034 Einfamilienhaus-Haus
Stendal

2022-

Caroline Axelsen
Christian Cotting
David Gössler
Lara Makhoul
Aimée Michelfelder
Jakob Wolters
und Jurek Brüggen

In Eastern Germany and Eastern Europe, thousands of prefabricated housing blocks are being demolished because the apartments are unpopular and often stand empty – and are replaced by single-family homes.

The single-family house remains the most popular form of housing in Europe. However, in the face of the climate crisis, housing shortages, and increasingly diverse lifestyles, this form of housing is coming under growing criticism.

The project Einfamilienhaus-Haus proposes a new typology that lies somewhere between the apartment block and the single-family house. How can the dream of a single-family home be reconciled with a sustainable future? The existing blocks are to be transformed so that each unit offers the qualities of a single-family house.

The most popular form of housing – the single-family house – may yet have a future in an ecological world.

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