The Montag-Stiftung Urbane Räume (Bonn) describes properties that are developed by many for many and contribute to the common good as Immovielien. The foundation's website has now gone online, providing detailed documentation of model projects that can serve as inspiration: from the ExRotaprint in Berlin to the Elsebad Schwerte.
Link
www.netzwerk-immovielien.de
1:22 min. Published: 7 2019
NIEMANDSLAND - a documentary about people you meet in an abandoned place. A film about the future of the Benjamin Franklin Village in Mannheim.
More information on
https://niemandsland-film.com
A joint project of the city of Mannheim, MWSP and GALLION.
2:15 min. (as of 9.2018); glimpses of new buildings on the site
Project Info: http://sdg21.eu/db/quartier-franklin-in-mannheim
Keywords:
Stock, Bike-/Velo-City, DE-News, Movies, Movies > 45 Min, Movies < 4 Min, IBA, Barracks conversion, Climate protection, Mobility, New building area, News Blog Baden-Württemberg, Participation, Resource efficiency, Settlements, Housing, Housing policy, Housing projects, XXL settlements, eMobility
To mark the 10th anniversary in 2008, a 35-minute film was made about the GWL-Terrein showcase project in Amsterdam-Westerpark (language: Dutch with English subtitles):
More films about the car-free neighbourhood:
https://gwl-terrein.nl/bezoekers/gwl-10-jaar-de-geboorte-van-een-eco-wijk/milieuvriendelijk-wonen-midden-in-amsterdam-bouwfilm-uit-1997/
Keywords:
Car Free, News Blog Europe (without DE), News Blog Netherlands, Quarters, Settlements
It was to be the first 6-storey wooden building in NRW, now 5 storeys are being realised as student accommodation with 32 units in passive house standard. The building is located not far from Bonn's main railway station and is implemented with a car sharing concept.
More information on the website of architect Kay Künzel from Wachtberg: http://raum-fuer-architektur.de
There are details in a lecture pdf from 2012:
www.forum-holzbau.com/pdf/ebh12_kuenzle.pdf
Keywords:
Bonn, Wood construction
Since 2002, the forest area in Germany has increased by about 50,000 hectares.
On the occasion of the International Forest Day on 21 March 2019, the Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, Julia Klöckner, went to see the situation on site.
"The storm damage in winter, in summer, then the prolonged drought, plus the bark beetle infestation - last year was a disaster year for our forests, the damage is worrying. In 2018, more than 30 million cubic metres of damaged wood accrued. This is the fourth most severe damage event in German forestry in the past 30 years," the Minister said. "The continuing, serious bark beetle infestation will also lead to the death of more forest areas, and the exact extent of the damage caused will in some cases only be foreseeable in a few years' time.
Protecting the forest as much as possible is important. Because our forest fulfils a number of crucial tasks. It is a protector of the climate, a supplier of wood, a preserver of biodiversity and a place of recreation for citizens. For this reason, the BMEL will continue to work with the Länder to ensure that sufficient aid is available for clearing and reforesting damaged areas.
Source: BMEL press release no. 65 of 21.03.19
Keywords:
Stakeholders, Building materials / Construction, Greening / climate adaptation, Soil & land consumption, DE-News, Wood construction, Environmental policy, Ecology
