City Munich

Builder-Owner Bayerische Versorgungskammer, Munich

Status Competition prize category and revision 2016

Data 13,5 HA, GFA existing structure 128,000 sq.m., new 59,700 sq.m., 609 residential units, 3 nurseries, commerce + shops

Commission Informal urban planning

Task Densification of a large housing development of the 1970s

Challenge Densification, development of district, traffic and infrastructure

Solution Gatehouses that create identity, highrise buldings at the edges and moderate internal densification and addition of another storey (wood construction), infrastructure measures and underground parking