KREA Living, Munich (DE)
New building,
Subsidised housing ,
Neighbourhood Development
Client: SWM - Stadtwerke München GmbH
Location: D-80636 Munich, Dachauer- / Heßstraße
Architecture: Dietrich Untertrifaller with Bauchplan (landscape)
Competition: 2024, VgV procedure with proposed solution, highest evaluation by the panel
Programme: approx. 350 company flats for Stadtwerke München, commercial units in the ground floor zone, daycare centre for LHM
Visualisation: Dietrich Untertrifaller
Team
Fredi Botz, Anna-Maria Brendel, Doreen Rehmer-Jeitler (Projektleitung), Lothar Hennig, Annkathrin Schumpe, Carina Rösicke
Text: Gerlinde Jüttner
From the barracks to the creative quarter
On the site of the former Luitpold barracks, the Creative Quarter Munich is being established, a colourful, mixed-use district characterised by social and ecological sustainability. Living and working will be combined with art, culture and knowledge, with a focus on the community. The neighbourhood is divided into four different areas, which are interconnected but can be developed independently of each other.
We have designed two buildings with around 350 flats for the "Creative Platform North" site. Along the newly emerging main axis, the central Romy-Schneider-Platz, which connects the Munich University of Applied Sciences in the south-east and the urban cultural area in the north-west, we proposed to programme the ground floors with public uses. Under the inviting, large arches and arcades in the base area, cafés and small shops are to enliven the neighbourhood in future.
Colourful facades, lively plinths
The diversity of the neighbourhood is to be emphasised by the façade structures and colours of the houses. The colour concept of the first design features the grey stamped concrete of the base, the coloured vertical wooden slats of the upper floors and the green habitat of the inner courtyards.
The design focuses on sustainability and environmental friendliness. The use of wood as the main building material not only reduces CO2 emissions, but also promotes sustainable forestry. The foundation is a circular economy based on the reuse of building materials and resource-saving construction processes.
Two buildings, three courtyards
The two buildings of MU3 and MU4 form a neighbourhood. The larger one (MU3) encloses two inner courtyards. The one with a playground is assigned to the daycare centre in the northern part. The southern courtyard is intended to offer the future tenants of the flats a place to retreat, but also to invite them to take part in communal activities.
The smaller building (MU4) adjoins the listed residential building at Dachauer Strasse 102 and forms the end of the urban development. Like MU3, the inner courtyard is available to future tenants. Communal gardens in the courtyard and raised beds on the roof also provide a variety of opportunities for socialising. A currently designed green trellis in front of the building enlivens the façade facing the urban square and improves the microclimate.
