Model of house Saarstra§e 29 in Friedberg Germany
Uli Meyer 2002

This house was built in 1914 and owned by a trade union.
It was at the southern rim of the city... meanwhile it's
almost in the center. Lateron it became property of
the Deutsche Bundesbahn (railways, the train station
is only 3 minutes to walk). In the early eighties it
was sold to a community of private persons. It was
renovated then, painted awfully light-brown.
In the late nineties it was renovated again, now
in a light blue, the ornamental stuff accentuated in
white. The color is supported by a well-lighted
ARAL-Gas Station nearby (blue!). The few remaining
window shutters have been removed.

The front side has two half-round oriels, with
balconies on top and in between.... unfortunately now
facing a busy street. At least there is a large park
oppositely, belonging to the former school for the
blinds. The back side is the much nicer one. 
I like the play with assymetries, the staircase
with a generous number of windows and the highly
complex slate roof (where I live). Building the model
helped me understand, why my rooms are that
confusing....

I added some fotos of the original object, two of
them in 3d, visible with red-green or blue glasses.
(large base stereoscopy, for better architectural
understanding)

The pedestal of the house is built only one (!)
stud larger than the house on each side. This was
achieved by putting 1x6-plates into the central
cylinders of 1x8-plates, which are on top of the
pedestal. The gap is filled with a 2x2-tile. This
is only an example, but the system also worked
at the edges, around the entrance, and at the
oriels, where the pedestal is round!
The half round form of the oriel was approximated
by round bricks (the 2x8 white plates between
ground level and first floor, with radius 3 round 
corner are from the historic town plan) and 90 
degree rotated blue roof bricks. Those are fixed 
with lego technic.

I am still lacking a white 1x4x2 fence.