City Munich

Builder-Owner Bayerische Versorgungskammer, Munich

Status Competition prize category and revision 2016

Data 13.5 ha, GFA existing structure 128,000 m2, new 59,700 m2, 609 residential units, 3 day care centres, commerce + shops

Commission Informal urban planning

Task Densification of a large 1970s housing development

Challenge Densification, development of a neighbourhood, traffic and infrastructure

Solution Gatehouses that create identity, high-rise buildings on the edges and moderate internal densification along with addition of another storey (wood construction), infrastructure measures and underground parking