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Immovielien versus state and market failure in land policy
On 18 June 2018, almost 50 members from all over Germany founded the association Netzwerk Immovielien e. V. at the ufaFabrik in Berlin-Tempelhof. Since 2017, actors from civil society, the public sector, business, welfare, and academia have been working closely together in the network to promote a stronger focus on the common good in real estate and neighborhood development. The common good-oriented view of urban development issues and the heterogeneous composition of the members are the special features of the Immovielien network: the diversity of attitudes, discourses and formats makes it credible within the professional world, effective in the cause and attractive for new and old members.
"The interest in exchanging ideas and working together was enormous right from the start," says Jörn Luft from the Bonn-based Montag Stiftung Urbane Räume, which currently holds the coordinating position for the network. "Immovielien-Macher*innen and their partners want to become even more involved in the public discussion in the future through their educational and networking work".
Immovielien - real estate by many for many - are real estate and neighbourhood projects that create lasting added value for society and the neighbourhood. They are created in a participatory and interdisciplinary development process, mostly driven by civil society. They are to be strengthened by the network's activities, which range from events and publications to information and networking formats to concrete cooperations for real estate and urban development oriented towards the common good.
In the new association, the Immovielien network can now continue to grow structurally and financially independently. "We are extremely pleased that we were able to launch the association with almost 50 founding members. The same number of members is already in the starting blocks and wants to fill out the membership application in the next few days," says Rolf Novy-Huy from the Hattingen-based trias Foundation, who will take over the honorary board of directors together with Benedikt Altrogge from GLS Gemeinschaftsbank eG in Bochum.
"Now we want to co-ordinate as fast as possible over our work emphasis and take up then with a new co-ordination place in Berlin speed , announce Benedikt Altrogge. Proposals for possible focal points of work were already collected at the founding event. In addition to public and networking events, educational and public relations work, as well as cooperation between and for community-oriented actors in urban development, should continue to play an important role.
The network also wants to continue to advocate for the fundamental improvement of framework conditions for real estate and urban development oriented towards the common good. In view of the tense situation in many municipalities, savings dictates in the wrong place and a lack of will to reform would be tantamount to a failure on the part of the state, said both Florian Schmidt, a city councillor for construction in Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, and Caren Lay, deputy parliamentary group leader and spokeswoman on construction policy for The Left Party in the German Bundestag.
The network had already started a critical monitoring of the federal political discussions before its foundation. The network wants to continue this in the future. It remains important not to play each other off, noted founding member Thomas Bestgen from UTB Projektmanagement GmbH in Berlin, referring to the successful Immovielien projects in Switzerland. Much more decisive than the arguments about the most suitable legal form is the visible result of the real estate development for the people in the neighbourhood. Jörn Luft, who will be managing the transition of the existing network into the association until the summer, announced that the Immovieliensammlung, which will be available on the network's website, is one example of what this can look like.
Board of Directors: Rolf Novy-Huy (Hattingen) and Benedikt Altrogge (Bochum)
Coordination Office Immovielien Network
At the brewhouse 2
12053 Berlin
For more information on the network, click here:
www.netzwerk-immovielien.de
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Stakeholders, DE-News, News Blog Berlin, Social / Culture, Housing policy, Housing projects, eG
According to the PC Price Index, prices for photovoltaic modules from all regions of the world fell by an average of over 15 % to between €0.40 and €0.57/Wp in the last 12 months.
Martin Schachinger from pvXchange commented on this in the SolarServer Infomail of 20 February 2017: "Some rack and inverter manufacturers have also lowered their sales prices across the board, meaning that complete photovoltaic systems are currently available at historically good conditions. As expected, the lowest prices since the beginning of time, at least since module price monitoring and recording began, are leading to a strong increase in demand," says Schachinger.
According to SolarServer Infomail, the cumulative installation volume of over 600 megawatts in November and December equalled almost half of the newly installed photovoltaic systems for the entire year.
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Construction and operating costs, DE-News, Renewable, Climate protection, PV, PlusEnergy house/settlement, Ecology, Economics
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Documentary film by Anna Ditges
When a major investor announces plans to build a shopping mall on a former industrial site in the middle of Cologne-Ehrenfeld, citizens' protests are heard. In her feature film "WEM GEHÖRT DIE STADT - Bürger in Bewegung" (90 min., 2014), filmmaker Anna Ditges tells of an existential confrontation between people with very different, often incompatible lifestyles and values on the Helios site in Cologne. "In the tension between commitment, self-interest and the creation of meaning, it explores the question of how democracy can function in everyday life and how much political responsibility one's own home means to each individual."
Further information or booking requests:
http://wemgehoertdiestadt-derfilm.de
Website of the citizens' initiative Helios
www.buergerinitiative-helios.de
Website of the city planning office of Cologne about the Helios site:
www.stadt-koeln.de/leben-in-koeln/planen-bauen/projekte/helios-gelaende
Project Info: http://sdg21.eu/db/heliosgelaende
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Stakeholders, Stock, DE-News, Movies, Movies < 4 Min, Business, Communities, Cologne, Media, News Blog NRW, Mix of uses, Participation, Quarters, Social diversity, Social / Culture, Aesthetics / Architecture / Building Culture
Berlin - The nominees for the German Building Award 2022 have been determined. A total of 29 housing projects were selected in a two-stage process by an interdisciplinary jury chaired by Susanne Wartzeck, President of the Association of German Architects BDA. This year, 187 housing projects completed between 2018 and 2021 took part in the competition across Germany.
Since 1986, the German Building Award has been honouring outstanding housing projects that are both of high quality and have been implemented at affordable costs. With this broad claim, the prize is unique in Germany.
"The contributions encourage us to reconcile quality and costs. This radiates to the cities and neighbourhoods where the projects were built. Their exemplary effect multiplies good building. But it is also clear that we have to be prepared for higher costs in building and take this into account in the demands on living space. Good solutions on less space - that is the challenge that building enthusiasts, architects and cities have to meet", emphasises Helmut Dedy, Chief Executive of the German Association of Cities.
The winners of the German Building Award will be announced and honoured on 15 September 2022 at the award ceremony during the National Urban Development Policy Congress in Berlin.
The German Building Award is known as the most important prize in the field of housing construction in Germany. It was launched by the KOOPERATION working group consisting of the central association of the housing industry GdW, the Association of German Architects BDA and the German Association of Cities and is supported by the Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and Construction, DZ Hyp AG and the Association of German Landscape Architects bdla.
All information on the German Building Award can be found at
www.deutscherbauherrenpreis.de
Overview of the nominees for the DBHP 2022
NEW CONSTRUCTION:
KARO ARNSTADT, Arnstadt
Client: Wachsenburg Baugruppe
Building group Balingen - eventful living, Balingen
Client: erlebnisreich wohnen GmbH & Co. KG
New housing on Briesestraße, Berlin
Client: STADT UND LAND Wohnbauten-Gesellschaft mbH
Johannisgärten, Berlin
Client: HOWOGE Wohnungsbaugesellschaft mbH
Grünes Haus am Hohentorsplatz - Subsidised housing in a city centre location, Bremen
Client: GEWOBA Aktiengesellschaft Wohnen und Bauen
Residential house Rübezahlweg, Bruckmühl
Client: Market Bruckmühl
Marktplatz 7 - replacement new building, Buchbach
Client: Markt Buchbach (represented by the First Mayor, Thomas Einwang)
"Mary & Abe", Darmstadt
Client: GSW Gemeinnütziges Siedlungswerk GmbH
Social housing Lebens-S-Raum "Eiswiese", Düren
Client: City of Düren
Carl-Sieder-Hof - Cooperative living around a green inner courtyard, Freiburg
Client: Bauverein Breisgau eG
Neighbourhood development UNI-CARRÉ, Freiburg
Client: Bauverein Breisgau eG
Mirror factory, Fürth
Client: Spiegelfabrik Planungs-GbR
Bauverein der Elbgemeinden eG, Hamburg
Building owner: Bauverein der Elbgemeinden eG
Pergola Quarter, Hamburg
Client: SAGA Siedlungs- und Aktiengesellschaft Hamburg
Residential development Robertstraße, Cologne
Client: GAG Immobilien AG Cologne
Redesign of Heinrich-Schweitzer-Straße, Ludwigsburg
Client: Wohnungsbau Ludwigsburg GmbH
Prinz Eugen Park, Munich
Client: GWG Städtische Wohnungsgesellschaft München mbH
Arnheimweg residential quarter, Münster-Gievenbeck
Client: Wohn + Stadtbau Wohnungsunternehmen der Stadt Münster GmbH
New building Neusalzer Platz, Nuremberg
Client: wbg Nürnberg GmbH real estate company
EUROPAN 12 - Residential complex with 132 units in urban Südstadt, Nuremberg
Client: wbg Nürnberg GmbH real estate company
Residential quarter for families in Litjen Wai, Sylt
Client: Municipal Property Management of the Municipality of Sylt
MODERNISATIONS:
Casa Rossa, Chemnitz
Client: Bodensteiner Fest Stroux GbR
Two-storey roof extension of a listed residential complex, Hamburg Client: Stadtboden Grundstücks GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG
Quartier Isenhöhe, Hattingen
Client: hwg eG
Schützenhofstraße high-rise residential building, Jena
Client: jenawohnen GmbH
Model modernisation of atrium houses in the student city of Freimann, Munich
Client: Munich Student Union AdöR
The Role: More Housing, More Diversity, More Life, Potsdam
Client: ProPotsdam GmbH
MAGGIE, Regensburg
Building owner: Baugenossenschaft Margaretenau eG
CONVERSIONS:
SheddachHalle, Kempten
Client: Sozialbau Kempten Wohnungs- und Städtebau GmbH
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DE-News, Contests & Prizes, Housing
