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Framework Houses of the Siegen Industrial Region, Slated Gable Sides, Germany
Bernd and Hilla Becher German
Not on view
The Bechers subdivided their framework-house photographs into families of like forms to create their typologies. Their book Framework Houses of the Siegen Industrial Region presents seven discrete chapters: Gable Sides; Slated Gable Sides (seen here); Street and Rear Sides; Slated Street and Rear Sides; Corner Views; Houses from Different Views; and Groups of Houses. They noted that the use of slate on a house’s exterior “was desirable because it provides insulation against humidity and eliminated periodic painting. But since it was expensive, slating was often restricted to the waterside or just the gable, which was difficult to paint because of its height.”
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