Container Renovation for Refugees, Weiterstadt
Existing containers were renovated and rebuilt after the model of a studio house. The developer himself is a “Spätaussiedler,” an ethnic German resettler who emigrated to Germany from a former Eastern Bloc country, and personally spent time in a refugee shelter. Currently the project is blocked. Because of the urgency one year ago to create housing for asylum seekers, construction was placed under the supervision of qualified experts in structural engineering and fire prevention and finished on July 1, 2016. But lack of coordination between the structural engineer and registered inspector led to mistakes in the laying of the foundation for the building modules. As a result, the district administration has canceled the contract upon expiry of the occupancy deadline.
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Number of residents | Modular units |
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Rather than producing new container modules, the concept was to reuse existing modules and window elements instead. The project is the private initiative of a client who spent time himself, as a German ethnic repatriate, living in collective housing.
(Excerpt from project description)
