S.U.S.I.

79100 Freiburg-Vauban (Project No. 1): 285 adults, children and young people in 45 flats which are mainly divided into shared flats. Former barracks buildings converted with a lot of own work, modelled on the Cherysee barracks in Constance; creation of low-cost living space; biodiesel CHP local heat supply, clay interior plastering, cellulose insulation etc., partly very large shared flats; food coop, first occupancy after renovation with ecological building materials: 1993.

S.U.S.I. stands for "Self-Organized Independent Settlement Initiative" and was organized as an e.V. and was transformed into a gGmbH. The four former French barracks were, together with the student dormitories, the first buildings to be built on the Sustainable City District. Vauban were completed in Freiburg.

Since 1995 a project of the Tenements Syndicate.

Plot:	15.000 m²
Living Space:	7.300 m²
Cost:	5.500.000 €
Rent:	5,10 €/m²

Links
www.susi-projekt.de
www.syndikat.org/de/projekte/susi

SUSI role model: Chérisy barracks in Constance
www.cherisy.de

 

Last Updated: December 25, 2020

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