„Auf.Einander.Bauen“ makes a case for co-housing in the inner-city. The high quality, individual architectural solutions of co-housing models present new potentials for a sustainable urban development. Through the process of building together, the residents develop a sense of identity with their house and neighbours and become actively involved in the community. Co-housing is an alternative that makes living in the inner-city viable for families with children and other people with special needs. For the exhibition and publication Auf.Einander.Bauen, twelve best-practice projects in Berlin were analysed, that stand for the spectrum of residential buildings that have been produced in recent years by co-housing groups. How does co-housing function? Which legal forms can work? Who has been building what kinds of projects, in what area of the city? And what are the problems that need to be considered? All of the projects present convincing, high quality architectural solutions. The exhibition was opened on March 30th 2007 by the Senator for Urban Development to Berlin. Over 800 guests came to the opening and the exhibition was seen by over 3000 visitors.

PUBLICATION
auf.einander. bauen – BAUGRUPPEN IN DER STADT Edited by: Kristien Ring, German, 96 pages, 4/4 color ©2007 jovis Verlag ISBN: 978 – 3 – 939 633-33-4 (sold out)

PROGRAMM

EXCURSIONS: lead by the architects, to all 12 projects

SYMPOSIUM: “auf.einander.bauen in Berlin -in Berlin -Co-housing projects and potentials” with experts such as Berlin politicians, architects, co-housing moderators as well as clients. Not only best practice projects were presented but the potentials that co-housing offers for inner-city living were discussed.

POLITICAL DISCUSSION: An informative presentation was given and discussion held on the topic of co-housing with members of the building political fraction of the senate, planning department heads and regional leaders.

EXHIBITION at the DAZ 30.03.–25.05.2007
Curator: Kristien Ring
Team: Franziska Eidner, Andrea Nakath, Jeannette Merker, Isabel Retuerto

TRAVELING EXHIBITION: Senat of Berlin, in Berlin’s City Halls 2007 – 2009

Environments – Umwelten

SMAQ’s work focuses on »architecture, urbanism, research« and was founded by Sabine Müller (born 1969) and Andreas Quednau (born 1967) in Rotterdom. Since 2005, SMAQ is based in Berlin and realizes projects worldwide. They are currently working on a masterplan for Xeritown (Dubai), a 56 ha mixed-use development area in the wasteland of Dubai Land. Among their current projects are furthermore a hotel in Bejing and »Cumulus«, a residential area in Oslo. SMAQ has been awarded with numerous prizes and fellowships: The architectural practice has won the EUROPAN competition for several times, was awarded with the LEG-Prize 2000 of the Landesentwicklungsgesellschaft Germany, In GLASHAUS_10, SMAQ presents the following projects: the installation BATH (Castle park Solitüde, Germany), the masterplan and landscape study »DotsandLoops« (Burgos, Spain), Xeritown (Dubai) and »Cumulus« (Oslo, Norway). www.smaq.net

OFFICE PORTRAIT: SMAQ, Edited by Kristien Ring, 16 Pages (german). SMAQ Porträt GH_10

PROGRAM:

Exhibition > 17.10. – 12.12.2008

Opening > 16.10.2008 | 7pm, Introduction by Kristien Ring, DAZ, and Sabine Müller  und Andreas Quednau, SMAQ.

CREDITS:

Curator of the  GLASHAUS Series: Kristien Ring, Director, DAZ

Text Editing and PR.: Franziska Eidner

Exhibition concept and installation: SMAQ

Exhibition Team DAZ: Steffen Morenz, Andreas Schleuder