Lindenviertel

Residential Neighbourhood
Lübbenau

Client
City of Lübbenau/Spreewald, WIS Wohnungsbaugesellschaft im Spreewald mbH, GWG Gemeinschaftliche Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft der Spreewaldstadt Lübbenau

Program
Resource-efficient, future-oriented residential neighbourhood with 88 housing units on two plots, covering an area of approximately 5 hectares

Urban Design Workshop, 2023

Location

Team

MLA+ / Studio M³
Bilyana Asenova, Agnes Helming, Anna Raischl, Christoph Michael, Maximilian Müller, Marina Rondini, Julia Streletzki

Landscape Design
Fabulism

Specialist Planning
Buro Happold

Concept

Based on compact typologies, each accommodating four residential units of varying sizes within a single building volume, the new neighbourhood is organized into two “micro-neighbourhoods.” At their center, they frame an Anger-like open space, serving as the social and spatial core of the quarter.

These two micro-neighborhoods integrate the five existing prefab buildings and each enclose a shared green space (semi-private courtyards), directly connected to the surrounding open landscape.
In this way, a cohesive neighbourhood emerges, uniting both existing and new buildings. A community house is centrally located at the heart of the quarter.

The proposed housing typologies translate the guiding urban design principle — the synthesis of urban and rural qualities — into architectural form. Four residential units are combined into a single, compact building volume. In essence:
Four “single-family houses” form one shared structure. This approach merges the advantages of defined addresses — with the benefits of urban density: efficient land use, reduced resource consumption, proximity to urban amenities, and the potential for strong community ties.

The result is a typological hybrid that bridges the gap between the individual character of rural housing and the spatial efficiency and connectivity of urban living — creating a sustainable and future-oriented model for residential development.