KLB

Large-format urban post-densification

Since early March of 2016, the German federal government has addressed its planned residential housing offensive with a 10-point program. One crucial point of the action plan is promotion of urban post-densification. The report “Alliance for Affordable Living and Building” states: “The priority given to inner city development requires systematic utilization of existing development potentials.” The most essential measures include the promotion of slender wall structures that can be implemented quickly and economically.

Large-scale ­post-­densification

Large-format elements, in the form of KLB...

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