Name: Thomas-Dehler-Straße
Location: Erlangen, Germany
Year: 2010
Type: housing
Status: competition, purchase
Coauthor: lutz ring, martin werner

Erlangen is known in the region as a city with numerous medical facilities, universities, and economically strong and well-known employers. As a result, there is a steady increase of the population and thus a need for additional residential areas.

The existing master plan regulates a perimeter block development consisting of two apartment buildings on the eastern/western border of the plot, and row houses in the south. Inside of the block, there are additional row houses.

In our proposal we first align the row houses inside of the block according to the current building laws to visualize the maximum envelope. Then, we stagger the different rows in order to create a variety of housing types with different widths. In a third step, the row houses in the centre of the plot are pushed back in favour of a public route winding through the residential area from east to west. It serves not only as main access to the houses but accommodates two playing grounds and a central square. Here, the residents meet each other, interaction takes place.