On 8 October, we presented our 'Regenbogenschule extension' project to the district council committee in Giessen. After a very positive response to our presentation, we are now delighted with the decision of the district council: we have been awarded the contract!

On 15 October, we celebrated the topping-out ceremony for the new construction project on Wieblinger Weg with Gesellschaft für Grund- und Hausbesitz mbH (GGH), the project partners, tradesmen and many guests. Just seven months after the ground-breaking ceremony, the 120 guests were able to get a first impression of the new flats being built. These will

On 8 October, we were able to present our 'Regenbogenschule extension' project to the district council committee in Giessen. Topics such as the architectural concept, reaction to the local situation, materiality, sustainability and the climate concept were presented. Subsequent questions allowed individual points to be discussed in greater depth. The presentation was very successful and we look forward to the decision with optimism

As long-standing members of the Dachverband Lehm e.V., we were really looking forward to the 9th International Conference on Earthen Building. At the end of September, we were able to travel to Weimar to take part in the conference. The three days there were packed with exciting presentations from all over the world. The topics ranged from research

We took the Waldstraße festival last weekend as an opportunity to celebrate our 10th office anniversary at the Waldstraße location. Visitors were able to build, construct and experiment architecturally with parquetry sticks in a fantastic hands-on activity, extending existing models or developing new ones themselves. All this was accompanied by celebrations at the street party and the glorious late summer weather

Our project 'Wieblinger Weg employee dormitory' is taking shape: Thanks to prefabrication, both in terms of speed and ecology. Prefabricated cavity wall elements are used, which are filled with 'RC concrete' (recycled concrete). The exterior walls (façade) and floor slabs are prefabricated from solid wood panels and will soon arrive on site. With this

Redesign of the outdoor areas and tennis courts 7 and 8: The traditional Weissenhof tennis club will soon have a new look on its picturesque club grounds above the rooftops of Stuttgart: a large 2-court air dome will extend the club's winter use during the cold season. Access to the hall is convenient and dry via the club building.

We have been given the challenging task of extending a primary school in Giessen. A sports hall with gymnastics room, a canteen and rooms for all-day care are planned. We have now been able to present the ideas we developed to the head of the building department and representatives of the school and sports club in Giessen. The preliminary design was very well received by all sides, which [...]

On 28 May, we had the opportunity to present the development of the slaughterhouse site to Ms Geywitz and other members of the Bundestag, local politicians and local council candidates using the model on site. The minister was impressed by the existing structure and the conversion and new construction plans. In particular, the planned innovative and social forms of housing are of great importance in the creation of new living space. We [...]

When "visionary thinking" becomes "eventful living" and all residents see their expectations of communal living confirmed, then we can celebrate this exemplary building group project as a great success story. That this multi-generation house in Balingen is an example of a modern and sustainable living concept and fulfils the demand for affordable living space,

A semi-detached house is being built in Stuttgart, which will be rebuilt as a modern and energy-efficient building following the demolition of the existing building. The topping-out ceremony was celebrated on Friday, 15 March 2024 with the completion of the building shell. The design of the new building responds to its surroundings, blending in with its rendered façade,

On 8 March, together with Gesellschaft für Grund- und Hausbesitz mbH Heidelberg (GGH), the City of Heidelberg and Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD), we broke ground on the new Wieblinger Weg employee housing project. Here, 99 small flats are being built in five buildings for employees of Heidelberg University Hospital. The new building project is a modular timber-hybrid construction.

Today we are filming in our office. A film is being made about the entire documentation process for the Alter Schlachthof project in Pforzheim. This also includes the creation of models and plans in our office. It will be some time before the film - and the project - are completed.

The entire team wishes you a Merry Christmas and a good and healthy start to the New Year 2024. We would like to thank you for the good cooperation, the inspiring conversations and the progress we have made together in the year behind us. We are taking a break: Our office will be closed from Friday 22 December 2023 to Friday 5 January 2024. We look forward to seeing you from [...]

Wrapped up warm and early on Thursday morning, we started our Christmas office excursion. Together we made our way to Switzerland. With a short stopover at the Brickworks Museum in Cham, we travelled to Lucerne and Zurich. Here we gained great insights into a wide range of cooperative construction projects. We learnt how the participative and

In the current issue of CUBE, an article was published about our multi-generational residential home "erlebnisreich wohnen" in Balingen. The full article can be found here. You can find out more about the project here.

Today we would like to give you an insight into the progress of the building site. The pipes have been installed, the walls planked and plastered - now it's time for the paint. The rooms will be labelled next Monday. Until then, the walls have to be painted and the paint has time to dry.

The finishing work in the physiotherapy practice is progressing. Electrical, heating and sanitary pipes have been laid, the walls can now be planked from the second side and the ceilings suspended. The colour concept has been finalised. The rooms are taking shape.

On 25 October 2023, we were invited together with the cooperative to present the current project status of the Alter Schlachthof site to the city of Pforzheim's planning and environment committee. The project, in which living, working, social, meeting and inclusion are to take place, has met with great approval. BNN reports on the evening here.

We are delighted to have received planning permission for our employee accommodation project in Heidelberg. Work planning is in full swing and it won't be long now before the excavators can roll in.

On 26 September, in beautiful September weather, we went on an excursion to the final event of a planned residential project. At the end of a two-year-long participatory process, the Stuttgart Rot project summarised the results and provided insights. All those involved realise that such a process on this scale cannot be carried out at

The remodelling of a villa in Karlsruhe has begun. The ground floor of the building was last used as an office. The rooms are now being converted into a physiotherapy practice. In order to create a good indoor climate, the metal stud walls are clad with clay building boards. New treatment rooms, a reception and the entrance area are being created. We are delighted,

The Exemplary Building Zollernalbkreis 2015 - 2023 award ceremony took place on 13 September 2023. We are delighted to receive this award for our "erlebnisreich wohnen" building group project in Balingen! Part of the building group was also on site to receive the certificate and plaque. It was a successful evening.

Our project for a semi-detached house in the Stuttgart area has been approved. We received the building licence this week. We are very pleased that we can now get started and the diggers can move in. More details about the project can be found here.

The remodelling work is complete, the tools have been cleared away and the heat pump is in operation. We are delighted that the detached house in Karlsruhe is now occupied and has been converted into a real gem. Where previously the kitchen was arranged as an elongated room next to the hallway and the dining room served as a passageway, the

The building application has been submitted for the employee accommodation project in Heidelberg. The 5 houses with 99 residential units plus communal areas are strongly elementalised. Between the houses, there will be spaces that promote socialising and togetherness. We are now entering the planning phase. We are very excited about this wonderful timber construction project.

As part of an urban planning ideas workshop on the Alter Schlachthof in Pforzheim, experts, we as the process facilitators and planners and the cooperative came together on site to work out creative solutions for the development of the site and to gather new input. We would like to thank the participants from the cooperative, as well as Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Susanne Dürr, Dipl.-Ing. Norbert

Our project erlebnisreich wohnen in Balingen was honoured by the Chamber of Architects with the Exemplary Building Award in the Zollernalb district. We are very pleased about this award. The list of all 14 award-winning projects can be found on the website of the Chamber of Architects. The award ceremony will take place on 13 September 2023 on the grounds of the garden show in Balingen.

Our building project erlebnisreich wohnen was selected as one of four projects to be visited on the Day of Architecture 2023 in the Zollernalb district, which will take place this year on 24 June. Around 50 visitors are expected. We look forward to being part of this opportunity and look forward to seeing you there.

  The timber construction for the rear building is complete and the walls are currently being insulated. The rooms impress with their proportions and the play of light sets the scene for the currently unplanned walls.

  New office photos are being taken today. You can look forward to them.

  Open doors Together with you, we would like to open doors in the new year and look to the good. We are very pleased to welcome our long-time employee Andrés Córdoba Tejada as our new partner. We will be taking a break over the Christmas holidays, from 23 December 2021, and at the end of the year. From the

  We are delighted about the inauguration of the Muslim wash house at the main cemetery in Mannheim!

  We look forward to handing over the first houses of the Saalbachpark building project in Bruchsal in the near future!