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Five-Gable House, Kiel
Five-Gable House,
Kiel
The construction of the residential and commercial building in Waitzstrasse between Knooper Weg and Droysenstrasse resolves a previously undefined urban development situation. The urban gap in the development is corrected by the new building and the restoration of the building lines through a row of trees. Comparable to a similar situation in the area of the Reventlouschule, the building has been set back slightly from the street line and, together with the line of trees, forms a kind of arcade situation towards the street, which opens up towards the intersection and brings vitality to the commercial space on the first floor.
Project data
Place: Waitzstraße 75, 24105 KielBuilder: NGEG I Norddeutsche Grundstücksentwicklungsgesellschaft
Planning: 2018 – 2019
Construction time: 2020 -2023
Costs: n. A.
Total Area: 7.350m2
Photograph: rimpf Architektur & Generalplanung
Prizes: BDA Prize Schleswig-Holstein 2023 – Award
The building volume is derived from the surrounding area, as are the brick facades. Post-war residential buildings with simply structured façades alternate here with buildings from the Wilhelminian era. The buildings are mainly located on the eaves side of the block edge. The edge of the block is continued by a new and structured row of trees. The brick façade has now been set back with gabled roofs twisted by 90°, which playfully take up the roof theme of the surroundings with asymmetrical gables. The clearly structured façade with a few, seemingly randomly arranged panoramic cubes as an interpretation of the traditional porches and bays of Kiel’s cityscape reflects the residential mix and is only broken up on the first floor for commercial use.
Facade as a mirror of diversity
The south façade is offset at the eaves points of the five gables and also makes the building structure clear in the façade. The balconies of different sizes and the staggered windows create an image of diversity and reflect the residential use of people of different ages and social backgrounds behind them.
The apartment entrances are located on the south side. Building entrances are spacious and equipped with parcel stations. Large passenger elevators allow barrier-free access between all floors of the building. The road to the southern development will be designed as a play street and closed to through traffic. The greenery and outdoor seating areas allow for almost any type of use and communication.
Building structure with high-quality apartments for every constellation
The building structure allows for the selected housing mix with the offer of high-quality apartments between 21m² and 89m² and thus offers possibilities for almost every constellation of social cohabitation. Single students, families and flat-sharing communities, mixed age groups and people with disabilities represent the broad target group of the offer. The diversity of the city is reflected in the building.
The construction of the publicly accessible underground parking garage has restored a significant number of the existing parking spaces and improved them by providing electric charging stations and car-sharing vehicles. The central inner-city location has excellent public transport links with five bus routes. A mobility concept with the provision of bicycle parking spaces in the underground car park and in the outdoor area, the provision of rental bicycles and rental cargo bicycles is a contribution to CO2 savings and a step towards a car-reduced city center.