VON M

Text by David Kasparek The land we live on is a non-replicable commodity. In many cities and communities, space for housing is becoming scarce. This is because, despite the cor- rect statement that our cities are largely built, i.e. on average in Germany there is enough living and wor- king space available, this existing space is often not in the right place. Especially in economically prospering settlements, living space is needed. Due to the local economic system, the available land is subject to constant speculation and the associated price driving. Since 1962, the Federal Statistical Office has been recording the development of building land prices in this country: by 2017, there was an increase of 2,308 percent. Land prices are gettin... More

text by David Kasparek In the Swabian city of Tübingen, the Stuttgart-based office VON M has completed the new headquarters for the municipal housing company GWG, which is both a homogenizing urban building block and a contemporary architectural flag ship for the client. Zooey Braun The surroundings are heterogeneous. It takes a quarter of an hour to walk here from the train station and you find yourself between a branch of a retail group, two-storey turn-of-the-century houses with mansard roofs and three-storey post-war modernism. Zooey Braun Here, on Eisenbahnstrasse, GWG has set up its new company headquarters. The company builds, sells, rents and manages residential buildings. The design for the company's new flagship... More