Housing above Parking Lot in Trierg, Germany by Herrmanns Architekten

Article source: Herrmanns Architekten

The houses shall be elevated on stilts above parking lots in the city of Trier. They can easily be installed, and because it’s a pre-fabricated design, a pop-up village could be built quickly.

The situation in the housing market has exacerbated. Even in recent years, far too few apartments have been built in the inexpensive segment. So affordable housing must be re-implemented as soon as possible.

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• Architects: Herrmanns Architekten (Prof. Henner Herrmanns )
• Project: Housing above Parking Lot
• Location: Trierg, Germany

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The bottleneck to more affordable housing is undoubtedly the building plot. In all cities there is a large lack of building land. The great demand for building land has led to an almost absurd increase in plot costs, which is increasingly compounded by the increasing scarcity of available land. In other words, we have to think about how the proportion of the land price on the living space can be reduced.

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Wooden structures are the excellent building material which is ideally suited to its pre-fabrication and aesthetic radiance to build quickly houses. We propose a superstructure of the parking lot in front of the university of Trier. Prefabricated modular components should be used for affordable housing. The design is based on the fact that due to the high prefabrication wooden structures allow a fast, efficient and economical construction process.

In addition to shortening the construction period the modular design allows a big flexibility. Finally, the planning for this multi-storey residential building is transferable to other plots. The supporting structure allows adaptable floor plans in all three residential floors, which can be divided individually via light partitions. The supporting structure consists of composite floors made of wood and concrete. The three upper floors have common areas. Access is via a staircase. If required a lift can be installed. A solar system on top of the roof for heating support is planned. The building is designed for students.

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Tags: Germany, Trierg

Categories: Apartments, House, Parking, Residential

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