Prager Höfe (Bonn 2004-2009) The Prager Höfe in Auerberg represent an ideal-typical living model for single people. They are study objects of individual life plans, located on the outskirts of the city. The Auerberg district of Bonn has a wide range of building types that were particularly tried and tested in the post-war years, with the row house type predominating. In addition, some point buildings set height dominants. More detached buildings can be found in modest residential buildings from more recent times. In this context, the Prager Höfe establish a city model of its own order: the courtyard, a translation of the square into the scale of the house, binds each of the houses into a self-sufficient unit and at the same time links it to the surrounding space. The courtyard houses are each developed on a square floor plan, with the courtyard raised above street level being surrounded by four buildings arranged at an angle. Its removal supports the idea of privatizing the area that can be accessed via outside stairs, which also embodies the center of the four houses. Each of these houses an apartment on their upper floors; analogous to the gradual privatization of the exterior by raising the courtyard, the public area of the apartment is arranged on the ground floor, while the private rooms are on the upper floor. Below the courtyard, the motif of the common center is repeated in the form of a use-neutral space that is reserved for the residents of the houses. The courtyard houses enter into a dialogue with the neighboring Prague residential courtyards Auerberg through their materiality, but also ideally. The latter also concede a living model based on the coexistence of individual living units grouped around common courtyards. While the focus there is on the variation of the terraced house model, the Prager Höfe offer an alternative model for living alone, in which each resident is assigned their own house within their shared apartment. The individual is a visible part of the city here. The Prager Höfe are located close to the Rhine in a new development area, in a quiet residential area on the northern outskirts of Bonn, in Auerberg. Here you will find plenty of shopping facilities, higher schools and the Sportpark Nord with swimming pool in the immediate vicinity. Auerberg has good transport connections, the center can be reached quickly by bus and train. The A 565 motorway connection is only a few minutes away. Photo: Stefan Müller, Berlin

Prague houses (Bonn 2020-2022) A successful extension of the residential development in Bonn-Auerberg are the "Prague houses" (built in 2021) on Prager Straße to Auerberger Mitte, a row of five single-family houses with a high quality standard, a small garden, without a basement . The five rows of houses each consist of 2 full floors (ground floor + 1st floor) and a staggered floor, on the 2nd floor with alternating large roof terraces. The ground floor is divided into a large eat-in kitchen, a living room and a guest toilet. On the 1st floor there are two large rooms that can be divided into 2 to 4 separate individual rooms, plus a bathroom. On the 2nd floor there is another living room and a bathroom. From there you can reach the roof terrace, protected from direct views, which is equipped with a pergola made of larch wood, which is planted and vines accordingly and offers natural shading and cooling of the roof and outer wall surfaces in summer. Three of the five roof terraces face south-east towards Prager Straße, two roof terraces of the middle houses face north-west towards the green space of “Auerberger Mitte”. The "Prague houses" offer a living space of approx. 142-144 m² each. Each house has a carport with a small shed. Each of these houses has wooden windows with larch shutters. The covered entrance doors, the interior doors and the interior staircase are also made of wood. Underfloor heating has been laid on all floors, linoleum and stoneware tiles were used as floor coverings. An energy-efficient heat supply for the "Prague Houses" is provided by air-water heat pumps. The "Prague houses" with the extensive roof greening of the flat roofs and the planting with surrounding hedges made of hornbeam fit perfectly into the design of the outdoor area of the neighboring courtyard buildings. Auerberg has good shopping facilities, secondary schools and the North Sports Park with a swimming pool and is characterized by good local transport connections and level cycle paths, which can be used to reach Bonn city center in just 15 minutes. At the same time, nearby motorway connections offer good and fast connections in all directions, especially to Cologne and to Konrad-Adenauer-Flughafen Cologne/Bonn (motorway connection A 565). Drawings: Uwe Schröder Architect, Bonn

Wohnhöfe Auerberg (Bonn 1998-2003) The Wohnhöfe Auerberg consist of 40 single-family houses that were designed as two-storey rental residential buildings. They are arranged in two square courtyards. The houses are particularly suitable for families. Facing the inner courtyard are the common areas on the ground floor, such as the entrance area, kitchen and living room. There is a free seat in front of this. The staircase, storage, house connection and sanitary areas are located in the central area. The individual rooms are on the upper floor. These 2 rooms can be divided into three or four rooms by installing a central partition wall. The living area of the common and individual rooms in the houses is approx. 90 m². Every 20 houses form a courtyard, every five houses a house group. Four groups of houses are laid out like windmills around a square open space and form a square courtyard with a large opening on each side. The houses are accessed via the courtyard, so the entrances do not face the street but the inner courtyard. The resulting courtyard expresses the idea of communal living. The houses have wooden slat sliding shutters and a flat roof. For ecological reasons and to make the roof structure last longer, the warm roof (non-ventilated roof) was extensively greened. Auerberg has good shopping facilities, secondary schools and the Sportpark Nord with a swimming pool and is characterized by good local transport connections and its level cycle paths, which can be used to reach Bonn city center in just 15 minutes. At the same time, nearby motorway junctions offer fast connections in all directions, especially to Cologne and Konrad-Adenauer Airport (motorway junction A 565). Photos: Peter Oszvald, Bonn

Londoner Strasse 34-44 The well-kept apartment buildings at Londoner Strasse 34-44 in Bonn-Auerberg, with their 7 floors, have 1 to 4 room apartments. The apartments are very popular with families with children. The living space is publicly funded, so that a residence entitlement certificate is required to rent one of the apartments. Auerberg is a popular residential area for young and old in a quiet residential area on the northern outskirts of Bonn with a well-functioning infrastructure. Shops with many shops for daily needs, pharmacies, doctors, kindergartens, schools, high schools and the banks of the Rhine are only a few minutes away on foot or by bike, the Sportpark Nord with swimming pool is in the vicinity. Bonn-Auerberg generally has good connections to local transport in all directions and can be quickly reached by bus (lines 604 + 601 + E + 605) and by train (lines 61 + 65). The A 565/A-555 motorway junction is just a few minutes' drive away. Photos: Peter Oszvald, Bonn