WohnSinn eG is a housing cooperative in Darmstadt, Germany that develops and manages self-organised residential communities. Its mission, as presented on its website, is to support neighbourhood-based, socially mixed, intergenerational housing with low environmental impact.1
The organisation’s activity is strongly tied to affordable and sustainable housing. WohnSinn eG describes itself as “a roof for housing projects in Darmstadt” and has built multiple residential buildings with a mix of publicly subsidised rental units, market-rate cooperative housing, and ownership-like long-term occupancy rights.6 Its projects emphasize barrier-free access, shared community spaces, and forms of living that bring together people of different ages, incomes, family situations, and backgrounds.345 The first project, WohnSinn 1, was built in passive-house standard with communal areas and individually planned apartments; later projects continued this model, including WohnSinn 2 and WohnSinn Bessungen.510
WohnSinn eG appears to operate locally in Darmstadt and the surrounding urban area rather than at a national or European scale.67 The cooperative’s history dates back to the 1990s, when the initiative began forming, and a project history source states that WohnSinn 1 was occupied in 2003.18 The contact page lists the current board members as Iris Behr, Dr. Bernd Dewitz, Willi Krummeck, Kornelia Müller, and Bernd Müller.7