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This research, based on the on-going author's PhD, is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sports (MECD) under a four-year doctoral contract [FPU MECD 2015/00791]. The author thanks B. Paradiso for his help with the Italian version. Finally, the author would like to thank the Okohaus tenants for spending their time explaining Baugruppen in Berlin in August 2016 and the reviewers who helped to improve this paper.

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Baugruppen. Innovation through collaborative infrastructures

Publicated to:Techne. 17 171-182 - 2019-01-01 17(), DOI: 10.13128/Techne-23879

Authors: De Jorge-Huertas, Virginia

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Univ Alcala, Dept Arquitectura, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

In the 1990s in Berlin the Baugruppen movement developed an innovative housing project as a "typological" experimentation. Several case studies will be analysed based on the users' needs, the self-made construction, affordable options, collaborative housing, and creative participation. Once this model has been known a potential alternative can be applied to the shortage of housing options in Europe. This paper analyses several casestudies realized in Berlin which could be defined as a compact "vertical village" or "vertical mat-building" by land consumption reduction. Adopting the theoretical approach of the Baugruppen, the case studies will be evaluated through five key points: common infrastructure, personalized spheres, variable volume, hanging gardens, and shared common spaces, to validate their "typological" experimental quality.

Keywords
BaugruppenBerlinCohousingInnovative housingParticipative architecture

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Techne due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2019, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Architecture.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-05-23:

  • WoS: 3
  • Scopus: 4
  • OpenCitations: 2
Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-05-23:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 13 (PlumX).
Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Jorge Huertas, Virginia de) and Last Author (Jorge Huertas, Virginia de).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Jorge Huertas, Virginia de.