Hamiduddin, I;
Gallent, N;
(2015)
Self-build communities: the rationale and experiences of group-build (Baugruppen) housing development in Germany.
Housing Studies
, 31
(4)
pp. 365-383.
10.1080/02673037.2015.1091920.
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Abstract
© 2015 Taylor & Francis Group-build housing developments can bring together the cost and customisation benefits regularly attributed to self-build housing with a communitarian ethos associated with ‘intentional’ communities. This paper presents an initial examination of the rationale, motivations and social experiences of group-build housing from Germany, where over half of all new homes are produced independently from volume-build developers. The paper aims, firstly, to test the hypothesis that group-build delivers general ‘community’ benefits; secondly, to contribute to an understanding of the processes leading to successful schemes; and lastly, to demonstrate that by making individual home building dependent on the success of a larger group, collective interests can prevail over personal pursuit. This research draws attention to the motivations, the social experiences through the development process and the social legacy – aspects of particular interest for policy-makers as well as prospective builders – of group-build housing projects.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Self-build communities: the rationale and experiences of group-build (Baugruppen) housing development in Germany |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02673037.2015.1091920 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2015.1091920 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Housing Studies on 9 October 2015, available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2015.1091920 |
| Keywords: | Group-build, housing, community |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1472242 |
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