LAUBE focuses on Sustainability, Social Issues and Biodiversity

The corona years have also brought about a change in lifestyle; there is a need for an alternative to the city, a place in the immediate vicinity where peace and quiet can be found, where the possibility of self-realisation and self-sufficiency is guaranteed. But allotment gardens are much more than that: they are a social institution based on the commitment and cohesion of their members. Allotment gardens are a place of living democracy where people from different population groups come together and engage in lively dialogue.

The project "LAUBE in the focus of sustainability, social issues and biodiversity" is a cooperation project that aims to develop a realistic design focussing on the following criteria:

• environmentally and climate friendly, including the concept of an "ecosystem arbour"
• social justice (affordable)
• compliance with the Federal Allotment Garden Act and its requirements for the arbour (simple equipment, maximum floor area of 24 m?)
• functionality (not intended for residential purposes, but merely as a recreation room)
• user-friendliness, target group-orientated (accessibility for older people, families with children)
• integration of nature/allotment garden and pergola ("symbiosis/biodiversity")
• "universal design" (generally understandable aesthetics/participation)
• realisability in the focus of the design