This Is Schönau! Mannheim Buildings, Germany Architecture Competition Images
This Is Schönau! Mannheim Design
25 Nov 2020
This Is Schönau! Mannheim Urban redevelopment
Design: BOARD, Rotterdam, NL
Location: Schönau, north of Mannheim, Germany
This Is Schönau! Diverse, Connected and Communal
BOARD takes diversity and communal living to the next level.
The Rotterdam-based architecture office BOARD Рknown for producing and publishing MONU Magazine on Urbanism Рtakes diversity and communal living to the next level with their urban design project ?This Is Sch̦nau! Diverse, Connected and Communal? that reached the final phase in a competition for a new neighborhood in Sch̦nau, a district in the north of Mannheim, Germany.
1: View of the new quarter from a north-westerly direction with the redesigned tram loop in the background
2: Site

6 Blocks and 3 Open Spaces
To create a new connecting center with a social cohesion in Schönau, we propose to network this new center as far as possible with the surrounding streets and paths. This creates 6 city blocks and 3 open space zones. With open but space-encompassing u-shaped buildings, a clearly structured urban area is created. The different depths, heights and typologies of the buildings will enable diverse living spaces for different target groups.
3: 6 Blocks and 3 Open Spaces

4: The new quarter

5: View from the southwest with the block with the bee garden in the foreground

The Block
A semi-public footpa...