Project Description

The housing cooperative Bahnheim eG refurbishes their historical garden city Bahnheim with buidlings from the 1920s and 1950s in Kaiserslautern. In this research project an integrated residential area concept for the 369 dwellings in 77 buildings was developed. The aim of the concept is to reduce energy costs and GHG emissions, improve quality of living as well as upgrade the surrounding neighborhood. A specific challenge was the historical character of the garden city. Most of the 77 buildings have been under monumental protection since 1989.

Project Team

Prof. Dr. Björn-Martin Kurzrock (Unit Real Estate Studies)

Jun. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Pahn (Unit of Concrete Structures and Structural Engineering / Working Group Energy-Efficient Buildings)

Jun. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Angèle Tersluisen (Unit of Building Cybernetics)

Dipl.-Ing. Tillman Gauer (Working Group Energy-Efficient Buildings and Unit Real Estate Studies)

Dipl.-Ing. Sebastian Johann (Unit Real Estate Studies)

Funding

Research Program Experimental Housing and Urban Development (ExWoSt) of the State Rhineland Palatinate, KfW Funding Program Energetic Urban Refurbishment and housing cooperatove Bahnheim eG

Support: Federal Institute für Building, Urban and Regional Research (BBSR), Federal Ministry for Traffic and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) and KfW

Press Report

Rheinpfalz-Article of 11 December 2014

Press Release

Press Release of 4 August 2014

Project Term 

07/2014 - 05/2015