Office for Spatial Development and Urban Planning
We work out expert studies and provide strategy advice. We develop and co-design solutions for public authorities and the political sphere as well as for managers of research clusters and creative businesses.
By applying innovative co-creative forms of participation as well as event and workshop formats, we strive towards greater precision in spatial structural change processes in favour of a sustainable society.
Services
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Expert Studies, Site Surveys and Feasibility Analysis
Photo: Florian BüttnerExpert Studies, Site Surveys and Feasibility Analysis
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Creative Labs, Policy Clinics, and Participatory Processes
Photo: Thomas RitterCreative Labs, Policy Clinics, and Participatory Processes
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Urban Mapping and Regional Management
Urban Mapping and Regional Management
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Impulses, Facilitation and Keynote Presentations
Photo: Thomas RitterImpulses, Facilitation and Keynote Presentations
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Expertise, Analysis and Evaluation
Photo: Bastian LangeExpertise, Analysis and Evaluation
Selected Projects
Transformation potential of large-scale parking lots for sustainable urban restructuring
The project aims to develop a methodologically sound, spatially specific and transferable recording, classification and evaluation of large-scale parking areas. On the other hand, solutions are to be developed for different types of parking lots with regard to the diverse usage options.
Client: Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR)
Utilisation concept for the Chapel in Sheridan Park in Augsburg
The study develops utilisation options for the derelict Chapel in Sheridan Park. The workshop addresses the needs of the neighbourhood and the city of Augsburg that are oriented towards the common good.
Client: City of Augsburg (Urban planning office)
Creative industry promotes transformation
The major challenges of our time also require many companies in Brandenburg to adapt: new strategies, business models and processes are often needed and creativity is required! In a working lab, creative minds, entrepreneurs and transformation experts develop approaches to make collaboration more frequent and fruitful.
Client: Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Energy in Brandenburg
Feasibility study on urban gardening and indoor farming in the city centre of Wilhelmshaven
Wilhelmshaven wants to use urban gardening and vertical farming to tackle the vacant space in the city centre. Together with paper planes e.V. and AAA GmbH in Bremen, we are examining site conditions and utilisation options. Citizens should participate and also become users of the products.
Client: City of Wilhelmshaven
Feasibility study for a market hall in the “New Centre Garbsen”
The aim of the concept study is to anchor the cross-cultural topic of nutrition in the new centre of Garbsen. The results of the mapping of regional market and development potential and the expert interviews with regional producers identified significant potential and target groups for regionally produced food in a market hall in the new centre of Garbsen.
Client: City of Garbsen
German Baukultur in a European context. Guidelines for building culture in Germany
The aim of this project is to draw up "Guidelines for Baukultur in Germany": as a key document, it will formulate the federal government's position on Baukultur. The guidelines aim to describe objectives, fields of action and requirements as well as specific tasks in the area of Baukultur in Germany.
Client: BBSR (Bonn)