Housing Pact of Bavaria - Immediate Housing Programme for Recognised Refugees Landshut

In Landshut, not far from the city centre, residential areas were built as communal housing for recognised refugees and locals, as part of the Bavarian Housing Pact.

The residential complex of three individual houses was built within a mature green area not far from the listed ensemble of the former state stud farm.
Economic housing was integrated into the existing green structures with the aim of both the structure and the sense of space of the park-like complex to maintain and yet allow quality living space.
With two-storey buildings, wooden facades and the integration of the building structures into the topography of the natural terrain, it was possible for the building structures to blend unobtrusively into the surroundings with their impressive tree population.
The individual houses were arranged in such a way that they form a central courtyard, from which all 17 residential units are accessed via arcades.
The courtyard, as the core of the complex, enabled a rapid revitalization of the new living space with play and communal areas.
It was deliberately kept car-free. This allowed the courtyard to become part of the park without appearing as a foreign body, and it allows quality recreational areas for residents.

The integrating concept was also continued in the choice of materials, planting and drainage.
All surface water is evaporated or infiltrated on site. Drainage and pavement choices are coordinated and were part of the overall concept from the beginning.
Infiltrative pavements were combined with open channels, evaporation channels and meadow troughs.

All side paths and the necessary parking spaces outside the facility are designed as water-bound pavements similar to the existing walking paths.