Europan „In Between Cities”

1st prize for the site Nauen, Germany.

Adaptive minimal structure. Few, but rigid rules, self-development processes as ordering principle

An insertion of an urban planning into an existing urban fabric, which wants to be aesthetically and programmatically successful, does not need to repeat its morphological, social and its building structure. By belonging to several fields at the same time the planning can develop its own qualities that refer stronger to the whole. A leeway for typology can result when it is not determined beforehand what life means and how it should be distributed at a local level. This should be left to the autonomy and competences of the party concerned.

PROJECT DATA

“Scheunenviertel” (barn quarters) with paths, pencil and oil crayon on paper, 42 x 29,7 cm

Stage of development I: historic building stock

Stage of development II: building

Stage of development III: neighbourhood

Regulation lines for the integration of self-development processes

Translation of the building densities according to the site occupancy index into the plot structure and building typology

Local growth centres, collage, ink on paper, 12.4 x 18 cm

The individual rooms have a neutral design and their use is not determined, so the residents can decide themselves how they will use them. If necessary, modifications can be realised. The exchange of uses or a later extension with new space units corresponds to the basic principle.

Floor plan typologies

Habitat

Context

Visualisation: self-construction: façade panels, kitchen- and sanitary installations

Interior spaces with different microclimatic properties

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