Die Lorraine baut auf sich selbst

 Known for its creative initiatives and neighborly cohesion, Bern's Lorraine district has now surpassed itself. The residents say "no" to an 8.8 million dollar prestige building in the city and are looking for alternatives to realize the promised affordable living space on a derelict site.
The general outrage at the city's construction plans prompted the district to stage a demonstration in June 2013, which brought the construction profile that had already been drawn up "back to the sender" - a petition with over a thousand signatures followed. The dossier is now pending, but the residents are active. The general indignation formed into a loose neighborhood committee, which resulted in the association "Here is building the quarter". "Whether the city builds itself or gives the project to a cooperative: housing remains expensive," says association member Sandra Ryf, who has lived in Lorraine for seventeen years. "There had to be something else!"
They found what they were looking for in “Ze!tpunkt”. The article "Brachen, revive yourself!" (ZP; 128) introduced Huldrich Hug, the winner of the "Rachel" architecture competition for self-sufficient living boxes. He developed a living box "that corresponded exactly to our ideas," Ryf describes the discovery. Such a living box prototype is now on the site as inspiration. An exhibition and various events will take place there over the next three months. The district assembly on January 18th kicks off, where the participatory process around Centralweg enters the next round.
The box was built free of charge by the carpenter collective "Holzlabor", the construction company "Varium Bau AG" and the inventor of the box, Huldrich Hug. In return, the workers were invited to lunch by neighborhood pubs. Despite the broad support, the costs for the construction of the living box are not yet fully covered. The association calls for support on the crowdfunding platform "Wemakeit". Seventy percent of the costs have already been promised through individual donations.


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Further information on the project
wemakeit.ch/projects/hier-baut-das-quartier

01. Januar 1970
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