Housing Cooperative in Berlin
With the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Kreuzberg district came to form an important part of the city centre, and it has become increasingly difficult to find reasonably priced accommodation there. That was one reason why, in 2010, the senate made a number of state-owned properties available to various building groups. In the present project, with its 19 dwellings, the aim of the clients, architects and developers was to set standards rather than to pursue individual solutions. This had a positive effect on the costs and resulted in a building with a unified appearance that harmonizes well with the neighbouring post-war housing blocks. A consistent design approach can be found not only in the modular timber facade, but also internally, where the fitting-out standards were determined jointly by the clients and architects.
