Detailed Description of the Project
Facts and Figures
Vauban is situated to the South of Freiburg's city center. The distance to the city center and central railway station is about 3 kilometers.
The discussion of the development plan started in 1995 and the major decisions took place in 1996. Detailed concepts for special issues, such as the project "living without an own car", were completed between 1997 and 1999. The detailed planning of the first public green spaces took place in 1998 / 99 together with the new residents. In the year 2000 the first development section of the new district was completed for the most part. The new district with its new buildings and refurbished building of the self-organized S.U.S.I.-initiative and the "Students' Organisation" already provided a home to 2,000 residents. In the summer of 1999, the City of Freiburg began with the sale of properties in the second development section. The building process there started late summer 2000.
Dwelling space in Vauban
| Dwelling space in Vauban |
| Students' Organisation: |
596 dormitory rooms |
| S.U.S.I.-initiative |
45 housing units (HU) |
| 1st development section: |
422 housing units |
| private builders: |
233 HU |
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| (of those in Baugruppen: |
185 HU) |
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| co-operative Genova: |
36 HU |
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| development companies: |
153 HU |
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| Area of the Schlierberg solar settlement: |
210 housing units |
| 2nd development section: |
about 645 housing units |
| (of those in Baugruppen: |
about 200 HU until winter 2000) |
| (of those allocated to the Genova co-operative: |
45 HU) |
| 3rd development section: |
about 85 housing units |
The volume of estimated investments in Vauban is about 500,000,000 € (about 500 Millions US$). The development plan includes some regulations for the design of the houses: for example, "single houses" are prohibited which leads to a compact urban building structure. On the other hand - because of the preferential allocation to private builders and co-operative building projects - individually designed fassades create a very special atmosphere.
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