Panel buildings are an entire era, with its own history from an avant-garde project to the only way to get your own place, from dreary and typical constructions to nostalgia-inducing photos.
Therefore, it is important to stop demolishing the panels and give them a second life, using them as a resource.
In Germany, panel houses are increasingly being protected as architectural monuments.
Remodeling one home can be 30% cheaper than demolishing a previous home and building a new one.
The ecological footprint we leave by demolishing a building and building a new one is far greater than from remodeling an existing home.
According to the German authorities, this is due, among other things, to the fact that there are fewer and fewer panel houses in their original form in the country.