From ideas to process-projects
Europan 11 - Ibbenbüren (DE)
« Between the courtyards »
Project strategy family:
- Ecological connections
- Inclusive morphologies
- Inventive typologies
- Reinterpreted heritage
- Urban articulations
Process category:
- Direct order processes
- Competitive processes
- Co-creative processes
- Collaborative processes
- Participative processes
- Participation of the Living processes
- Adaptative legal framework processes
Authors: Fehlig Moshfeghi Architekten (Niels-Arne Fehlig, Mehdi Moshfeghi, DE)
Client(s): City of Ibbenbüren, Baugenossenschaft eG Ibbenbüren (plot 1), KRÜBAU e.K (plot 5)
Dates: 2011-...
Driving forces: City + Europan DE
Site
Ibbenbüren (DE)
SCALES L/L SIZE 11ha / 2.8ha + 7ha
The city proposed 2 project sites in the city centre, connected by the river Aasee and separated by a major road access.
How to develop an attractive mix of uses for the sustainable development of a residential and business zone? How to design an entrance of a city (uses, mobility, identity)? What kind of alternatives to the single family dwelling and for different types of citizens (senior)?
Awarded Idea
Project - Ideas
Between the courtyards
FLEXIBLE MIX-USES TYPOLOGIES AROUND SHARES SPACES
The main purpose of the area is integration with the nearby Lake Aa. The two new districts are characterized by an orthogonal structure that can flexibly respond to the remit by type and density of usage.
Alternating public and semi-public basis, culminating in the Aasee cycle and footpaths, the districts connect in a public recreation space.
Project Strategy
Family: Inclusive morphologies
A NEW INTERGENERATIONAL NEIGHBOURHOOD
Reorganising the two areas in Ibbenbüren provides the opportunity of creating high quality forms of housing to meet the demands of a constantly changing society and at the same time to preserve and strengthen their specific conditions. The neighbourhood is defined using networked spatial sequences and urban spaces which are open to the landscape. The main purpose is integration with the nearby Lake Aa.
Despite the request of the city to save budget in the first phase to be implemented, two public spaces remain the property of the city.
The first and smaller space is planned to be a “station” for the existing cycle and footpath along the Aasee. It will be a shared space with play equipment for children which create an entrance to the area “Wohnen am Aasee”.
The second and larger surface should be a public space with historical identity in combination with the old tower of the site.
Between these two spaces, there are buildings with public uses on the ground floor. In addition to a hotel, a small café and a few small shops, the area is dominated by housing.
Buildings' orientation / Construction phases / Development
Considering the demographic change, climate change and new ways of life, the housing must ensure a social mix with apartments appropriate and accessible according to ages, with pioneering energy concepts and building cooperatives and social mix concepts.
On the first implemented phase, 2 plots from the five were won by the Europan team.
Plot 1 – Generationenwohnen, where all apartments are accessible barrier-free; the energy standard is 45% below the statutory; and different apartment sizes and compliance at a moderate rent index enable social mix in the neighbourhood.
Plot 5 – 2x2 – consists of 2 family-houses. Each house can also be divided into 2 separate apartments by closing just one doorway. The building also provides a semi-public zone, used as a zone of community and protected play area for toddlers or for hobby.
On the second phase, still in progress, the team is developing 5 plots on the 10 planned.
Lot 4 includes a 24-room residence for disabled people with common areas and a ground-floor public café opening onto the Aasee River.
Lot 5 consists of terraced townhouses ranging from 170 to 180 square meters, with 3 to 6 rooms.
Lot 6 comprises two social housing buildings with 2 or 3-room apartments for young families, couples, seniors, and single people.
Lot 7 is for shared housing.
Lot 8 is designated for housing adapted for seniors.
Process
Category(ies): Direct order processes, Competitive processes
Direct order processes
Following the competition, the municipality entrusted the team with the urban planning of the site, as well as the definition of the main urban and architectural rules for the entire Diekwiese site.
Competitive processes
The Diekwiese site is being developed in two phases. The first phase concerns the Northern section, with 5 plots available for construction, which were put out to tender. The Europan winning team won the tender and is building 2 plots. The second phase of development, for the Southern section, comprises 10 plots. The Europan team won 5 of these, which are currently under development/implementation.
