Responsible Housing Awards

The objective of Venning ECO-Life was to transform the most disadvantage district in Kortrijk into the most sustainable, not just focusing on energy performance, ecology and CO2 neutrality, but also on a turning Venning into a pleasant place to live, stripping it of its social stigma. We wanted to use this project to show that…

Housing Cooperative Berliner Bau- und Wohnungsgenossenschaft von 1892 eG pursued an experimental and innovative renewal of a 1970s cooperative housing complex (from 1970s), which featured adaptations as well as additions/extensions (of modern apartments, ateliers, co-housing solutions for a variety of households), using innovative construction strategies, energy-saving technologies, improving accessibility, expanding common spaces, and supporting the…

Social housing organisations have always positioned themselves as actors who accompany social change. The new paradigms on stakeholder participation and consultation now require social providers to evolve their decision-making processes. In order to meet such requirements, the Villeneuve-Saint-Georges Public Office Housing Provider (OPH) has set itself the following priorities, over the past two years: ▶…

The main goal of the renovation was to make Moerwijkzicht “future-proof”, to save on energy costs and Co2 emissions using various energy interventions and to improve living comfort. The interventions all contribute to achieving the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement. To accomplish this, Alwel worked closely with the residents of the tower block. ALWEL…

NETTELBECKPLATZ Building, energetic and financial aims: Experimental and innovative renewal of a social housing complex (built in the 1970); Adaptation of existing dwellings to current housing and energetic standards; Addition of new building structures on former parking garage deck and as link between old and new constructions on ground floor level; Saving resources and building…

The objective is to increase the number of public, social and affordable dwellings in gentrifying dense urban areas. Place-based anti-speculation housing policies are based on a territorialised diagnosis of residential vulnerability, using data from the census of vacant housing and illegal touristic uses (elaborated through a job placement programme run by the public agency Barcelona…