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| ifau, Jesko Fezer and Heide & von Beckerath introduce the construction group project R50 and discuss participative and urban political aspects of communal building. |
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Community construction groups have long since become model projects for social urban development, not only in Berlin. They typically stand for a participatory approach to planning and utilization. One such example is community construction project R 50: The basis for the concrete floor plan work was laid following early discussion with the owners about the expectations they placed in their home; this includes dimensions, structures, spatial ratios and qualities.
Picture: Christoph Heinemann from ifau introduced the project. |
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Last summer, the Berlin Senate released a few of the state's own building plots at a fixed price to community construction groups. A group of aspiring home builders, architects and project developers were given the go-ahead to develop Ritterstraße 50 in Berlin-Kreuzberg (R 50). The end of 2012 will see a seven-storey residential building with 19 apartments and common rooms being completed on the site.
Picture: Jesko Fezer explains the development process. Fezer is a Guest Professor at the Academy of Visual Arts in Nuremberg on the master course in architecture, co-owner of the bookstore "Pro qm" in Berlin and publisher of the architectural magazine "An Architektur". |
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For the architectural community, the relationship between the construction group and its urban environment is a key issue: "In this context, the communal room on the ground floor and the three-dimensional facade are deliberately positioned threshold spaces intended to guarantee communication with the urban environment: On all seven floors containing apartments, a narrow passage around the building provides an open threshold between the inside and outside space."
Tim Heide (Heide & von Beckerath), Jesko Fezer, Christoph Schmidt and Susanne Heiß (both ifau). |
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Anh-Linh Ngo, editorial team ARCH+, and Christoph Heinemann in discussion.
(photos: David von Becker) |
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