• Conférence
19.03.25 18h30

Initiating a Cooperative

Markus Sowa (Architect and Board member of Kooperative Grossstadt, Munich)

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Freihampton, Munich © Fabio Burghardt
The Kooperative Grossstadt eG was founded in 2015 by 16 people who, from a critical position on the conditions and results of Munich's housing construction, were united in the aim of “doing it better”: each KOOGRO project should contribute to a networked and lively neighbourhood, focus on ambitious architecture, implement communal and solidarity-based forms of living, and achieve sustainable standards in housing.

Since then, the cooperative has realized two residential projects — San Riemo and Freihampton — and two more projects are currently in planning. 

What were the specific framework conditions and basis for the emergence of this new player in the Munich housing market?

 

This lecture is organised by LUCA as part of the ‘Our New Housing – An Invitation to Cooperate’ exhibition.

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Markus Sowa

Architect and Board member of Kooperative Grossstadt, Munich

Markus Sowa, born in 1973, was trained as a carpenter and has professional experience in the field. After studying architecture in Munich and Zurich, he worked for Ernst Niklaus Fausch Partner and Meili, Peter & Partner Architekten.

Together with 15 colleagues, he founded Kooperative Grossstadt in 2015 and has been a member of the board ever since. Since the start of the first project San Riemo, he has worked as a project manager and managing director for the cooperative.

 

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Markus Sowa © Sebastian Weindel