Like so many communities in the Munich area, the municipality of Gräfelfing urgently needs more living space. As early as 2019, the municipal council therefore decided to check the existing municipal properties for their potential for densification. An architect’s office has now submitted a feasibility study for Bahnhofstrasse 2b. Around 20 apartments could be built on the property in the town centre.
The municipality envisages a residential complex with apartments on a rather small scale for employees of the municipality as well as for fire brigade service providers on the property. The old building from the 1960s on the site would be demolished. A high building permit is permitted on the elongated property behind the Malteser Hilfsdienst: three full floors plus a terrace floor are possible, and houses there could be around 13 meters high. At the last meeting of the building committee before the end of the year, the architects from Studio Lot and local councilors agreed that they did not want to exploit this to the full. In terms of urban planning, it seemed too massive on the property, which is also bordered by a single house development.
The architects have arranged buildings in various variants on the property. The aim was to create a residential complex with a high quality of stay, perhaps also with common rooms. The cheapest option was a variant with two buildings, which is less massive and where the parking spaces are planned on the ground floor. An expensive underground car park could then be dispensed with. The apartments are planned from the first floor, they would be accessible via arcades. The variant could be built in timber construction and there is plenty of space for common areas. However, construction consultant Bertold Ziersch considered it “a living space given away” if the ground floor was reserved for parking spaces.
He suggested not sinking an underground car park too deep into the ground, but raising it a little so that a mezzanine floor is created. Architect Wolfgang Prabst estimated that this would allow for around five to six more apartments. Martin Feldner (Green/Independent List) suggested thinking about a mobility concept for the housing project. Employees in the municipality have short commutes to work and may need fewer cars overall. The parliamentary groups are required to discuss the variants internally.