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The settlements listed in this section call themselves "ecological settlements" or "eco-settlements" or use ecological concepts in their external presentation and have also implemented them as a focus of their planning. The eco-settlements in Europe in the sdg21.web database can also be accessed directly via the subdomain www.oekosiedlungen.eu can be called up. To display only the German eco-settlements, please activate the box labelled "Germany".

From the year 2000 onwards, the term sustainable settlements and neighbourhoods is more commonly used and eco-settlements are no longer frequently used. Eco-settlements are the first major pioneering projects of building biology and ecological building. However, the concepts go back further to the Lebensreform movement around 1900. The main modern impulse for eco-settlements came from the global view of the modern ecology debate of the 1970s and 1980s, which was taken up above all by building biologists and solar architects. This gave rise to many pioneering and model projects, which were often publicly funded in the 1980s and 1990s, and whose approaches and concepts have now partly found their way into legislation and standardisation.


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    Tempelhof Palace with Earthship

    Photos: Kerstin Meyer

    D - 74594 Kreßberg: "Schloss Tempelhof" is a grassroots community that has existed in northern Baden-Württemberg since 2010. Almost 150 residents live on the 30-hectare village site. The ecovillage community is expected to grow to 300 residents. The community practices solidarity agriculture according to permaculture principles. There are jobs in a market garden, animal husbandry, cheese dairy, beekeeping, bakery and in the kitchen. Others have been created in the seminar business, the building sector, the administration and in the Free Montessori School.



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    Energy Plus Quarter Vellmar North

    D - 34246 Vellmar-Nord: The urban design, with around 550 residential units on a 16-hectare site, envisages a mix of detached single houses and houses in a more compact design using semi-detached and terraced houses and multi-storey housing. In terms of size, it will be one of the largest plus-energy housing estates in Germany. The plus-energy concept takes into account heat, electricity and mobility. Start of construction: from April 2020. Completion: ~2024



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    KOKONI ONE housing estate (formerly "Gut Buchholz") in Berlin-Pankow

    In-Entstehung_gr100px_200dpiD - 13127 Berlin-Pankow: On a 23,000 sqm plot in Pankow-Französisch Buchholz, a housing estate with 84 residential units with a total living space of approx. 12,000 sqm plus a community house will be built. Predominantly renewable and healthy building materials such as wood and cellulose with positive CO2-balance sheet. In the centre of the settlement there is an orchard with a community house. The heat and electricity generation in the settlement is fossil-free. Start of construction/completion (planned): 2022/2024



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    Eco-settlement Friedrichsdorf

    61381 Friedrichsdorf: 70,000 m² of gross building land not far from Frankfurt were developed into a residential quarter. The winner of a multi-stage selection process by the city of Friedrichsdorf, which was accompanied by NH ProjektStadt, was the FRANK Group, which developed the eco-settlement together with the Baufrösche architecture firm. Completion: 2021



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    Eco-settlement Meldorf

    25704 Meldorf: 5 ecological detached and semi-detached houses are being built in the immediate vicinity of Naturbau Meldorf's depot. In addition, there is the possibility for a construction/residential group to help design a cross-generational project on a plot for a further 5 to 8 apartments.



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    Neumühlen community housing estate

    rereadIn-Entstehung_gr100px_200dpi27283 Verden: In 2016, there are 18 adults and 9 children aged 4 to 16 living in 9 houses on the Community Estate site. There is still room for one more house.



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    eQ Ecoquartier Pfaffenhofen

    85276 Pfaffenhofen: On over 91,000 m2 approx. 250 residential units and commercial areas are being built. Condominiums, semi-detached and terraced houses, as well as single-family houses were built. Slightly more than 50 residential units and the daycare center were built in timber construction. There was also the possibility of acquiring plots of land and building on them yourself. Completion: 2017



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    Ecotope Heerdt

    1-viewbuilding_space_free_100-pixD - 40549 Düsseldorf-Heerdt: 156 units, 60 permaculture tenant gardens, ecological centre for offers of eco-educational work for primary school classes and kindergartens.

    A further 20 - 30 single-family houses (linked to a geothermal heating project), a multi-storey residential building and a kindergarten are planned.



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    Old foundry, Winterthur

    CH - Winterthur: Das Mehrgenerationenhaus Giesserei liegt in Oberwinterthur, im Stadtzentrum Neuhegi unmittelbar am Eulachpark. Es verfügt über 155 Wohnungen und 14 Gewerbebetriebe. Die Gebäude sind in ökologischer Holzbauweise erstellt und erfüllen den Minergie-P-Eco-Standard. Die Giesserei gilt mit nur 0,2 Parkplätzen pro Wohnung und 480 Veloständern als autofreie Siedlung. Grundstücksfläche: 11 000 m². Fertigstellung: 2013



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    Allmende Wulfsdorf

    22926 AhrensburgSite area: 6.4 ha; 15 houses with 1 - 14 flats with high ecological standard (110 flats); 40% of the built-up area used for commercial purposes. Largest residential project with living and working in Schleswig-Holstein. Completion: 2012



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    Arcadia Winnenden

    Photo: JEA, Tübingen71364 Winnenden: 129 residential units in multi-family houses, chain houses, terraced houses and single-family houses on a conversion site (approx. 3.4 ha) close to the city centre, a former industrial wasteland, the new ecologically sustainable quarter was created. The focal points of the concept are an economical development, a central lake also for rainwater retention, a detailed surface and green concept, as well as a Mediterranean colour concept. Completion: 2011



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    Permaculture settlement "EVA Lanxmeer" in Culemborg

    NL - Culemborg: With 240 houses, it is the largest permaculture settlement in Europe and worldwide. It was built with the aim of living there in the most environmentally friendly and self-managed way possible. The founder Marleen Kaptein was convinced from the beginning that people should have the opportunity to shape their environment and take responsibility. Completion: 2009



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    Ecological settlement "Pelzerwiese 24" in Pelzerhaken

    23730 Pelzerhaken: 14 condominiums, boat moorings, a surfing and sailing school, a shop and a café have been built on the former navy grounds on the Bay of Lübeck. The centrepiece is the more than 70-year-old telecommunications tower, which was completely gutted and converted with its two side wings. Completion: 2007



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    WEG "Am Rundling

    dream of life12487 Berlin-Johannisthal: 20 houses with 22 residential units (KfW 40-60) for 70 small and large people, ecological housing project. Number of parking spaces: 0.3 PkWs/WE, 100 m² solar collectors (50 kW), 23 kW photovoltaic system, 99 kW wood pellet system (with exhaust gas heat exchanger, downstream flue gas scrubber and condensate heat exchanger), 600 m³ grey water system, completion: 2007



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    Baltic Sea Beach Village Augustenhof

    holiday village23749 Grube: get to know ecological-sustainable building standards during their Baltic Sea holiday or do not have to do without them. 30 wooden buildings with green roofs, clay interior plaster, wood pellet heating, solar systems, separate toilets. Community house. Sauna.



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    St. Gereons-Hof Wachtberg

    stgereonshof53343 Wachtberg-Niederbachem: 11 houses with a living area between 130 and 170 sqm in timber and passive house construction. Architecture: Kay Künzel. Completion: 2004/2005



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    Eco-settlement "Hoher Weg" in Hamm

    59075 Hamm: In the ecological building area "Hoher Weg" in Hamm-Heessen, 120 residential units were built on an area of approx. 3 ha in the 1990s. To date (as of 12/2017), it is the second largest timber housing estate in Germany and in NRW. Together with the timber housing estate "Heinrichstraße" in Hamm, it was the first major housing development in Hamm to be planned from the outset with primarily ecological aspects in mind and thus had a model function for the ecological orientation of future building areas in the Hamm urban area.



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    Intergenerational housing project "Hof Pries" in Kiel

    24159 Kiel-Pries: In 7 buildings around a car-free courtyard of approx. 6,500 m², a total of 27 apartments between approx. 40 and approx. 125 m² living space and a community house with a grass roof, as well as an organic food store in an existing building have been created in a space-saving architecture. Four of the buildings are new constructions, in the other two buildings old building substance was redeveloped. Completion: 2003



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    Group of multi-family houses Aglasterhausen

    74858 Aglasterhausen: Group of multi-family houses in timber frame construction. 3-liter house, 7 WE, year of construction: 2001/2002



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    Harckesheyde residential park

    22844 Norderstedt: 36 terraced houses in low-energy construction, all roofs are completely greened, combined heat and power plant. Completion: ~2002



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    Garden City Bornstedter Feld

    14467 Potsdam: 19 terraced houses on the edge of the BUGA site, completion: 2001. Ecological board stack solid timber house, life cycle assessment study. Architect's office Brenne-Eble, Berlin. Client: GSW, Berlin



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    Hemp house settlement in Stutensee

    hanfhaussiedlung_0176297 Stutensee-Blankenloch: 13 units, first hemp house settlement in Germany, carpentry Hock-Heil. Completion: 2001



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    Eco-settlement Koblenz-Asterstein

    56077 Koblenz-Asterstein: 19 units, eco-settlement in passive house and timber construction. Occupation: 2001



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    Thomas-Müntzer-Siedlung

    04249 Leipzig-Knauthain: 665 WE, urban planning: Joachim Eble Architektur, decentralized settlement units; solar orientation (90% of the WE are SSW or SSO oriented) and integrated into the open space concept of so-called landscape chambers; resource-saving use of building land with minimized development effort in the area of residential development; ecological land use with high nature and open space quality on the compensation areas close to the settlement.



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    ExpoSiedlung Flintenbreite

    0523554 Lübeck: Sewage-free model settlement; expoproject, 111 dwelling units. Completion 1st BA: 2000; 5th and last BA: 2015



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    Wooden housing estate "Kleiner Hirschberg

    b666539 Neunkirchen-Kohlhof: 16 terraced houses with 140 m² each, four identical apartments in four two-storey terraced houses each, construction period: 1991 - 2000



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    Ecological settlement Huckstorf

    18059_huckstorf18059 Huckstorf: Healthy living, ecological building materials, green roofs. Architect: Gerd Vogt, Rostock. Environmental Award of the State Parliament 1999/2000



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    Ecological housing estate in Amersfoort Nieuwland

    NL - Amersfoort: 90 residential units as semi-detached and terraced houses. System construction with prefabricated elements. Use of ecological materials at low cost. Planning: Joachim Eble Architektur, Tübingen, project developer: Baufonds Woningbouw. Completion: 2000



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    Biosolar housing estate Amorbach

    74172 Neckarsulm- Amorbach: 45 units as single, double and multi-family houses, date of occupancy: 1999



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    Community housing estate "Alte Gärtnerei" in Kiel

    24113 Kiel: Follow-up project of the "Moorwiesensiedlung". Residential project with 17 building parties in 7 houses in low-energy standard and in consideration of ecological building principles. Occupation: 1999



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    Heinrich Böll Estate

    heinrich-boell-siedlung-0613156 Berlin-Pankow: Consortium Winfried Brenne Architekten / Joachim Eble Architektur, 226 units, 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



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    Ecological multigenerational living

    Munich Pheasantry80995 Munich: 2 semi-detached houses and 1 triple



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    Housing estate Ökozentrum Rommelmühle

    a4774321 Bietigheim-BissingenHousing estate near the Rommelmühle eco-centre. Planning by Joachim Eble Architecture. On the area next to the Rommelmühle 17 apartments of different sizes were built in 10 buildings. The buildings are characterised by the use of healthy building materials and a minimised heating energy requirement. Completion: 1999



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    Group self-help settlement Pennmoor

    23500 Lübeck-Moisling: New construction of 75 apartments as DHH (30x) and RHH (5x) in timber construction. A special feature was a high share of own work, which was credited instead of equity. Some of the houses were built as so-called "butterfly houses". The construction costs were less than 1000 Euro per sqm living space. Completion: 1999



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    Simple and do it yourself

    44532_luenen_iba44532 Lünen-Brambauer: a project of the IBA Emscher Park, architect: Peter Hübner, 30 dwelling units, occupation 1998



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    Clay housing estate Schöneiche

    15566 Schöneiche: Clay housing estate, 13 flats. Completion: 1998



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    Ecological settlement "Dröscheder Feld

    ref_residential_pic158638 Iserlohn: Street: Oestricher Str. 39 to 57. Organisation and structuring of the project: Verein Wohnhof Iserlohn e.V., architecture: energy and environmentally friendly building, Leo Schwering. Approx. 55 persons in 17 flats and 2 offices as terraced, semi-detached and detached houses, grass roof, timber frame construction, parking space-free development (central parking spaces in front), innovative financing concept, legal form "association". 3rd prize at the timber construction award 2000 of the Märkischer Kreis.



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    Ecological settlement Lilienthal

    228865 Lilienthal: Lebensraum Lilienthal e.V.; approx. 100 inhabitants: families and single parents with children, couples and singles between primary school age and early 70's. Completion: 1998



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    Ecological settlement Osterloh

    25524 Itzehoe: The "car-free" settlement consists of 18 flats (12 DHH, 2 RH with 3 flats each), which is organized as a condominium owners' association. Approx. 1/3 of the total area is used as common property: Paths, Thingplatz, biotope and meadow etc.; Planning office: Christine Appel, Itzehoe. Completion: 1998



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    Eco-settlement Wennigsen

    30974 Wennigsen: 20,000 square meters, 30 houses. Project start: 1994, completion: 1998. An award-winning eco-settlement was created in the Langes Feld development area.



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    Bodelschwinghweg residential complex

    Bodelschwighweg-0964297 Darmstadt-Eberstadt: 9 units, Ökumenische Wohnhilfe Darmstadt, planning: pfeifer. kuhn. architekten (Freiburg), completion: 1998



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    Ecological settlement Bielefeld-Waldquelle

    Cooperative building33649 Bielefeld-Quelle: 96 units, architect: Hans-Friedrich Bültmann, special features: all buildings are equipped with composting toilets and the highest composting toilet in Europe is located on the 5th floor. Further water measures: rainwater infiltration, own drinking water source; a reed sewage treatment plant was planned but could not be realised. Energy: BHKW, local heating network, internal cable TV, telephone distribution. Social: KiTa, craftsmen's yard, cooperative project. Economy: Development as a large plot, low-cost construction with partly much own work. Construction time: 1997



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    Braamwisch eG

    braamwish-th22175 Hamburg-Bramfeld: Braamwisch eG, 42 dwelling units, occupancy: 1997



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    Garden courtyard houses "Olbrichtstraße" Weimar

    IMG_261299425 Weimar: Garden courtyard houses Lessingstraße / Ratstannenweg. Planning: Prof. Walter Stamm-Teske, Schettler & Wittenberg, Weimar. Client: Wohngenossenschaft Weimar eG., Construction period: 1996-1997



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    Ecological settlement "Baareneichkoppel

    23617 Stockelsdorf: 24 apartments in 13 terraced houses, two semi-detached houses, 1 x detached house (and ... ?). Timber frame construction with solid infill (brick) in the south facade and highly insulated infill (cellulose) in the north facades. Conservatories, combined heat and power unit, rainwater harvesting, PVC-free construction, healthy living materials and paints. Architectural partnership Rolf Zeschke (Bad Schwartau) & Uwe Witaszek. Completion: ~1997



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    Eco-settlement Allermöhe

    0121035 Hamburg-Allermöhe: 36 completed units in semi-detached and terraced houses, one of the older ecological housing estates in Germany; largely built from 1985-96, the last house was built in 2003. Compost toilets, reed sewage treatment plant, biological building materials. "Interessengemeinschaft Ökologisches Bauen Allermöhe", planning/construction management: J. Lupp architect; Vollbracht und Bäumer architects; T. Keidel, M. Uhlenhaut, Hamburg; Cordes, Rotenburg/ Wümme. Awards Timber Construction Prize Northern Germany 1988.



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    COOP Leutkirch

    88212_Leutkirch88299 Leutkirch: Architecture: Lichtblick-COOP Arnold Dransfeld, 6 individual houses, thermal insulation made of Kali water glass compressed wood chips, wood chip individual stoves, solar collectors, prefabricated wooden panel construction, 950 Euro/sqm living space (incl. land) Occupation: 1995



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    Clay housing estate Bous

    bb966356 Bous (near Saarbrücken): 14 WE



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    Apartment house group Kirchintellinsfurth

    721_Church lintels72138 Kirchintellinsfurth: Architecture: Tree house - Architectural office for ecological building, living environment planning, research



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    Ecological settlement "Red Sand

    25704 Meldorf, district of Dithmarschen: Ecological settlement "Roter Sand". In 3 years an ecological settlement with 21 WEs in single-family houses, semi-detached houses and a 4-family house was built, which is characterized by its diverse exterior design and its multi-layered social structure. Completion: 1995(?)



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    Ecological residential park Zeulenroda

    Photo: Reimund Stewen, Cologne

    07937 Zeulenroda - Stadtbachring: Architecture: Reimund Stewen, Cologne; 87 units, low-growth house, building biology, timber frame construction



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    Student residence Vaakerstrasse Kassel

    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



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    Group of houses "Olbeschhof" Trier

    54290 Trier: HousesDSC_2938group "Olbeschhof". Ten plots. Planning: Architects Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Gerhard Freising and Dipl.-Ing. Ursula Freising, Trier. Project sponsor: Building owner group Gesellschaft für naturnahes Bauen und Leben. Completion: 1994



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    Clay housing estate Saarbrücken

    Clay housing estate Saarbrücken66115 Saarbrücken: Architect: W. Göggelmann (Saarbrücken), 14 dwelling units, community house, social project, 800- 1000 hours of own work, 1.250 Euro/sqm, bright yellow natural paint on clay plaster, straw clay walls. Construction time: 1988 - 1994



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    Ecological building area "An den Röthen

    Altershausen An den Roethen97486 Altershausen: Architecture: Valier (Bamberg), 22 WE



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    Biosolar residential complex Ravensburg-Eichwiesen

    e388212 Ravensburg: Building biology terraced housing estate, 29 units, completion: 1993, architecture: Joachim Eble, client: Siedlungswerk Gemeinnützige Gesellschaft für Wohnungs- und Städtebau, Stuttgart. Solar-assisted local heating supply and first collective collector system (115 m² as a pilot project in Baden-Württemberg) generate 50 % of hot water with 5 m³ short-term heat storage. Price reduction of 50% compared to individual systems on each house.



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    Grass roof row houses Köndringen

    79_1_Koendr79331 Köndringen: Eco-row houses, architect's office Horbach, (Freiburg), roof greening as noise protection, working and living, good connection to railway. 8 units



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    Wooden houses "Auf der Staig

    HoWo_0378166 Donaueschingen: Wooden houses: U. Weber (Tuttlingen) 5 terraced houses. Completion: 1993



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    Ecological settlement Geroldsäcker

    Village square_176137 Karlsruhe: 40 dwelling units, planning: P.I.A. Löffler & Schneider, differentiated urban concept, workhouse, community house, food co-op, fairground, car-free settlement area, playground, 1,250 Euro/m² solar architecture, occupation: 1993



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    Eco-settlement "Frasenweg

    frasenweg-0134128 Kassel: Ecological settlement "Frasenweg", Hegger, Hegger-Luhnen, Prof. Gernot Minke, Kassel, 36 dwelling units, GFZ 0.7, loam and timber frame construction, consistent use of recyclable and energy-saving building materials, green roofs, mound houses, rainwater harvesting, conservatories



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    Moor meadow settlement Kiel-Hassee

    24113 Kiel-Hassee: Werkgemeinschaft für Architektur und Städtebau (Heidrun Buhse, H.Schulze, a.o.), 21 dwelling units, reed sewage treatment plant, compost toilets, BHKW with local heating network, planning by architects, cooperative, participation, community house, kindergarten, architectural office, organic building form. Completion: 1992



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    Ecological settlement "Clever Brise

    23611 Bad Schwartau: sSeven terraced houses in timber frame construction with communal house and an office unit.Ecological and building biology materials, rainwater utilisation and combined heat and power plant. Completion: 1992



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    Ecological building area Unterneuses

    underneuses-296250 Unterneuses, municipality of Ebensfeld (district of Lichtenfels): 9 dwelling units, planning in consideration of the goals of Agenda 21. Raab Baugesellschaft mbH & Co KG



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    Tree houses by Frei Otto in Berlin-Tiergarten

    baumhaus_berlin10787 Berlin-Tiergarten: 26 WEs, tree houses by the architect Frei Otto (Stuttgart); built as part of the IBA 1987. The idea of the individual, stacked single-family house is implemented here in a variety of architectural forms. Completion: 1991



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    Biosolar residential complex Zuffenhausen

    70_Zuff70435 Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen: Biosolar residential complex "Am Stadtpark", 73 units, organic residential courtyard concept; Joachim Eble Architektur, completion: 1991



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    Building Biology Settlement Friebertshausen

    fribertsh35075 Gladenbach-Friebertshausen: 19 houses, about 29 adults and 34 children. Approx. 18.000 m2 Property. Additional 22.000 m2 leased (playgrounds, orchards, ponds), construction period: 1987-90



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    Eco-settlement Düsseldorf-Unterbach

    40627 Düsseldorf-Unterbach: Eco-settlement, architects: Bookhoff und Rentrop (Hannover), 30 flats, community house, community workshops, WW solar system, supply shaft accessible under the house rows, much own work, 750 Euro/m² living space + community facilities, occupation: 1988



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    Life Garden Steyerberg

    dscn1246_cs31595 Steyerberg: the Lebensgarten Steyerberg e. V. is a settlement community with 62 terraced houses, which was founded in 1984 and which is characterized by the spiritual Findhorn Community in Scotland. The settlement community is united by the desire to live in harmony with each other and with the surrounding nature. Not far from Hanover, it was an Expo 2000 project.



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    Cologne-Blumenberg eco-settlement

    cologne250827 Cologne-Blumenberg: Architect: Reimund Stewen, with passive solar use, natural building techniques (timber frame construction with 20% clay and 80% electricity infill), economical use of land, social diversity and cost savings through communal building, use of ecological building services, waste collection, recycling, installation of private gardens. Completion: 1989



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    Ecological settlement Cherbonhof

    Cherbonhof aerial view96047 Bamberg: 49, sqm, occupancy 1988, planning: architect Theodor Henzler



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    Grass-roofed housing estate "Laher Wiesen" in Hanover

    30659 Hanover-BothfeldPlanning: Bookhoff und Rentrop, 69 flats, very high share of own work, grass roof, construction costs: 550 Euro/m² (without own work share), total construction costs: 950 Euro/m², occupation: 1984 to 1987



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    Old wind art

    352134 Herzogenrath-Kohlscheid: Architecture: Birgit Siebenmorgen, one of the first "eco" housing estates in Germany, on average 150 m² living space, grass roofs, timber frame construction, sand-lime brick firewalls as bulkheads



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    Matzinger residential homes Offenau

    74254_Offenau74254 Offenau: Residential courtyards according to the concept of Fritz Matzinger Austria; 2 x 8 dwelling units around two residential courtyards (31 adults/ 30 children), 200 m² residential courtyard with completely opening roof, common rooms: play corner, playground, common winter garden, bicycle storage rooms, visitors' room, sauna, common workshop; naturopathic doctor's practice; architect's office; accounting service; occupation: 1986. Karl Kübel Prize 1996



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    Residential development "Tränkematte

    79098 Freiburg: "Lindenmatte/ Tränkematte" residential development, 15 units. Freiburg's first building group. Occupation: 1986. Plot in leasehold. Architect: Rainer Probst.



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    Building Biology Settlement "Schafbrühl

    372074 Tübingen: with 111 apartments, it is the first large ecological settlement in Germany, GFZ 0.9, open space design according to H. Kügelhaus, building biology, wooden ceilings, natural food shop, naturopathy practice, social housing, planning team: Eble, Sambeth, Oed, Häfele, the first large ecological settlement in Europe. Since 2018, the pioneer settlement is a listed building. Completion: 1985



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    House-Heyden-Hof

    eco_settlement_house_heydenhof52134 Herzogenrath-Kohlscheid: at the same time as the building biology settlement "Sheep's Broth" in Tübingen, these two settlements are considered the first ecological settlements in Germany. Haus Heydenhof" is located in the direct vicinity of the "Old wind art„. Completion: 1985



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    Settlement "Lindenwäldle

    79098 Freiburg: 18 WE. Rolf Disch/G. Kamps, "social housing", completion: 1985



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    Biosolar terraced house group "Ziegelgrund

    72_2_seriesh72076 Tübingen: Architecture: Eble + Sambeth (Tübingen)



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    Student dormitory "Bauhäusle

    Photo: H. Wolpensinger70569 Stuttgart-Vaihingen: Student dormitory planned and built by the students themselves. Prof. Peter Hübner and Prof. Peter Sulzer, Completion: 1983



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    Student dormitory as mound houses

    1170599 Stuttgart-Hohenheim: Planning: H. Schmitges, N. Kaiser, G. Minke, 3-4 storeys, 158 flatshare rooms in 6 houses, ventilation heat recovery, wall radiation heating, occupation: 1983



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    Residential yard "Brickyard

    79249 Merzhausen: 20 units, architecture: Rolf Disch. Flexible, "organic" floor plans, social concept, family-friendly residential courtyard typologies, cost-effective, completion: 1980.



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    Model settlement for ecological construction

    53_Bonn_Tannenbusch_jpg53119 Bonn-Tannenbusch: Model settlement for ecological building and regenerative energies; planning: Joachim Eble Architektur, developer: ArchyNova, 90 units, cost-effective. The planning was not realized.



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    Design study "Car-free solar settlement Nancystrasse

    76187 Karlsruhe-Nordweststadt: the design was planned for an undeveloped plot of land as a student research project at the University of Karlsruhe in cooperation with the association ASKA e.V., but was not realized. Concept: 140 units, photovoltaic and biomass CHP, business and office facilities, community facilities, gastronomy, car sharing tower, reed sewage treatment plant, board stack wood construction, hemp, flax or cellulose insulation, social settlement concept, integrated living. Completion: not realized



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    Mannheim-Wallstadt-North

    68259 Mannheim-Wallstadt-North: 26 hectares, 850 residential units. The primary goal was to create a settlement area that fulfils the elementary human desire for a stylish, natural living culture. This goal is achieved through an environmental concept that includes, for example, green spaces, wetland biotopes and ponds.



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