Baugruppe
Baugruppe is a German term which literally translates as "building group," although it has also been equated to "building community." The German term baugemeinschaften is also used to refer to this form of self-organized collective housing. The baugruppe offers an innovative approach to multi-family housing development, cooperative housing, and intentional communities.
Some features that distinguish baugruppen (plural) from other forms of co-housing:
- Usually comprise multistory (read higher rise), multifamily buildings, rather than a low-rise, detached or semi-detached structures
- Unit sizes and configurations are customized to residents' needs
- Do not include required common spaces or facilities
- Involve participatory planning for development
- Are usually self-financed without developer funding - whereas other forms of cooperative housing may be self or developer funded
- Are definitively urban housing solutions versus other forms of cooperative housing which may be urban, suburban or rural
References
Bring Baugruppe to Seattle - The Urbanist 3 April 2017
Baugruppen: Yes in Our Backyard - The Urbanist 24 June 2014
Could This German Affordable Homebuilding Plan Be A Model for the US? - Curbed 7 April 2016