OPERATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAM The community organized events through social media platforms such as facebook and twitter. They have assembly meeting once per month. There are various event types from free woodwork workshops, planting and gardening events, dance events for disabled people, joint cooking class, yoga classes, and so forth. Events open to both the community and pubic. The boat house with a boat belongs to the community use. They organize parties and yoga classes on the rooftop of the house, benches are also provided during the summer. ALTE WEBEREI, TUBINGEN
Year of Operation Location /Accessibility Land Ownership Land area/ Land use Apartment Type Residents Pricing
2015 (Planning: 2008-2014) The site is located in Lustnau district which is approximately 2 miles away from the city centre. The cooperation rented the land plot from city of Helsinki. Land: 6 ha developed into 300 homes Various custom-built homes and apartments Mixed income, age, ethnicity 10-20% cheaper than private built homes
INNOVATION IN BUSINESS MODEL The development is facilitated by the city council of Tubigen which is considered as one of the most innovative towns in Germany. The city council owns the land plot, it is brown field industrial sites, they want to revitalize the site (Geograf Heinrich, 2015). They undertook extensive consultations with local communities to understand what the local residents want, they also called for an open competition to develop a master plan for the site. The master plan has taken into account the site issues including flooding, contamination, and heritage reserve. It also states clearly the maximum heights, building lines, development ratio for the cooperative to comply with, planning permit is granted straightforward. The council spent their own fund to construct the street and land remediation work to prepare the plots for the cooperation. Next, they call for land price bidding from local cooperative group. The feature below shown land price per plot, the plot near the riverside costs up to €850/sqm, it is one of the most expensive plots. Each plot can develop from 15-30 homes, plots can cost from €52,000-€182,000 per plot. It was reported to receive 140 groups pitching for 40-50 parcels of land. The range of homes that have been built is from luxury units to riverside affordable housing. Selection criteria is based on the development impact to the neighborhood, the social diversity, design, sustainability and innovation. The council does not request detail design, but a detail description of the cooperative business model and the corresponding sites they choose.
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