The project received the Ammodo Architecture Award for Social Architecture worth €150,000 for its innovative approach to housing vulnerable groups, including the homeless, while reusing existing buildings and rural structures.

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In the article, gaupenraub architect Alexander Hagner and current residents of the complex reflect on the project’s invigorating impact. One inhabitant, Bashir, says: ‘The best thing this place has given me is “family”. We eat together, we talk –we help one another.’

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Read the full story here (Dutch only).

Publishedon 27 January 2026.

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