- Einfamilienhaus-Haus
- Stendal, 2022-
- Proposal to the municipality and
- local housing cooperative
Concerns about the climate and biodiversity are countered by the dream of the detached single-family house, which is still cherished by more than 63% of Germans. How can these positions be reconciled? Can there be a single-family house in an apartment building - a single-family house? And - to return to the starting point - can existing prefabricated buildings be converted to offer all the qualities of a single-family house? Can the Germans' most popular form of housing have an ecological future?
With the support of local politicians and stakeholders, AFEA developed an exemplary preliminary plan for a building in Stendal owned by the Wohnungsbau-Genossenschaft Altmark eV (WBGA) that will be vacant in the future. The building is a WBS70 type of prefabricated housing. This housing series constitutes the largest share of industrially constructed prefabricated housing in Germany. The project is a proposal for a new type of building between a detached house and an apartment block - the Einfamilienhaus-Haus.
- Komturei Werben
- Werben (Elbe), 2020-
- Self initiated concept-based
- public procurement
In collaboration with the town, AFEA self-initiatived a concept-based procedure to create an ecological model project for sustainable rural communities.
From vanacy to vision. Spaces with purpose, not emptiness. A published guide for small municipalities on how to sell buildings based on concepts. One of four case studies is the Komturei Werben project.
- Grüne Brauerei
- Mühlberg (Elbe), 2024-
- Proposal to the municipality
Originally slated for demolition through substitute enforcement by the city—due to the private owner's inability to act and a projected demolition cost of €200,000—the building has instead become the starting point for a visionary redevelopment. AFEA proposed an alternative: a sustainable renovation made possible with €200,000 in public funding, transforming a financial burden into an opportunity for long-term community value.
- Haus für alle(s)
- Werder (Havel), 2018
- Collaboration with a citizens’ movement