WIR aufm Revier is a completed cooperative, intergenerational housing project in Hörde, Dortmund. It converted a former police station at Alte Benninghofer Straße 16–18 into a residential building through renovation and extension. The City of Dortmund lists the project as completed in 2023, with 23 apartments, 11 of them publicly subsidised. 1
The project was initiated by a group of residents organised as a planning partnership and is run under the umbrella of Ko-Operativ eG NRW. The cooperative owns the property; residents are members of the cooperative as well as tenants in the homes. 24 The project began planning in 2018, and the former police station was acquired by Ko-Operativ eG in 2019. 210
The apartments vary in size, and the resident group includes people of different generations and backgrounds. Shared facilities include a communal room, garden and play area, workshop, roof terrace and lift; residents use these spaces to support shared activities and neighbourly life. 14 The development combines publicly funded and freely financed homes, with the stated aim of enabling residents with different financial resources to live in the same community. 4
The project’s developer is Ko-Operativ eG NRW, working with the resident group; the conversion and extension were designed by post welters + partner. 210 The available sources identify Horst Hücking as a contact for the cooperative, but do not specify a single founding date for the project. 2