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Modular design for refugee accommodations

The Oberhausen-Rheinhausen community in the administrative district of Karlsruhe was faced with the same issues like many other communities in Germany after 2015: How to provide refugees with appropriate living space as soon as possible? The administrative district of Karlsruhe decided to develop the property of a former window manufacturer. The new building made of precast concrete elements is built in modular design and can be used for social housing later.

The general contractor, Hermann Laier GmbH & Co. KG located in Forst, acquired the property and converted the existing factory hall into...

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