Housing for Refugees and Students

Wohndachkuben (Rooftop Housing Cubes)

Minimalist Housing Cubes for students and refugees as an alternative to tents and gymnasiums.

• Unit variations for 1 to 6 People
  
• Quick and economic rectification of the housing emergency through prefabrication
  
• Cost-minimization through size-minimization and prefabrication
  
• On average ca. € 25,000 construction costs per person ca. € 150 Rent (before utilities) per person
  
• Montage within ca. 3 to 5 days per unit
  
• Depreciation cycle of 15 years (ca. 3 generations of students)
  
• Densification without extra ground-surface consumption though the use of flat rooftops
  
• Social and decentralized mixing of cultures within an established residential district
  
• Mixture of pre-existing residents, student flat-shares and refugees
  

• Avoids establishment of Ghettos
  
• Lightweight, wood-frame construction anchored to fire and stairwell walls
  
• Raised terraces allow for supply and disposal pipelines
  
• Access garden to improve to micro-climate
  
• Parapet wall raised to act as railing and, where appropriate, as stairwell expansion
  
• After pre-fabrication, Cubes crane-mounted and connected to ventilation, supply and disposal pipelines
  
• Minimization of circulation zones + function overlap of floor-plan (shower with roller-blinds in bathroom circulation area)
  
• Function overlap through built-in furniture with foldaway beds and tables and folding chairs
  
• Possibility to dismantle Cubes in 15 years when the housing shortage has been solved