Bauhäusle as a Cohousing Project

In recent years, housing prices in many countries constantly increased followed by limited availability of land. How to meet the demand for development with increasing number of population and city growth, particularly rapid development in cities, become one of main issues of housing supply. The effects lead to several problems, one of which is adequate housing with a strong social interaction. To fulfil the demand and improve social well-being in the neighbourhood can be achieved by applying cohousing concept in the neighbourhood. This study aims to analyse whether cohousing can be such a coherent solution in tackling issue of housing problems, furthermore, it is also a way to promote social inclusion. Bauhäusle is located on campus in Vaihingen, Stuttgart. It is designed with ecological construction concept which uses readily available raw materials generally donated by DIY firms, companies and also discarded materials. In disguise, the concept of Bauhäusle also initiated other similar projects for example: Construction of the student dormitory ESA in Kaiserslautern or the mound houses in Stuttgart-Hohenheim. This concept applied according to social relationship which can fulfil the aims of sustainability through an inclusive community. Method used in this research are literature reviews, on-site visitation, interview, and descriptive analysis. The results of this research is to give advantageous and disadvantageous Bauhäusle cohousing by providing stakeholder analysis, action plan, SWOT analysis, and potential period of implementation to upscale the project.