The project proposes a 30-year transition plan for the post-industrial city of Dessau to form a commoning network and become self-sufficient. The existing solely residential Plattenbausiedlungen are therefore preserved, transformed, and extended through a self-build timber system that can grow, shrink, and adapt according to need or season. The architect no longer prescribes a total design but much more explains and advices. He is functioning as a consultant mediating between municipality and residents, coordinating all stakeholders involved. All needed ingredients are provided in the form of a manual for the residents themselves to initiate and self-transform the settlement. The project advocates refurbishment versus demolition and thus reveals a vision based on decentralization and reconceptualizing the home as a site for re-localized production with integrated urban agriculture in a post-carbon, post-growth future.