Stemming from a pre-stage, scientifically supervised study with citizen and stakeholder participation, the concept of accommodation for refugees on the site of a former hospital was developed. Non-actable building fabric was demolished and the main building was partially cleared and renovated. On two floors there is living space for refugees with residence status. In the lower floors, a meeting and district center with multifunctional seminar, training and counseling rooms as well as a bistro was established. The interior spaces were renovated cost-effectively according to the sufficiency principle. Traces of former uses can be read from the surfaces that were only partially treated.