Future Living | Boizenburg

Aim
As a suburban next to Hamburg, the area in the small city of Boizenburg can help ease the housing situation of nearby cities by providing affordable housing options. The course aimed to demonstrate the possibilities for developing a "new sustainable residential quarter" with an appropriate urban density on the former sports field and find ways to adapt the living and working conditions to meet the evolving demands of our time.

Proposal
The project is focused on accommodating a mixed group of users, including elderly people, families with children, and working individuals, many of whom work remotely. This diversity brought the need for different spaces with various levels of social interaction. As a result, the project includes two building typologies: "The Block" and "Collective House".

Typologies

THE BLOCK
The Block consists of 32 apartments and a courtyard designed for larger families with lower social interaction levels. The typology also has a communal hall for working remotely and various events on its ground floor, separated from the private units.

COLLECTIVE HOUSE
The typology Collective House consists of 15 apartments for singles or small families. It has communal spaces blended with private units, such as an inner courtyard and a shared balcony.

CO-SPACES
When designing communal areas, I listed the daily activities of individual users by hours, then combined activities that can be done in the same space at the same or different times. This allowed us to use communal spaces efficiently in terms of space-time and encourage social interactions among users.

Sustainability Goals
As sustainability goals, the project aims to create a social impact by fostering a sense of community and providing affordable housing, as well as reducing carbon emissions through timber construction, reusable metal claddings, green roofs, and solar panels. Additionally, the project will promote pedestrian mobility throughout the site.

Area: 30.000 m2

Designer
Berrak Isik

Instructors
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Martin Wollensak
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marcus Hackel