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Eco-settlement "Frasenweg

frasenweg-0134128 Kassel: Ecological settlement "Frasenweg", architecture: among others Hegger, Hegger-Luhnen, Gernot Minke, 36 dwelling units, GFZ 0.7, loam and timber frame construction, consistent use of recyclable and energy-saving building materials, green roofs, mound houses, use of rainwater, winter gardens. Completion: 1993

Address Kirchweg 68
New construction, renovation New building
Size (WE) 36
Completion 1993
Ecology
Waste/water Reduction of drinking water use, water storage in vegetation systems
Waste Waste collection and recycling
Energy passive use of solar energy, winter gardens, greenhouses, buffer rooms, summer heat protection, radiant heating, thermal insulation, no basements
Building Biology / Building Materials Avoidance of harmful building materials, use of wood and loam
Traffic Car parking spaces on the edge of the settlement
Outdoor facilities Avoidance of sealing, roof and façade greening Minimisation of development expenditure, windbreak hedges, windbreak copses
Climate indirect ventilation, via winter gardens, oxygen enrichment and purification of indoor air through integration of vegetation
Mud-vaulted buildings The residential house of Prof. Gernot Minke is built as a mound house in clay construction.

Photo gallery 2006


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Links Report from 7/26/2019 on the 35th anniversary in the regional newspaper "Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine":
www.hna.de/...sie-wurden-einst-als-birkenstocktraeger-belaechelt-35-jahre-oekosiedlung-in-kassel-12859452.html
Minke residence 1985 and 1993:
www.gernotminke.de
Sources: Unit: (1,6 MB)
Urban Experience - Urban Design Building Blocks for Human Ecology German Institute for Distance Learning at the UNI Tübingen DIFF NR.5 Ecological Orientation in Planning, Renovation and Construction p.223 ff

 



Last Updated: December 6, 2020

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All project/s of the planning office: Gernot Minke, Manfred Hegger; Urban region: Kassel and surrounding area; Country: Germany; Characteristics: 01 - 02 Floors, Semi-detached house, Single-family house, Earth Mound House, Terraced house, Residential, Eco-settlement; typology: Settlement; Thematic: Building Biology, Green roofs, Own contribution, Wooden houses - a part of the settlement, Earth Building, Rainwater infiltration, Solar architecture, Free of parking spaces, Winter garden / Glass house

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