floor plan types 20 Without staircase Group of houses, Roldnd Schweitzer 22 Student project, Katja F bcher 23 Longitudinal staircase Group of houses Fakenweg, Johannes Kaufmann 24 Solar houses, Harry Ludszuweit 26 Group of houses Sackpfeife, Waiter Stamm-Teske 28 Thomas de Beer houses, Neutelings Riedijk 30 Ecumenical residential house, Gunter Pfeifer 32 Group of houses Serrewomnen, Bedaux de Brouwer 34 Residential area Pilotengasse, Herzog & de Meuron 36 Student project, Leon Schmidt 37 Student project, Simon Gallner 3S Student project, Markus Guennigmann 39 Group of houses Voltstraat, Rijnvos Voorwinde 40 Group of houses Jagdgasse, Holzbox ZT 42 Group of housps, Bedaux de Bruuwer 44 Group of houses Ouartier Mc Nair, d-company 46 Project Wachendes Haus, schncider+schumacher 48 Group of houses, baumschlager & eberle 50 Group of houses De Landtong, Frits van Dongen 52 28 apartments, Bosch Haslett 54 Scheepstirnmc'manislraat' house, MVRDV 56 Transversal staircase Project Karawer Danim, Roll Muhlethaler 58 Residential park at Betzenbcrg, AV 1 60 Dnve-in row houses, Geurst & Schulze 62 Longitudinal split-level Residentai park at Kirchholzle, Gunter Pfeifer 64 Group of huuics Nofels, baumschlager & eberle 66 LBS System houses project, Gunter Pfeifer 63 Student project, Sebastian Schaal 69 Student project, Martin Treon 70 Student project, Catrin Kuchta Schrader 71 Transversal split-level Diagoon House', Herman Hertzberger72 Student project. Per Brauneck74 Student project, FeliX Mantel75 Student project, Martin Trefon76 Student project Jorn Rabach 78 Back-to-back Residential complex, Oscar Gil Delgado80 RingstraBe development Fink + Jocher82 Student Project, Kai Dibutch 84 Student Project, Sabme Svrcina85 Student Project, Kai Dreker 86 Student Project, Roland Pier88 Student Project, Due Tuan Tang Tran 89 Patiohouses, Van Sambeek + Van Veen Architecten90 Group of houses 02 + 14, Kother a Salman92 Group of houses, Claus en Kaan Architecten94 99 patio houses, Atelier Zeinstra van der Pol 96 44 patio houses, Kees Cnristiaanse architects and planners 98 Front-to-back Student proiect, Eva Zimmermann 100 Student proiect, ClaudiaWall 101 Student proiect, Chnstoph Wintering 102 Back--to-back vis-a-vis Student proiect, Gabriele Pinter 104 Two zone house Group of houses, Herzog + Partner 106 Group of houses 'Kranichstein, Herzog + Partner 108 Bibliography110 Illustration credits 112