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Sustainable redevelopment secures housing stock

Offenbach „Hans-Böckler settlement “

(Hesse)

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Context

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Image: Bestand

Photography: F. Seifert, Darmstadt

The "Hans-Böckler settlement" in Offenbach (pop. 117,500) was built in the 1950s. It consists of 19 rows of houses with 5 storeys and a nine-storey "Y house". The bad building fabric, social problems, conflicts among the tenants and too small flats led to difficulties in renting. The threat of unoccupied housing caused the owner, the Naussauische Heimstätte mbH, to extensively redevelop 13 buildings and the high-rise building.

 

Project description

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The ecological-architectural modernisation measure covers a total of 368 flats. With the technical renovation of heating, building insulation, bathrooms and façades, increase in living space and more flexible flat layouts are to be created through extensions on the head side of the rows of houses all at once.

In cooperation with the city and the employment agency, an employment project with new jobs was realised as part of the redevelopment. The whole measure is accompanied by extensive information of the inhabitants, a survey and support of the tenants.

 

Project chronology

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Jahr Ereignis
1998 to 2001 Preparatory research project
2001 Begin of construction work
2002 2nd phase of construction
2003 Completion of the 3rd phase of construction
 

Aims

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Image: Y-Haus

Photography: F. Seifert, Darmstadt

  • Sustainable redevelopment in the existing housing stock
  • Ecological-architectural modernisation
  • Upgrading of the settlement and stabilisation of tenancy
  • Enlargement and flexibilisation of the flat layouts
  • Barrier-free ground-floor flats
  • Employment (assistants and supporters in the redevelopment)
  • New design of the open space (creating employment for youths)
 

Types of measures

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  • Survey and support of tenants
  • Relocation management
  • Renewal of bathrooms and installation of central heating
  • Renovation and insulation of façades
  • Adding balconies
  • Gardens for tenants
 

Innovations

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Image: Fassade

Source: Nassauische Heimstätte

The special contribution of this project is the “interdisciplinary” approach: the combination of architectural-ecological redevelopment, social stabilisation and promotion of employment

 

Sources

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  • Nassauische Heimstätte (ed.) Offenbach-Bürgel: Nachhaltiges Sanieren im Bestand (Offenbach-Bürgel. Sustainable redevelopment in existing stock), Frankfurt/M. 2001 (project description, drawing and photos)
  • Bundesverband der LEGen (ed.) "Mitteilungen der Landesentwicklungsgesellschaften (Notes of the Federal State development associations)", 1/2000 p.18
  • Research project "Sustainable redevelopment in the existing stock": http://www.naheimst.de
 

Further information

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The projekt site ist to be found at postal code: 63075 - town: Offenbach - street: Brandenburger Straße 8.

 

Protagonists

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  • Marion Schmitz-Stadtfeld, Nassauische Heimstätte - Gesellschaft für innovative Projekte mbH (nhgip) (Association for innovative projects), Frankfurt/Main, Tel. 069/6069-142
  • Immanuel Stieß, Institut für sozial-ökologische Forschung GmbH (ISOE) (Institute for Social-Ecological Research), Frankfurt/Main, Tel. 069/7076919-19
 

Record inserted on 01.08.2002 by Lehrstuhl für Planungstheorie und Stadtplanung, RWTH Aachen and updated by theFederal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) within the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR).

Last update: 02.03.2010