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WBS 70 (''Wohnungsbauserie'' 70th series) is a type of dwelling that was built in the

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using

slab construction (plural: , german: Platte + Bau, lit=panel/slab' + 'building/ construction) is a building constructed of large, prefabricated concrete slabs. The word is a compound of (in this context: panel) and (building). Such buildings are often found ...

. It was developed in the early 1970s by the German Academy of Architecture and the

Technical University of Dresden TU Dresden (for german: Technische Universität Dresden, abbreviated as TUD and often wrongly translated as "Dresden University of Technology") is a public research university, the largest institute of higher education in the city of Dresden, th ...

. In 1973, the first block in the city was built in

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and this house is now a historical monument. Of the approximately 1.52 million dwellings constructed in slab construction to 1990, the Type 70 WBS is widespread, accounting for up to 42 percent of housing constructed in the East. In

Berlin-Hellersdorf Hellersdorf () is a locality in the borough of Marzahn-Hellersdorf in Berlin. Between 1986 and Berlin's 2001 administrative reform, it was a borough in its own right, consisting of the current area of Hellersdorf as well as Kaulsdorf and Mahlsdo ...

, there is a museum at Hellersdorfer Strasse 179 open to visitors of the apartment type WBS 70th. The 61-square-meter three-room apartment was furnished with original household items manufactured in the GDR.

Technical details

* Load range: 6.3 tons (63 kN) * Modular system, basic grid: 6.00 meters × 6.00 meters * Building depth: 10.8, 12.0 or 14.4 meters * Floor height: 2.80 meters (WBS 70/G: 3.30 meters) * Number of storeys: 5, 6 or 11 * Outer wall: three layers with core insulation * Interior bathrooms, lying outside staircase

Functional features

* Minimizing traffic areas in buildings and housing for the benefit of living space * Variability of apartment sizes and occupancy density by assembling the different functional units * Adjust the number of stories and the outline of the floor plans to the functional and urban demands by vertical and horizontal combination of functional units.

References

External links

Museum in Berlin-Hellersdorf„Platte mit Aussicht“ - Dokumentarfilm zur Plattenbausiedlung Dresden-Gorbitz ("Panel With A View" - Documentary council estate Dresden Gorbitz)
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