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Haus am Park
DG: Wohnen für Selbstnutzer
1. + 2. OG: Wohnen für Geflüchtete
EG: Microapartments für Geflüchtete
Tragende Struktur
Brückenhaus
OG: Clusterwohnen
DG EG: Wohnzimmer für Alle

1. + 2. OG

Grundrissoption
Wohnen für Geflüchtete
2020 - 2030

EG

Grundrissoption
Eigennutzung Brückenhaus
ab 2030 von Maier + Wezel Architekt

Wandelbare Grundrisse im Haus am Park • Convertible floor plans in the Haus am Park Nutzungsschema Haus am Park und Brückenhaus • Utilisation scheme of Haus am Park and Brückenhaus

tive living space for refugees and also develop creative integration concepts. Among all. A key feature of these flats is their adaptability. In the Haus am Park, the flats
the eight designated sites were two attractive plots of land directly on the Neckar initially had to comply with the guidelines for refugee housing. The architects the-
River. 40 groups applied for these sites. The contract was awarded to Postbau eG, refore developed changeable floor plans. After all, many members of the building
which promised to build flats at permanently low rents, and Baugemeinschaft community want to occupy their flats themselves after a ten- or 15-year period of use
Wolle+, which presented a sound social and housing concept. The option to pur- as refugee accommodation. It was therefore necessary to plan for adaptability, such
chase the land was granted in 2016. To realise the housing and integration project as the conversion of two small wet rooms into a spacious bathroom or the merging
on the Neckar, thirteen people joined forces to form the Wolle+ building community. of small rooms. In the Brückenhaus, there is also a cluster flat for single women on
Two teams from three architectural offices each planned a building for the building the upper floor. This cluster flat has four basic modules, a shared bathroom, a kit-
community in close cooperation: the Haus am Park, designed by the Stuttgart archi- chen and a play corner. In keeping with the idea of a "breathing" floor plan, the dif-
tectural offices Yonder and Somaa, and the Brückenhaus by Maier + Wezel Architek- ferent rooms can also be connected if necessary.
ten from Tübingen.
Integration through the possibility of communication
Adaptive and multi-faceted housing for traumatised people
Research on the sociology of housing has shown that spatial density does not ne-
Refugees are often traumatised. What they therefore need first of all is a safe place. cessarily result in social proximity. For successful integration, the protected private
Each flat is assigned a spacious, individually usable outdoor area (terrace or bal- spaces of one's own flat are just as urgently needed as open spaces for communica-
cony). Views into the flats are made difficult by white perforated metal sheets en- tion and encounter. In order to promote neighbourly encounters within the building
closing the balconies. Since the refugees come from very different cultures and their and with the neighbours, a hybrid place for community activities was created on
family structures are very diverse, different types of flats had to be developed. The the ground floor of the Kubus building. In the Brückenhaus, bridges are built bet-
portfolio ranges from two small, three medium and two large flats, and three micro ween the houses of the Wolle+ building community and the neighbouring Postbau
flats for formerly unaccompanied underage refugees who are now in vocational trai- eG, which contributed financially to the construction, and also to the neighbours on
ning. Occupancy in the flats varies from one person to families of ten. In the Haus both sides of the Neckar. Since the spaces are to meet different requirements, their
am Park, there are three flats with their own roof terrace that are already used by design is flexible. In the centre is a spacious multifunctional room that can be
the owners themselves. The refugee flats have basic technical equipment. No di- quickly and easily extended by a sliding wall. Smaller counselling offices and a mee-
stinction was made between refugee flats and owner-occupied flats in the quality ting and study room are located here. Despite the Corona pandemic, a lively place
of the interior fittings with parquet floors and floor-to-ceiling windows, thus follo- has already emerged, which as a neighbourhood and meeting centre is also beco-
wing the egalitarian design principle of a good-quality and equivalent amenities for ming a transitory place for urban society.

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