Hannover:
Renovation of Multi-storey Flats, Rehbockstraße
Hannover:
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| Country: | a) Western Europe | ,b) Germany |
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| Type: | Project, 2 |
| Area: | District/Quarter, 100,000 - 1 mill. |
| Actors: | Local government, Economic sector |
| Funding: | Local government, Regional government, National government, Economic Sector |
| Topics: | Architecture and construction |
| Building materials | |
| Housing (and new settlements) | |
| Urban renewal / Urban rehabilitation | |
| Water | |
| Objectives: | Improve living conditions |
| Increase cogeneration | |
| Increase district heating | |
| Increase use of ecological building materials | |
| Reduce energy consumption | |
| Reduce water consumption | |
| Waste recycling | |
| Instruments: | Demonstration and pilot project |
The renovation and urban renewal project comprises 4 buildings with multi- occupancy and is located in a densely inhabited, late 19th century district of Hanover. It included a number of ecological measures which had not yet been tested in public housing projects.
The project comprises 4 buildings with multi-occupancy and is located in a densely inhabited, late 19th century district of Hanover which was scheduled as an urban renewal area in 1985. This procedure meant that urban planning subsidies were available to improve low standards of urban design and buildings.
The project designers were commissioned by the city authorities to draw up a plan for three empty and completely dilapidated buildings, with a number of ecological measures which had not yet been tried out in publicly subsidised housing projects.
| urban design: | retention and improvement of inner city building structures |
| healthy building: | as far as possible use of existing building materials for renovation and use of non-toxic building materials |
| energy/heating | increased insulation, controlled ventilation, use of local gas fired CHP stations to produce electricity and heat for heating apartments and hot water |
| water: | water saving tap units, rainwater use for flushing toilets |
| waste disposal: | separation according to type and recycling |
| traffic: | no parking spaces provided in the courtyard, proximity to public transport |
| social concept: | publicly subsidised housing, mix of apartment size from 1 - 6-person flats, at least 5 different nationalities |
| open spaces: | differentiated open areas private for apartment dwellers; semi-public for building occupants and public play areas, vegetation areas |
| floor plans: | some communal living rooms within apartment buildings, addition of glassed-in balconies |
| design: | retention of characteristic features of 19th century facades, use of building materials common to the district |
An evaluation of the use of energy and water by the Institute for Urban Ecology showed that the project planners' estimates of potential average savings were largely correct. Evaluating individual consumption in these areas nevertheless showed tremendous variation in consumption, which proves that consumer behaviour has the greatest influence on savings.
One essential outcome of the Rehbockstraße project was the persuasive effect it had on housing associations and the city council in initiating further ecological projects and measures. For example, discussion over the advantage of local CHP plants, even for smaller numbers of customers, led to more of these plants being subsequently installed in various locations in Hanover. Many interested groups from the city, from Germany and neighbouring countries came to visit this project.
49 public-subsidised apartments, 2 shops
preliminary discussions between architect consortium and the City Planning Department held in 1986, construction work began 1988/89, completion 1991
| Architects: | Angelika Blencke, Architekturbüro pk Nord Andreas Mauerer, Büro Mosaik Gerd Nord, Lindener Baukontor |
| Developer: | Gesellschaft für Bauen und Wohnen Hannover mbH (Housing Association) |
| Total size of area: | 2 277 m2 |
| Size of built-on area: | 955 m2 |
| Total floor area: | 4 775 m2 |
| Building costs: | (approx. £ 2.6 million)) |
| Costs of external | |
| facilities: | 240 000 DM (approx. £ 83 360) |
| Incidental construction costs: | 1 300 000 DM (approx. £ 451 550) |
European Academy of the Urban Environment (ed.); D. Kennedy, M. Kennedy (a): Designing Ecological Settlements, Berlin 1997
| Name | : | Landeshauptstadt Hannover |
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| Telefon | : | ++49 / 511 / 1681-0 |
| Telefax | : | ++49 / 511 / 5351 |
| Address | : | Landeshauptstadt Hannover |
| Rathaus | ||
| Trammplatz 2 | ||
| 30159 Hannover | ||
| Germany |
Hannover is the capital of the federal state Land of Lower Saxony. It covers an area of 204 square kilometres. The wider conurbation of Greater Hannover has some 20 municipalities and a total population of 1.1 million. It covers an area of 2,300 square kilometres which is equal to the size of the small German state of the Saarland.
The City of Hannover has a diverse industrial structure which also includes some big companies like Volkswagen, the tyre company Continental, the battery producer Varta, the stationary producers Geha and Pelikan, and the cakes producer Bahlsen. The total conurbation has a total employment of 540,000 and 350,000 workplaces are located in the City of Hannover itself.
Hannover is also well-known as the host of important exhibitions like the world-wide biggest industrial exhibition, the computer fair CeBit, and many other specialised fairs. In the year 2000 the EXPO 2000 took place in the city.
Project was added at 12.08.1998
Project was changed at 09.11.1998