As of: February 7, 2024, 8:42 a.m
By: Dominik Stallein
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The high wooden facade of the new Maro building can also be seen from Sauerlacher Strasse.
© Sabine Hermsdorf-Hiss
The multi-generational house on Sauerlacher Straße will soon be finished.
The first tenants move in in March.
A tour shows some special features.
Wolfratshausen - It's not just a housing project that the mayor and administrative staff are looking at.
It is a multi-generational house, a new building, a renovated monument, a community model and yes, also a housing project with 24 units already rented.
The residents will move into their new home at Hammerschmiedweg 16 and Sauerlacher Straße 15 on March 1st.
The Maro cooperative has almost completed the multi-generational house there.
During a tour, project manager Ralf Schmid shows the special features of the new building in a prominent city center location.
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On the ground floor, Schmid opens the door to a hall that cannot be found in a normal apartment block: a common room to which every resident has access.
In the 80 square meters, which are well lit this morning by the sunlight falling over the wall, the users have a lot of freedom - especially when it comes to organizing their time: “Here, children can do homework together, the neighbors can have brunch, themselves Meeting friends to watch football or tenants celebrating their birthdays with guests,” says Schmid.
As with all common areas of the building, the residents decide together how the space is designed.
This is one of the reasons why the tenants have been meeting monthly for over a year to plan the future neighborhood and coexistence.
The staircase separates the kitchen and living area in a maisonette apartment.
© Sabine Hermsdorf-Hiss
The majority of the apartments are socially subsidized: the cooperative built them in Wolfratshausen
You have free design options in the apartments themselves.
Maro has made provisions for various living models.
“There are suitable apartments for single households, families and couples,” says Schmid, before opening a four-room apartment on the first floor.
He stands in the outside hallway, from which he can look into the mountain forest, see the chapel and the serpentines to Icking.
He folds out a wooden bench that was integrated into the wall next to the apartment door, from which one could enjoy the panoramic view.
The 90 square meter apartment also offers a view from the other side of the building: the future tenants can see towards Farchet from a loggia.
In addition, the kitchen will be plugged in and a dining area will probably be integrated.
The apartment is subsidized based on income – in other words: social housing.
15 of 24 apartments are subsidized.
“We have the same standards for all of our apartments,” says Schmid.
The quality of the subsidized apartments was not compromised.
The window front facing Sauerlacher Straße is remarkably soundproof: thanks to the double glazing, you can't hear the rush of traffic at the busy intersection.
Noise from Sauerlacher Strasse: Wall does its job
This can be heard much louder from the balcony of the maisonette apartment.
Schmid has to raise his voice when he explains what is supposed to happen in the garden below.
Two trees and a few bushes will be planted there.
The space is then available to all residents.
“That’s part of the living concept,” says Schmid.
And the reason for building the wall to the intersection area.
There had been heated debate about this measure in advance.
The excitement has long since subsided.
“I haven't had any complaints for a very long time,” said Schmid a few days ago about noise protection.
Today he stands between the new building and the wall, looking at the listed old hospital and the 3.50 meter protective wall next to it.
There are small holes embedded in it at regular intervals.
Inside are oil lamps that were found during construction work on the monument.
“They date back to when the hospital was being built,” explains Schmid.
Maro didn't want to leave the 200-year-old lamps unused - and built them into the wall.
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A sunny loggia offers a view in one of the 15 subsidized apartments.
During a tour, city hall employees and Mayor Klaus Heilinglechner were amazed at the Maro cooperative's multi-generational house.
© Sabine Hermsdorf-Hiss
Old hospital from 1820: “It was very modern back then”
The hospital dates back to 1820. “Back then it was a very modern building,” says Schmid.
Today, visitors to the building are happy to see the historic shutters, which have been freshly painted and reinstalled.
And they smile at the narrow door frames by today's standards, which also date back to the construction period.
Some administrative employees photograph a wall fresco in one of the two office rooms.
This was not covered up by Maro.
Schmid: “It gives the room its own charm.” One of the two offices is still available.
There is already a tenant for the second, a consulting company.
As reported, the original plan to use the new commercial units for a social purpose fell through.
There are additional apartments above the offices.
“If you know what they looked like before, you’re amazed,” says Mayor Klaus Heilinglechner during the tour.
Only in a few places do 200-year-old floorboards creak, otherwise the rooms appear modern with historical touches.
“Everything we have done here has been coordinated with the monument office,” explains project manager Schmid.
But the authorities were quite accommodating - and, for example, allowed two small balconies on the old house.
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How old the building in which the visitors are is becomes particularly clear in the attic with old wooden ladders under the dormer window and when going down to the underground car park: the walls reveal old bricks.
“We left a lot of things as they were.” The underground car park is new.
To do this, a breakthrough had to be made in the hospital basement.
22 residents' cars can be parked there, as well as two car-sharing cars and a few cargo bikes that the Ohlstädter cooperative will offer for rent.
With bikes and sharing cars, the cooperative has launched a modern mobility concept - not entirely altruistic: "Thanks to the rental cars and cargo bikes, we only have to provide as many underground parking spaces as were structurally functional." If more spaces had been required, the whole thing would have been possible Construction has become significantly more expensive - and as a result the rent for residents has risen rapidly.
Schmid has no doubt that there are enough parking spaces: “We have an average of around 0.9 cars per residential unit in our multi-generational houses.”
The wall at Sauerlacher Straße 15 is 3.50 meters high. It is part of the Maro cooperative's multi-generational residential building.
© Sabine Hermsdorf-Hiss
Mayor Heilinglechner praises the new building project for all generations
Mayor Klaus Heilinglechner praises the Maro cooperative for the implementation.
“What I particularly like about the project, right from the start, is the communal aspect.” The residents “don’t just live next to each other.”
The building “has become very beautiful” and the balancing act between modernity and history in the old hospital is “very impressive”.
On Thursday, February 15th, there will be a 90-minute tour for those interested at 3:30 p.m.
If you would like to see the building, please register in advance by sending an email to m.matejkova@maro-genossenschaft.de
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