Spreefeld Berlin

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In Berlin's city centre, directly on the banks of the Spree, a project for communal living and working has been realized: the Spreefeld Berlin. Three connected buildings were erected with predominantly residential use, supplemented by spaces for commercial, public and optional uses. The sustainable principle of self-organization is also reflected in the open space concept, where the old is left, the new is settled and the future is allowed to grow. Even after the construction work has been completed, there are still opportunities for development, as the so-called "option spaces" can be used in a variety of ways, for example for permanent interim use or for non-commercial projects. The project is characterized by solidarity and democratic co-determination, good architecture, low costs and a resource-saving approach in the construction and operating phases. Spreefeld Berlin was developed in a participatory manner, with the focus not on the realization of individual living arrangements, but rather on the design and implementation of the community. The aim of the project is to provide long-term infrastructural support for sustainable lifestyles and to achieve a social mix in the project by organizing new forms of living and dovetailing with the neighbourhood.

"The focus of participation is explicitly on the design and implementation of the communal aspects (uses, rooms, organizational matters) and not on the realization of individual apartment furnishings."
- Bau- und Wohngenossenschaft Spreefeld Berlin eG

• Social mix
• Consistently low costs
• Interlocking with the neighborhood
• Creation of public open spaces

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This project was recorded as part of OPENhauswirtschaft, which is funded by the Climate and Energy Fund and carried out as part of the "Smart Cities Demo - Living Urban Innovation 2018" program.

The collection "Learning from each other. New forms of communal living and working" includes profiles of cooperatively organized building groups and spatial enterprises that have already established innovative living, communal, working and business models. The ten projects from Zurich, Berlin and Munich focus on technical, organizational, legal and social innovations and emphasize aspects of resource sharing, long-term stable self-organization and real estate development for the common good. An important selection criterion for the projects was the "urban mix", i.e. that in addition to the apartments, there are also bars, offices, studios and other functions in the building that enliven the urban quarter and contribute to the quality of life of the residents and have an impact on the climate.

You can find the collection on gemeinschaffen.com under the tag "Urban mix".