The Baugruppen building is composed of work space, live space, and buffer space. Light manufacturing programs like maker spaces and exhibition spaces stand at the core of each building, to be leased to businesses. A wrapper of housing surrounding the core offers the local community affordable rents, made possible by their minimalist design. Housing units provide little common and kitchen space, instead dedicating most square footage to areas of privacy, like bedrooms and bathrooms.
Areas connecting manufacturing to housing act as transitional space and sound buffer. They contain public programs outsourced from the residential units; community kitchens, libraries, gyms, common areas, and circulation paths are shared between workers and residents, their interaction leading to collaborative opportunities with mutual benefits. By combining work and live, some of the upside from the businesses can be directed to building and maintaining common areas that would otherwise make units expensive for residents.
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