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WBS 70 (''Wohnungsbauserie'' 70th series) is a type of dwelling that was built in the
German Democratic Republic East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...
using
slab construction A large-panel-system building is a building constructed of large, prefabricated concrete slabs. Such buildings are often found in housing developments. Although large-panel-system buildings are often considered to be typical of Eastern Bloc co ...
. It was developed in the early 1970s by the German Academy of Architecture and the Technical University of Dresden. In 1973, the first block in the city was built in
Neubrandenburg Neubrandenburg (, Low German ''Niegenbramborg'', both lit. ''New Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg'') is a city in the southeast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is located on the shore of a lake called Tollensesee and forms the urban c ...
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, 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.


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Museum in Berlin-Hellersdorf„Platte mit Aussicht“ - Dokumentarfilm zur Plattenbausiedlung Dresden-Gorbitz ("Panel With A View" - Documentary council estate Dresden Gorbitz)
{{Panel buildings Apartment types Housing in Germany Economy of East Germany East German architecture