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Swooosh!!!

Schneller Wohnen
Location: Various
Year: 2003-2005
Program: Temporary Dwelling
Tags: research, participation, urbanism, residential, event

Architects:
Schneller Wohnen was a joint project of Realarchitektur and ifau - institut für angewandte urbanistik. team: Karin Beuermann, Mathis Burandt, Jens Casper Christoph Heinemann, Susanne Heiss, Barbara Horst, Bernadette Krejs, Wolfgang List, Petra Petersson, Christoph Schmidt, Simon-Martin Schultze, Andrew Strickland

Consultants:
Cordula Hamschmidt, political scientist; Elisabeth Merk, Halle city council; Dr. Ralph Muehleck, CEO WeberHaus GmbH & Co. KG

Schneller Wohnen was developed in a series of actions, competitions and installations, repeatedly awarded and widely published.



Prototyping:
Hausbau 05 - 1. internationale Woche für informelles Bauen in Berlin Gropiusstadt (an art / exhibition project by Folke Köbberling and Martin Kaltwasser): realisation of a minimal housing prototype (platform) using mainly found materials 2005 (with Frank Skupin).

Squatting and measuring of urban waste land
An der Michaelbrücke / Spree, Berlin
April 2004



Awards: 
WeberHaus Ideenwettbewerb, Berlin / Rheinau-Linx 2003
honorable mention 

Pro Stadt - Contra Lücke im Rahmen des StadtBauKultur-Leitprojektes "1000 Baulücken in NRW!" ideas competition, Aachen, Dortmund, Duisburg, Essen, Köln - Düsseldorf 2004
2 honorable mentions

Shrinking Cities: Reinventing Urbanism 2004
Competition Entry
Shortlisted



Bibliography:
Realarchitektur und ifau: ‚SWoosh!!! - Schneller Wohnen in Halle / Saale‘
archplus 173 Shrinking Cities - Reinventing Urbanism, Aachen und Berlin, Juni 2005

Interview mit ifau und Realarchitektur zum Projekt Schneller Wohnen; Polylux TV-Feature, Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg, April 2004


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