48143 Münster: Car-free NRW model housing estate "Gartenhofsiedlung Weißenburg", Europe-wide competition, car-reduced mobility concept with 0.2 parking spaces per dwelling, 189 dwellings on 3.8 ha site area. Completion: 2003, completion of 2nd construction phase (4 buildings with 51 flats): 2019
| New construction, renovation | New building | |
| Owner | LEG Immobilien AG | |
| Developer | Rental apartments: Wohnungsgesellschaft Münsterland (WGM) Condominiums: Münsterland Immobilien Dienstleistungsgesellschaft (MID), (subsidiary of WGM) |
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| Size (WE) | Six building blocks with a total of 15 apartment buildings and one block with ten rental row houses Rental apartments 138 (1./2. Förderweg); all accessible barrier-free; 1 - 5 room apartments (46 - 110 sqm) Condominiums 66, including 30 terraced homes (cost: 200,000 - 250,000 euros) 6 x 1-room; 10 x 2-room; 9 x 3-room; 11 x 4-room; 26 x 5-room; 4 x 6-room In 2019, four buildings with 51 residential units were realized as condominiums in the 2nd construction phase. Size of the area 27,000 sqm (2.7 hectares) |
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| Planning | Urban master plan (1st stage competition Jan. 1998): Alfred Luggenhölscher, Gladbeck (1st prize, basis for 2nd stage) Architectural planning (2nd stage competition May 1998): Pries/Pries-Bültmann, Münster (1st prize) |
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| Location | About three kilometres from the city centre | |
| Completion | 2003 | |
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| Traffic | Model settlement for car-free living in NRW. The residents of the settlement do their daily journeys by bicycle or on foot. The prerequisite for this is good accessibility to shopping facilities, doctors, bus stops, kindergartens and schools. Should it nevertheless be necessary to use a car - for example to transport larger loads - the residents of the estate have the option of renting vehicles from the local car-sharing company at a reduced rate. | |
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| Socio-cultural | Supply / infrastructure in the immediate vicinity goods of daily needs, kindergartens, schools, sports, churches, etc. | |
| Notes |
Competition "Wohnen ohne Auto - Ergebnisse des Landeswettbewerbs 97/ 98" (Living without a car - results of the state competition 97/ 98), 1998 Published by ILS NRW and the NRW Ministry of Construction. At the beginning, 227 architects from all over Europe took part in the competition.
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| Links | Project website: weissenburgsiedlung.de
www.nationale-stadtentwicklungspolitik.de/...Autofreies_Weissenburg.html |
Last Updated: February 3, 2021
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All project/s of the planning office: ; City region: Münster and surrounding area; Country: Germany; Characteristics: 03 - 4 floors, Condominiums, Multi-storey housing, Terraced house; typology: Settlement; Thematic: Car free living, Green roofs, Model settlement
