Haderner Stern

To this end, the study first explored the possibilities of the three main strategies for redensification under the premise that neighbors should not be permanently impacted and that the existing building stock should not be extensively renovated.

Strategy 1: Point houses

Even within the well-manicured park, there are locations where additional development is possible as new specimen buildings without connecting to existing buildings. In order to maintain the balance between the meanders and the center, we investigated a new, point high-rise building type that would also add another building block to the development in terms of design.

Strategy 2: Extension

The faces of the meanders stand out as closed – or sparsely windowed – firewalls, allowing for direct additions. In contrast to the point houses, it was important to us in this case to maintain the design continuity of the chains of houses and to extend them.

Strategy 3: Elevation

From a technical point of view, the assessment of the supporting structure makes it possible to add at least one solid floor, or possibly two lightweight floors, to the buildings. An over-encrustation of the transoms, which respects the play of the individual towers shifted by a half-story to each other, closes the buildings visibly to the top.

We develop the design in an open design discourse from the available basic strategies of redensification with all participants. The hybrid overall solution consists of moderate elevations, extensions and supplementary point buildings, which as a whole fit into the language of the meander and thus continue the dual basic composition of meander mountains