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Heinrich Böll Estate

heinrich-boell-siedlung-0613156 Berlin-Pankow: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Winfried Brenne Architekten / Joachim Eble Architektur, 226 WE, at the completion it was the then largest roof-integrated solar power system on residential buildings in Europe; research study on the costs of ecological building materials (comparison with Berlin reference house). Reference: 1999

Address Heinrich-Böll-Strasse, Schillerstrasse
Approach via Dietzgenstraße; tram line 52, stops Heinrich-Böll-Straße (Dietzgenstraße) and Nordend (Schillerstraße)
Location within the settlement area on former market garden area
Project data
Construction time Construction started in 1995;
Completion of 2nd construction phase 1999; Construction phase 2: 1996- 1999
Architect Joachim Eble/ Franz Jaschke
ARGE Winfried Brenne, Joachim Eble with Franz Jaschke
and nps architects BDA Nietz Prasch Siegl
Owner GSW Gemeinnützige Siedlungs- und Wohnungsbaugesellschaft Berlin mbH
Owner is Deutsche Wohnen (as of 3/2020)
Size 8 hectares
Residential units 226 WE
Construction phase 2: 192 flats (1st subsidy), 24 condominiums
Apartment type Predominantly row-shaped multi-storey housing; terraced houses
Notes Southern part of the original concept (construction phase 3 (?), south of Kreuzgraben) not realised, instead conventional single house/row house development; construction phase 4 (?) west of Heinrich-Böll-Strasse still fallow land (site inspection/comparison with # 3)
General
Project development On a former market garden area, housing close to the city was planned; the owner of the area was GSW, which tried to implement various "eco-buildings" together for the first time in a larger residential area (such as: solar orientation of the buildings, rainwater concept, building materials). For the (realised) construction phase, subsidies for social housing were granted ("social housing"). Hopefully started in 1994 under the title "Gartenhofstadt Brosepark", the project got caught up in the housing demand in Berlin that began in the mid-1990s (migration out of Berlin), so that the southeastern construction section was later redesigned into semi-detached houses, and the western section still lies fallow. However, the northeastern part, which was realized according to the original concept, is worth seeing.
Eco-policy carried by the city-owned housing association GSW

Photo gallery 2003


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Photo gallery 1999


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Urban planning, architecture
Urban planning Inner-city living with predominantly south-facing row buildings. The different position of the buildings results in a slightly different character of the courtyards.
Architecture Apartment building rows; "solar-integrated urban development", the buildings are south-facing (4-storey), or west-facing (5-storey);
Materials construction conventional, plaster buildings; upper floors (4th - 5th) set off by planking
One of the buildings is designed to be particularly ecological: Interior ceilings and walls partly wood, clay plaster, wall surface heating
Energy At the time, this was the largest roof-integrated solar power system with 145 kWp on residential buildings in Europe.
Details of the Photovoltaic system
Sewage Technology Partial use of water-saving toilets (50 % water savings);
Stormwater is conveyed to the eastern edge of the completed development in an open "creek" to a pre-existing ditch south of the development.
Free space
Front yard Distance green
Garden Terrace for ground floor apartments, partly terraced with gabions in relation to the surroundings
Settlement free space at the eastern edge continuous path axis, parallel to the rainwater stream; connects playgrounds with each other
Playground Playground in every courtyard, large playground on the southern edge, facing the moat
Pitches free, in the courtyards, partly under pergola
Street asphalt;
Paths in the open space half paved/half water-bound surface
Sources Building in Pankow. Brochure, published by the district office of Pankow, undated (1995 ?), here p. 41/42 "Gartenhofstadt Brosepark" (today: Heinrich-Böll-Siedlung).
Student research project Holger Wolpensinger Uni Kalrsruhe read pdf
Links City of Berlin: www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/...boell_siedlung...
Deutsche Wohnen: www.deutsche-wohnen.com/...berlin-heinrich-boell-siedlung


Last Updated: December 6, 2020

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All project/s of the planning office: Brennen Architects, Eble Messerschmidt Partner (EMP); Urban region: Berlin and surrounding area; Country: Germany; Characteristics: 03 - 4 floors, Residential, Eco-settlement; typology: Settlement; Thematic: Photovoltaics, Wooden houses - a part of the settlement, Earth Building

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