34127 Kassel: Two buildings with 4 room flatshares each in loam and low-energy construction, transparent thermal insulation, high proportion of own work. Completion: 1995
The financing was done by own contribution, student housing subsidies, donations in kind and money and loans. The result was 2 low-energy houses with 120 m2 (4 rooms, kitchen, shower/WC, WC) on an urban residual plot in the settlement stock. (480 cbm, GRZ 0.38), which was considered unbuildable because it is very narrow (11.5 x 54 m).
Construction costs
325,000 Euro Total costs
57,500 Euro Own contribution
60,000 Euro subsidies for student housing
65,000 Euro donations in kind and money
82,500 Euro credit
=> 1.014 Euro/m² (gross)
Source: db 2/97, p.26 (here converted from DM into Euro)
Earthworks, drainage and foundations were carried out by a construction company. 20 trainees worked 16,000 hours on the self-help construction site from July until 8 of the project participants moved in in April 1995.
The rooms offer 64 cbm under a clay barrel vault rising to the south for the realization of one's own living ideas: 14 sqm living space + 5 sqm sleeping gallery above the hall (expandable on beams). A skylight and a small north window at the sleeping place allow cross ventilation.
Address
Support Association Studying and Living e.V.
Vaaker Straße 3, 34127 Kassel, Germany
Last Updated: December 23, 2020
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