Office for organic construction, Architect Udo Heimermann (graduate engineer), Im Auelsgarten 4, 53474 Bad Neuenahr, Germany, Phone +49 (0)2641-7254
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Construction within existing property holdings increasingly gains importance, because it is a side-effect of the demographic development. In the Western industrial countries, fewer people have more buildings at their disposal.

The population will decrease dramatically everywhere within the next 50 years: fewer new buildings are needed while old buildings remain empty and reasonable usage must be made of them.

Why build within existing property?
  • the continued use of existing materials is ecologically sensible
  • the higher qualification of the workforce brings about positive effects for the job market
  • the reduction of energetically demanding new buildings considerably decreases the growing environmental pollution
  • historical buildings are unique and confer an identity
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