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40627 Düsseldorf-Unterbach: Eco-settlement, architects: Bookhoff und Rentrop (Hannover), 30 flats, community house, community workshops, WW solar system, supply shaft accessible under the house rows, much own work, 750 Euro/m² living space + community facilities, occupation: 1988
| Street | Am Langenfeldbusch 37 | Detailed project description as pdf [Hinrichs et al. 1996]Photos on the Website „European Timber Route |
| Location | Suburban location in the small-town district of Unterbach in the southeast of Düsseldorf | |
| Building type(s) | Newly built housing estate with two to three-storey single-family terraced houses in row construction, a community house | |
| Form(s) of ownership | Property | |
| Location (project) | Residential area | |
| Size | 30 dwelling units on 1.1 ha | |
| Residents | approx. 120 | |
| Construction time | 1987-1989 Start of planning 1985 | |
| Ecology | ||
| Waste/water | Rainwater infiltration | |
| Waste | Composting | |
| Energy/Climate | Low energy construction. Winter gardens. 2 central heating systems with condensing technology. Solar collectors for hot water. Settlement public consumption billing. | |
| Building Biology | Wooden post and beam construction, mineral wool | |
| Traffic | central park, car-free inner area/car-free residential streets | |
| Outdoor facilities | Grass roofs, low-sheathed area, very dense building. Near-natural open space design | |
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| Socio-cultural | Close cohesion of the group of builders in the planning and construction phase, intensive neighbourhood in the use phase. Community house, wood workshop, ecological shopping community (Grashalm e.V.). The settlement was initiated by the residents from the surroundings of a Waldorf school. | |
| Note | Environmental Award 2019 of the city of Düsseldorf Promotion prize of the Karl Kuebel Foundation. Follow-up project from Laher meadows |
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| Contact | Citizens' initiative: Priester family, Am Langenfeldbusch 51, Düsseldorf Architect: Bookhoff + Rentrop, Ewige Heide 1, 30161 Hanover |
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| Literature | Gay, Glory; Leine, Michelle; Winter, Maxmilian (2018): Living in an "Ecovillage" as an Expression of Prefigurative Politics - An Analysis of the Lifestyles of the Residents of an Ecological Settlement in North Rhine-Westphalia. Bochum https://engagementforschung.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/?p=345 - Hinrichs, Carl Friedrich; Hein, Sissy; Hoffmann, Birgit (1996): Guiding principles for ecological building. Evaluation of realised settlements and individual houses. pp.39-49. Saarbrücken: Academy for Building Ecology, Saarland University of Applied Sciences. - Karl Kübel Stiftung für Kind und Familie (ed.) Familie und Wohnen. Documentation on the Karl Kuebel Prize 1996, Bensheim - Arbeitsgemeinschaft Holz e.V. (1991): Informationsdienst Holz, in: Deutsche Bauzeitschrift, p.1-8. - Deters, Karl 1991: Analyse ausgeführter alternativ-ökologischer, kostengünstiger Gebäude und ihrer Abhängigkeiten von den Randbedingungen der Grundstücken. S. 52-57. Hannover: Institut für Bauforschung - Transcript of Seminar and Ecological Settlement Construction in the FRG Uni/GHS Essen 1989. |
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Last updated: 2 August 2021
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All project/s of the planning office: Boockhoff & Rentrop; Urban region: Düsseldorf and surrounding area; Country: Germany; Characteristics: 01 - 02 Floors, 03 - 4 floors, Terraced house, Residential, Eco-settlement; typology: Settlement; Thematic: Green roofs, Own contribution, Common areas, Winter garden / Glass house
