Housing for Refugees and Students
Wilhelmsruher Damm 81 - 91,
13439 Berlin-Reinickendorf
Wohndachkuben (Rooftop Housing Cubes)
Minimalist Housing Cubes for students and refugees as an alternative to tents and gymnasiums.
- Unit variations for 1 to 6 People
- Quick and economic rectification of the housing emergency through prefabrication
- Cost-minimization through size-minimization and prefabrication
- On average ca. € 25,000 construction costs per person
ca. € 150 Rent (before utilities) per person
- Montage within ca. 3 to 5 days per unit
- Depreciation cycle of 15 years (ca. 3 generations of students)
- Densification without extra ground-surface consumption though the use of flat rooftops
- Social and decentralized mixing of cultures within an established residential district
- Mixture of pre-existing residents, student flat-shares and refugees
- Avoids establishment of Ghettos
- Lightweight, wood-frame construction anchored to fire and stairwell walls
- Raised terraces allow for supply and disposal pipelines
- Access garden to improve to micro-climate
- Parapet wall raised to act as railing and, where appropriate, as stairwell expansion
- After pre-fabrication, Cubes crane-mounted and connected to ventilation, supply and disposal pipelines
- Minimization of circulation zones + function overlap of floor-plan (shower with roller-blinds in bathroom circulation area)
- Function overlap through built-in furniture with foldaway beds and tables and folding chairs
- Possibility to dismantle Cubes in 15 years when the housing shortage has been solved