Article source: LIN

Like many German cities, Bremen is confronted with an increasing housing shortage and a growing demand for affordable housing.

In response to this, the largest Bremen Housing Association, GEWOBA, has prudently taken on a supplementary extension to their existing 45,000 plus housing stock. In 2011, within the framework of the competition “ungewöhnlich Wohnen” (unusual living), five exemplary lots from a postwar housing area were chosen to investigate the adaptability of the area. The proposals considered contemporary demands for affordable and flexible housing that could offer manifold inhabitant configurations. These housing areas in the Gartendstadt Süd of Neustadt Bremen, offer generous green open areas formed by homogenous four-storey housing blocks.

Image Courtesy © Nikolai Wolff

• Architects: LIN
• Project: Bremer Punkt
• Location: Bremen, Gartenstadt Süd, Kattenturm, Schwachhausen, Germany
• Photography: Nikolai, PirminJung, GEWOBA 
  
• Client: GEWOBA Aktiengesellschaft Wohnen und Bauen
  
• Project leader: GEWOBA, Architect Dipl.-Ing. Corinna Bühring
  
• Design planning: LIN Architects Urbanists, Berlin Giulia Andi, Finn Geipel
  
• Execution planning: Kahrs Architekten, Bremen
  
• Structure / acoustics: PIRMIN JUNG Ingenieure für Holzbau, Sinzig
  
• Building engineering: Kahrs Architekten/EKM Partner, Bremen
  

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