The 9Bürger Cooperative is pursuing a wonderfully idealistic and contemporary project. Older people who are in the middle of life want to spend the next phase of life together and have a tailor-made house built for them. We take up the optimism of the citizens and propose a building that combines innovation (typology, type of living) and sustainability (architectural quality, age justice) as best as possible.
The urban carelessness of the area initially creates residual spaces. To create a house with a strong sense of community for the residents the building must therefore spatially define and shape the entrance, the circulation and the outdoor spaces.
The future tenants of the house plan to leave their single-family houses and live in a form of living that better suits their life situation. We suspect, however, that the shape of a dormitory with long elevators, corridors, room doors and limited access to the outside world cannot do this. The future residents are in the middle of life and just want to share it with others. We, therefore, propose a concept that does not completely forget the traditional, self-determined house. The classic elements of the (covered) forecourt (the Bavarian “Gred”), the “house bank” and the “Stube”, which has always been semi-public, were always places of community, with the family, with the village neighbours or visitors. We created a semi-public promenade, on a gently ascending ramp. Here the daily journeys overlap with short encounters, discreet glimpses and casual sitting together. The house does not have a stairwell or corridor, and if necessary the elevator ensures that the slight incline of the ramp does not have to be climbed, but can be comfortably strolled down from above.
The arrangement of the units along an uphill ramp also fits the existing terrain in an amazingly precise manner. Without major earthworks, the building nestles on the slight slope and only slightly detaches from it towards the end to reach the higher level and to be able to park the cars in an open, level parking deck below.
In collaboration with Maximilian Hartinger and Edda Zickert.
The 9Bürger Cooperative is pursuing a wonderfully idealistic and contemporary project. Older people who are in the middle of life want to spend the next phase of life together and have a tailor-made house built for them. We take up the optimism of the citizens and propose a building that combines innovation (typology, type of living) and sustainability (architectural quality, age justice) as best as possible.
The urban carelessness of the area initially creates residual spaces. To create a house with a strong sense of community for the residents the building must therefore spatially define and shape the entrance, the circulation and the outdoor spaces.
The future tenants of the house plan to leave their single-family houses and live in a form of living that better suits their life situation. We suspect, however, that the shape of a dormitory with long elevators, corridors, room doors and limited access to the outside world cannot do this. The future residents are in the middle of life and just want to share it with others. We, therefore, propose a concept that does not completely forget the traditional, self-determined house. The classic elements of the (covered) forecourt (the Bavarian “Gred”), the “house bank” and the “Stube”, which has always been semi-public, were always places of community, with the family, with the village neighbours or visitors. We created a semi-public promenade, on a gently ascending ramp. Here the daily journeys overlap with short encounters, discreet glimpses and casual sitting together. The house does not have a stairwell or corridor, and if necessary the elevator ensures that the slight incline of the ramp does not have to be climbed, but can be comfortably strolled down from above.
The arrangement of the units along an uphill ramp also fits the existing terrain in an amazingly precise manner. Without major earthworks, the building nestles on the slight slope and only slightly detaches from it towards the end to reach the higher level and to be able to park the cars in an open, level parking deck below.
In collaboration with Maximilian Hartinger and Edda Zickert.