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44 HAUS SCHULZ BY LOIS WELZENBACHER Year 1929 Status Modified Material Pastry Chocolate Scale 1:100 Model maker Barbara Gruber From 1928 to 1929 Lois Welzenbacher planned a villa in Recklinghausen, Germany. The building site was at the crossing of two roads. The entrance hall, the service rooms, the rooms for the guests and the staff were all at street level, while the garden was 2.5m higher, facing out towards a public park. The kitchen, the master bedrooms, and the dining and living room were all located at garden level. One of the master bedrooms, as well as the dining and the living room, were orientated towards the south. The living room was connected to the terrace by a large glass window that could be lowered into the floor.1 The concept for the first floor shows an open and fluid combination of rooms. In contrast, the ground floor is a linear sequence of rooms. The interior, including the furniture and fabric, was designed by Welzenbacher specifically for the house. The facade was made of dark bricks and the window frames were painted white.2 1 Achleitner, Friedrich; Uhl, Ottokar (1968): Lois Welzenbacher 1889-1955. Salzburg: Residenz Verlag. 59. 2 Sarnitz, August (1989): Lois Welzenbacher. Architekt. 1889-1955. Salzburg, Wien: Residenz Verlag. 55-60.