Housing scenario in Stuttgart and Heilbronn encounters scrutiny
Affordable Housing Solution Takes Shape in Stuttgart and Heilbronn
A groundbreaking approach to social housing is underway in Stuttgart and Heilbronn, Germany. The Stuttgart Housing and Urban Development Society (SWSG) and Stadtbau Heilbronn have partnered with Nokera, a young company founded in 2021, to produce the "Point House" urban building blocks.
Nokera, led by Norbert Ketterer, a real estate entrepreneur from Böblingen, Switzerland, operates the world's largest factory for the production of wooden components at Magdeburg. This factory aims to produce components for up to 30,000 apartments annually, a capacity that supports substantial social housing development in the regions.
The "Point House" is a cuboid-shaped building, twelve by twelve meters in size, nine meters high, with a flat roof and a wood-clad facade. Each "Point House" will contain five two-room apartments with 52 square meters and one one-room apartment with 36 square meters. The serial production of these components is intended to contribute to cost savings in the construction projects, with estimates suggesting that construction costs are 30 percent below the usual construction costs.
The SWSG has budgeted around four million euros for the four initial modules of the "Point House" in Stuttgart. In Stuttgart, the infill cubes will be set up at seven locations, and in Heilbronn at five. The first four modular cubes will be constructed in the Stuttgart district of Hallschlag this year, with the first five houses in Heilbronn expected to be completed by the beginning of next year.
Dominik Buchta, managing director of Stadtbau Heilbronn, believes that affordable and needs-based housing can be provided through the modular system. Jürgen Schmidt, a spokesperson for the SWSG, can be reached at 0711 66601-147 or via email at j.schmidt@our website.
This type of infill development eliminates the need for land acquisition by the builders, as well as the demolition of existing buildings. The goal is to create as many apartments as possible in a short time, without lengthy zoning procedures, at the lowest possible cost. The "Point House" cube developed for Stuttgart and Heilbronn will be offered to other builders in the future.
The contract for the production of the "Point House" urban building blocks was awarded to Nokera due to its production capacity and the availability of land for infill development that Stadtbau Heilbronn and the SWSG had in mind for cooperation with various urban housing companies in southern Germany. This cost-saving modular system for social housing in Stuttgart and Heilbronn is a prefabricated construction approach that allows rapid and efficient building by manufacturing components in a factory setting. This system enables affordability and scalability in addressing social housing needs.
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