pro… gemeinsam bauen und leben eG is a German registered housing cooperative based in Stuttgart. It was founded on 8 May 1999 by people with different professional backgrounds and was entered in the cooperative register on 23 December 1999.2 The cooperative was established to help groups develop and realise communal, intergenerational housing projects that they could not plan and deliver independently.4
Its activities include advising housing initiatives, supporting them during planning and construction, and helping coordinate the organisational, financial and building-related framework of projects.1011 The cooperative remains involved beyond the construction phase and provides ongoing support for completed projects.10 Its work combines privately owned housing in building communities with cooperative rental housing and shared facilities.8
The organisation’s projects are concentrated in southern and south-western Germany. In Stuttgart, it has realised the Wabe, Mobile and Mosaik projects on the Burgholzhof.23 Its wider project network includes locations such as Tübingen, Bad Boll, Schorndorf, Ludwigsburg, Esslingen, Heidelberg, Winnenden, Waiblingen, Aalen, Lampertheim, Schwäbisch Hall and Gerlingen.2 Further projects are in planning or preliminary planning.2 A sector directory lists approximately 15 projects with 356 dwellings and five commercial units, although project totals may change as developments progress.8
The cooperative has around 370 members.2 Thomas Schmitt is chair of the management board, while Gudrun Scharpf is also listed as a board member; Caroline Aicher is responsible for member services, finance and project coordination.2 Its registered office is at Hornbergstraße 82 in Stuttgart.29 No LinkedIn company page or Instagram profile was identified in the reviewed sources.