009 Komturei Werben
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Werben (Elbe)
2020-
Noah Curinga, Joanna von Essen, Yola Fahdt, David Gössler, Patrick Holzer, Nina Lehrum, Aimée Michelfelder, Emily Schlatter, Olivia Sommer, Jakob Wolters und Jurek Brüggen
2020-
Noah Curinga, Joanna von Essen, Yola Fahdt, David Gössler, Patrick Holzer, Nina Lehrum, Aimée Michelfelder, Emily Schlatter, Olivia Sommer, Jakob Wolters und Jurek Brüggen
The Komturei Werben is a historically significant farmstead with gardens and several buildings in need of renovation. The architecture collective OFEA (Office for Ecological Architecture) is planning an ecological model project and real laboratory for communal and intergenerational living and working in the countryside and a post-carbon built environment on the site over the next few years.
In a self-initiated conceptual process, the architects drew up a development concept and acquired the area from the city as OFED (Office for Ecological Development). In cooperation with many other public and private actors, OFEA, OFED and the Johanniterkomturei Werben e.V. association, which was reactivated by the architects, will renovate, convert and further develop the site.
The buildings are to bind CO2 and generate regenerative energy. It is the aim of the project to promote and enable co-habitation of all species. To this end, nesting boxes will be integrated into all buildings, extensive green facades and roofs will be provided, and differentiated habitats such as natural ponds and deadwood zones will be created in the outdoor space.
OFEA Office for Ecological Architecture
photo by Hannes Heitmüller
