„anton + elisabeth“, Cooperative living in Sülz

The former children's home site with its seven construction fields and the church is being transformed into a new urban neighborhood and center of attraction between the shopping areas of Hermeskeiler Platz and Sülzburgstrasse, and the market towns of Auerbachplatz and Klettenberggürtel. The site is and remains a defining element of the Sülz district. Its good location continues to make it an eye-catcher of the Veedel.

In the ensemble with its listed buildings, the church and the new buildings, the Cologne architectural firm NPA (nebel pössl Architekten) has designed a neighborhood consisting of residential space and commercial infrastructure. The focus of the new development is on 80 subsidized and 67 privately financed residential units.

The residential units, consisting of age-appropriate apartments, small apartments, student apartments, family apartments and group apartments for senior citizens and people with physical and mental disabilities, are complemented by the appropriate infrastructure. Among other things, a branch of the supermarket chain "REWE" has been built, as well as medical practices, a day care facility, a day care center for children, a restaurant, a meeting place, and the new office of the housing cooperative "Wohnungsgenossenschaft Köln-Sülz".
The different types of housing are mixed in all parts of the building. The goal is for "age-appropriate living" and "young living" to benefit from living together. Interaction between tenants is encouraged by this mixing, which underscores the cooperative character of the new neighborhood.
A number of common rooms underscore the cooperative principle and strengthen residents' identification with their immediate urban environment.