Length: 6:46 min
Project Info: http://sdg21.eu/db/energiebunker-iba-hamburg
33 architectural firms from Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland, among others, have presented the design for WerkBundStadt Berlin. Around 1,100 new apartments are to be built in 38 buildings on 2.8 hectares of land. A critique of the project in the deutsche bauzeitung (db) reminds readers of the historical heritage in which the project stands: "It is laudable that the Deutscher Werkbund is speaking out with a contribution. After all, it is precisely the Werkbund housing estates from Stuttgart to Breslau, Prague, Vienna and Zurich that stand for the experimental living worlds of modernism. It was about housing for the subsistence level, small apartments, variable floor plans, new building materials and prefabrication, and last but not least about the coexistence of generations and society." The WerkBundStadt is quite clearly a break in content from the previous less dense WerkBundSiedlungen and for this reason alone an important statement, particularly with regard to the mix of uses and building density. Nevertheless, the designs are not very innovative in terms of sustainability. Unfortunately, the designers make it too easy for themselves by treating the issue solely with the concept of natural ventilation and a high building density. In this way, the WerkBundStadt falls far behind the standards developed in recent decades for sustainable housing. If this building exhibition is to have any charisma, if it is to communicate groundbreaking transferable concepts, then many of the themes of sustainable urban development and housing are missing. If the WerkBundStadt remains as it is at present, the building exhibition would probably become an interesting collection of contemporary architectural sculptures on an urbanistic scale, but it would lack central themes of the 21st century!
In the past decades, resolutions towards sustainable development have been repeatedly made the subject of discussion and politically adopted, also by the worldwide architecture and urban planning associations. In 2003, it was the "New Athens Charter. Vision for the Cities of the 21st Century." by the European council of town planners. And in 2007 the "Leipzig Charter on Sustainable European Cities".
In terms of world politics, the most recent three agreements should be mentioned:
These agreements clearly state that the sustainable conversion/design of existing and new settlements and neighbourhoods will play a central role in achieving the agreed policy objectives.
For further reading:
Manifestos and political agreements from 1958: https://siedlungen.eu/manifeste-und-abkommen
Blog with many photos about the developments (until the end of 2016): www.architektur-urbanistik.berlin/...werkbundstadt...
A review of WerkBundStadt in the db (12/2016): www.db-bauzeitung.de/...
Keywords:
Expo, News Blog Berlin, Planning offices, Quarters
On 23 November, Prof. Dr. Dr. habil. Gerd Wegener passed on his office as spokesman for the Forestry and Wood Cluster in Bavaria. The handover of office took place at the Bavarian Ministry of Agriculture as part of a ceremony held to mark the 10th anniversary of the cluster initiative and the 5th anniversary of proHolz Bayern.
Forestry Minister Helmut Brunner expressly thanked Wegener for his outstanding services to the Bavarian forestry and timber industry and awarded him the Bavarian State Medal in Gold on his farewell as cluster spokesman. Wegener's successor is a dual leadership that simultaneously stands for science and practice as well as for the forestry and timber industry.
Read the whole post:
www.cluster-forstholzbayern.de/...xaver-haas-und-hubert-roeder-folgen-gerd-wegener
Keywords:
Stakeholders, Wood construction, News Blog Bavaria
2011, 12 min.
Project Info: http://sdg21.eu/db/eva-lanxmeer-in-culemborg
Show building projects by Joachim Eble / EMP: http://sdg21.eu/planungsbueros/emp
Keywords:
Cohousing, Movies, Movies 11 to 45 Min, Climate protection, Near-natural open space design, News Blog Netherlands, Mix of uses, Permaculture, Settlements, Sufficiency, Water design, Wildlife/animal friendly construction, Housing projects, eG
Climate protection has long been one of the most urgent topics for the housing industry. In order to achieve a climate-neutral building stock by 2050, the 24 founding companies of the Wohnen.2050 initiative met in Berlin on 28 January 2020 to found the association. The nationwide association was initiated by the Nassauische Heimstätte | Wohnstadt group of companies.
"Don't just talk about climate change, act" - under this motto, the Nassauische Heimstätte | Wohnstadt group of companies invited founding partners from all over Germany to found the Initiative Wohnen.2050 (IW2050) association. The overarching objective is a climate policy alliance which, in addition to strategic cooperation and a technical and content-related comparison, focuses primarily on economic and financial concerns to achieve the targets.
The event was opened by Axel Gedaschko, President of the Federal Association of German Housing and Real Estate Companies (GdW). "For the housing industry, climate protection is one of the most urgent topics - and all those involved have been making a continuous contribution for a long time. To achieve the two-degree target and a climate-neutral building stock by 2050, the stakes need to be raised significantly once again. The situation requires not only commitment, but transformation," Gedaschko explained.
The Wohnen.2050 initiative combines concentrated know-how and relies on the open-source approach. Solutions and tools for the resource-saving development of company-specific paths to climate neutrality are jointly developed and exchanged. In this way, even smaller companies are given the opportunity to position themselves in an economically and factually appropriate way. "We are facing what is probably the greatest challenge of our time. That's why it was clear to us that we needed an industry initiative to meet this challenge together and in partnership," says Dr. Thomas Hain, Managing Director of the Nassauische Heimstätte | Wohnstadt Group and member of the IW2050 Board of Directors, about the climate protection commitment.
The approach is convincing: on the day of its foundation, the initiative already represents around 1,050,000 housing units and six of the ten largest German housing companies within the GdW. "The participation and interest were overwhelming. We are proud to set out today with a staggering 24 founding companies on the path to a climate-neutral future," said Felix Lüter, Head of the Sustainability Competence Centre of the Nassauische Heimstätte | Wohnstadt Group. After the official founding of the association, the participants discussed possible financing and climate strategies in working groups. In the coming weeks, there will be further meetings to develop strategies and measures to achieve the goals set.
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Link
Manifesto of the Housing 2050 Initiative
www.iw2050.de
Source: PM from 28.01.2020 Nassauische Heimstätte
Keywords:
Stock, DE-News, Renewable, Climate protection, Settlements, Housing, Housing policy, Thermal insulation
