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Low-energy house district Darmstadt-Kranichstein

64289 Darmstadt-Kranichstein: Low-energy house district with partly more extensive ecological measures; various architects including Thomas Herzog. Completion: 1991

Building type(s) New housing estate
Ecology
Waste/water Rainwater harvesting
Energy "Grass roof optimists": the low-energy houses are each supplied by a central heating system for 10 units.
Outdoor facilities Grass roofs, native planting

Photo gallery 2006 Wohnsinn eG


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Photo Gallery 2006 Glass House Neighborhood


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Photo gallery 2006


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Photo gallery 2006 1st passive house (prototype)


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Photo gallery 2000 1st construction phase


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Individual project descriptions in the construction area
Passive house residential project "Wohnsinn eG
http://sdg21.eu/db/wohnsinn-darmstadt
1. passive house (prototype)
http://sdg21.eu/db/passivhaus-darmstadt-kranichstein
Sources Fuchs, Dörte; Orth, Jutta (2002): Bauen in der Gruppe, Kostengünstig - innovativ - ökologisch.
Pp.26-31 "Grass Roof Optimists" and Pp.32-35 "Glass House Neighborhoods" Pp.119 in: Ökologisch Bauen BUND 1993
Links Low-energy house district with the 1st German passive house

1st construction phase: construction area K 6.1 - Kranichstein South-West, site plan: www.darmstadt.de/...
An overview of community projects: www.darmstadt.de/...k-61-gemeinschaftsprojekte
Building and housing cooperative Wohnsinn eG
www.wohnsinn-darmstadt.de
Passive house development "Lummerlund" in Darmstadt-Kranichstein
www.lummerlund-darmstadt.de



Last Updated: 22 December 2020

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All project/s of the planning office: Thomas Herzog; Urban region: Darmstadt and surrounding area; Country: Germany; Characteristics: 03 - 4 floors; typology: Settlement; Thematic: Green roofs, Wooden houses - a part of the settlement, Rainwater infiltration, Solar architecture, Free of parking spaces

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