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The houses are relatively small, simple in design and plainly detailed. The windows are single-paned and appear like "holes in the wall". In spite of limited means, the architect still managed to create structures that are architecturally interesting. Consider the overlapping between each housing units, this creates variation on the wall plane (a play between dissimilar volumes, light and shadows). On the ground floor, there is horizontal panelling in a light whitish colour, which unites the entire complex. While on the first floor, there is vertical panelling painted in bright primary colours (each unit has its own colour). This provides the complex with an individual quality. The exterior panelling on both the ground storey and first floor does not terminate with corner mouldings, but "folds itself" around the corners, thus emphasising the form of the building. The horizontal panelling on the ground floor has mitred corners, which contributes to the refined character of the complex. On the first floor there is traditional carpenter's panelling (over/underlying)
the overlying piece forms the window frame. Beneath the slanted roof, at the uppermost point of the exterior wall, there is horizontal panelling (the same kind used on the ground floor)
however, the colour of the first floor is continued all the way to the roof. The division between the ground storey and first floor seems to be a conscious architectural expression, when one considers the change in the direction of the panelling on the first floor. Yet, on the other hand, this decision could be due to practical reasons since it is a matter of elemental construction.

Anna Eides vei - rekkehus