Retrofitting of existing housing stock: an architectural challenge on all scales

Walter  Unterrainer

Retrofitting of existing housing stock: an architectural challenge on all scales

Walter Unterrainer

Aarhus School of Architecture

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Abstract

The paper is a case study in retrofitting an urban quarter with social housing of the 1950´s and 1960´s - a model project in Amberg/Germany. It documents and discusses applied ´acupuncture´ and innovative strategies on very different scales as well as on different layers, in order to meet the goal of a sustainable retrofitting project in a holistic sense: This included cultural, social, environmental and economic sustainability. The first phase of the project is built and the process included a high level of user participation.
The project is an example of integral design from competition level and it was given advice, support and is presently evaluated by Technische Universität Muenchen and Coburg University / Department of Sociology. The paper explains and reflects the proposal which was based on data provided by sociological and technical research before the competition. The simulation data and questionnaires will be examined over a period of 3 years.

Original language	English
Publication date	Jun 2015
Number of pages	11
Publication status	Published - Jun 2015
Event	changing cities 2: spatial, design, landscape and socio-economic dimensions - Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly, under the aegis of the Greek Ministry of Environment, Energy & Climate Change., Port Heli, Greece Duration: 22 Jun 2015 → 26 Jun 2015

Conference

Conference	changing cities 2
Location	Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly, under the aegis of the Greek Ministry of Environment, Energy & Climate Change.
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Port Heli
Period	22/06/2015 → 26/06/2015

Keywords

sustainable retrofitting
prototypic solutions
cultural identity
upgrading spaces without gentrification
monitoring and evaluation

Artistic research

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