Student ideas competition at colleges, universities and academies in German-speaking countries.
There are 5,000 euros as well as high-quality non-cash prizes up for grabs.
Application deadline: until 30.9.2016
Registration for the award must be made through a university chair. Students are not allowed to register themselves.
More info:
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At a press conference today, Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter, together with City Planning Councillor Professor Dr. (l) Elisabeth Merk, presented an overall plan for Munich's mobility in the coming decades.
Where could new underground and tram lines be built, where could the new cycling expressways run, and where can people switch from their cars to environmentally conscious means of transport? The mobility of tomorrow will be characterised by an optimal interlocking of different forms of mobility - first and foremost an optimised and broadly developed public transport system, a wide network of cycle paths, new offers for commuters in so-called HOV lanes ("High-occupancy vehicle lanes"), dedicated bus lanes and clever mobility concepts in settlement development with innovative means of transport.
Not only population and economic growth pose major challenges for transport infrastructure and settlement development, but at the same time the urban goals for traffic safety ("Vision Zero"), the political and legal requirements for environmental and climate protection (air pollution control, CO2 neutrality) and technological progress (digitalisation and networking) must always be taken into account.
Mayor Dieter Reiter: "Only with a well-developed and, above all, cleverly networked mobility will we be able to master the great challenges. The overall concept published today contains many good ideas for the further expansion of our transport infrastructure. The backbone is, of course, local public transport, which we not only want to greatly expand, but also create further tangential and ring connections in its network. I see this look into the future as a good basis and impulse for further debates. However, the mobility of the future can only be successfully developed in cooperation with the Munich region. In recent years, the city council has passed several groundbreaking resolutions for well-connected, environmentally friendly and space-saving mobility. We want to continue this".
City Planning Councillor Professor Dr. (l) Elisabeth Merk. "In the overall concept, we want to bundle all important measures for sustainable transport planning. It is important to us that we tackle it together. In dialogue with citizens and stakeholders from the region".
Expansion of local public transport (ÖPNV)
Public transport is the backbone of sustainable mobility. To encourage even more people to switch from their cars to public transport, the service will be significantly improved - through the new main station, the second main line, new bus lanes, underground and tram lines, increased frequency, more reliability and comfort. The existing network will be decentralised by tangents and, where sensible, supplemented by innovative means of transport such as cable cars or on-demand services. The result is less congestion and freed-up space that can be used, for example, for lanes for express buses, cycle paths or as amenity spaces.
Improving the cycling infrastructure
Cycling in the city is becoming much safer and more attractive. The continuous and safe "Altstadt-Radlring" (Old Town Cycle Ring) demanded by the citizens' petition is being implemented step by step; every quarter, the city council also decides on a bundle of further measures to make the road network significantly more cycle-friendly. This means that the demands of the second citizens' petition "Radentscheid" will be largely realised by 2025. Munich's first cycle path from the Stachus in the direction of Garching and Unterschleißheim as well as five further star-shaped routes will connect the city centre with the surrounding area; a cycle ring connects several city districts.
New offers for the city-countryside commuter traffic
Work-related commuting between the city and the region is made easier: modern Park & Ride facilities are being built on the motorways and main access roads at the gates of the city. From there, express buses continue on to the city centre on separate lanes without traffic jams and loss of time. The occupancy rate of commuting cars is increased by allowing the bus lanes to be shared by vehicles with several occupants. These "high-occupancy vehicle lanes" are already successfully helping to reduce car traffic abroad. For the "first" and "last mile" to and from public transport stops, more sharing and on-demand services will be provided, for example call buses.
Car-reduced city centre
New parking regulations, fewer parking spaces, traffic-calmed zones and sustainable logistics concepts will reduce car traffic in the old town and city centre. The space thus freed up will benefit cycling, walking and public transport as well as the quality of stay and the green and open spaces that are so important for the urban climate. Necessary, unavoidable car journeys into the city centre will still be possible. However, it is primarily emission-free, innovative means of transport that will shape mobility here. Efficient city logistics concepts make delivery and loading traffic compatible.
Mobility concepts
When planning new neighbourhoods and urban renewal projects, mobility concepts are considered from the very beginning. The focus is on a lively, balanced structure of uses in which as many everyday needs as possible can be found in the immediate residential environment. Short distances, good internal and external access to the neighbourhood by public transport, car and bike sharing services enable people to live without their own cars and increase the quality of life.
Innovative means of transport
Mobility is strongly influenced by digitalisation and innovations. The City of Munich takes these up, plans ahead and is open to trends. Automated and connected driving is currently being researched together with partners from business, science and research; a cable car over the Frankfurter Ring is being studied for the north of Munich, which has heavy traffic. With all new technologies, the focus is on user needs.
On Wednesday, 12 February, the City Council will deal with other important resolutions on mobility in Munich in the Committee for Urban Planning and Building Regulations in addition to the draft resolution "Mobility Plan for Munich".
Source: PM of the City of Munich from 31.1.2020
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Bike-/Velo-City, CarSharing, DE-News, Communities, Mobility, New books and studies, News Blog Bavaria, Environmental policy, eMobility
Heidelberg is receiving massive funding from the 2021 urban development programme for two construction projects on conversion sites. The development of Patrick-Henry-Village (PHV) into a new city district has even received the highest funding amount in the entire programme. Heidelberg will receive 3.5 million euros for this project. In addition, the conversion of the sports hall on the former US hospital in Rohrbach will be funded with 400,000 euros. This was announced by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economics on Wednesday, February 3.
"We are very pleased about this funding and would like to thank the state and federal government for their great support. We are convinced that with the development of Patrick Henry Village, Heidelberg will deliver a model project for the climate-friendly and liveable city of the future - this is precisely what the dynamic master plan of the city and the International Building Exhibition stands for, which we will implement in the coming years. It is an important signal that the state and federal government are supporting us here," explains Mayor Prof. Dr. Eckart Würzner.
In a press release, the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economics praised in particular the plans for residential development on PHV: "On the conversion area Patrick-Henry-Village in Heidelberg alone, apartments for around 9,000 to 10,000 residents are to be built. In doing so, emphasis will be placed on a diverse range of offerings for all population groups." Heidelberg is thus fulfilling a core element of urban development promotion, which Economics Minister Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut describes as follows: "The aim is to create affordable housing for all age and population groups that is barrier-free and up to date in terms of energy. In accordance with the principle of inner development before outer development, the focus is on increasing the density of inner-city areas while preserving historically valuable building fabric."
Executive IBA Director Prof. Michael Braum makes it concrete: "The fact that the federal and state governments are funding the PHVision so generously shows that outside expertise also believes in our ambitious approach: the integration of topics such as the re-use of existing buildings, future-proof mobility options and multi-talented open spaces will make the urban development of tomorrow innovative, sustainable and attractive at the same time. This pioneering funding for the south of PHV congenially complements the ongoing activities of the city and the Federal Real Estate Agency."
"We can take this funding commitment as a signal that with the concept of the Dynamic Master Plan we are providing exactly the right answers to the current and pressing issues of urban development - particularly with regard to the interaction of living, working, education, leisure, sport and culture. The project is an absolute priority for us and is already being noticed internationally," says First Mayor Jürgen Odszuck. For Hans-Jürgen Heiß, Mayor for Conversion and Finance, the sums from the urban development funding are also a confirmation: "We have had several conversion areas under development in parallel for years and have proven that we are reliable partners. The sums from the urban development funding relieve the municipal budget and enable outstanding qualities in the development," explains Heiß.
The development site, which covers more than 100 hectares to the west of the Autobahn 5, was a housing estate for military and civilian personnel until the US Army withdrew in 2014. The city of Heidelberg wants to develop PHV into its 16th district in the coming years. Around 10,000 people are to live here and around 5,000 are to have their place of work. The basis for the development is the dynamic master plan. It was developed jointly by the city of Heidelberg and the International Building Exhibition (IBA) Heidelberg with the involvement of internationally renowned urban planners and various specialist planners, combined with the participation of the citizens, and subsequently adopted by the Heidelberg city council.
"More vital, more heterogeneous, greener" is the guiding principle of the new district. With sustainable living and working typologies, innovative open space and mobility concepts, a climate-neutral energy supply and the intelligent and socially responsible use of digital technologies, it will provide answers to urgent questions about the future. To this end, five neighborhood types with different identities were developed, often mixing new and existing buildings from the US housing development. A central park with a lake for water management in the center, diversity in architecture and in the use of buildings, the production of food and energy directly in the neighborhood - these are just a few aspects of the holistic approach. Thanks to neighbourhood garages on the periphery, the public space and the neighbourhoods are planned to be pedestrian-friendly and free of parking spaces.
On the site of the former US Army hospital in Rohrbach, a pioneering low-emission quarter for the middle of society will be created in the coming years. The former sports hall - for which 400,000 euros are now flowing as part of the urban development funding - could be converted into an attractive beach hall. A corresponding concept for an energy-neutral open-air hall has already been drawn up. The next step will be to determine the probable costs for a conversion before the municipal council decides on the future use of the hall. The building, erected in 1903 as a drill hall, was later converted into a sports hall by the US Americans. It is a listed building.
The municipal housing company GGH is developing a residential area with around 600 apartments on the entire site by 2025 that takes account of demographic and social change, promotes social cohesion and offers a functional mix of living and working places. In the areas of housing, energy, transport and urban development, the quarter relies on forward-looking building blocks, some of which are unique in Germany. The housing target group concept provides for residents to pay only 30 percent of their disposable income for the warm rent for 40 percent of the apartments in the neighborhood.
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Bike-/Velo-City, DE-News, Funding, News Blog Baden-Württemberg, Mix of uses
Franklin Village", one of the first large-scale socially and ecologically developed residential projects in Germany, is to be built on the "Franklin" conversion site in Mannheim. The idea is to build a quarter in timber construction that claims to be ecologically and socially sustainable. The project developers will celebrate the groundbreaking ceremony in mid-September with an artistically designed parade of diversity.
It takes about ten trees (three cubic meters of wood) to build a single-family house from wood; the Berlin architects Sauerbruch Hutton need about 2,500 trees to build the exemplary residential quarter of Mannheim. Around 750 tons of CO 2 is bound up in this amount of wood, which, according to one calculation, grows again in Germany in less than six minutes. The architecture, social concept and affordability of the residential quarter for around 200 people in the centre of the Franklin conversion area in Mannheim are to be just as sustainable as the building material. At just under eight euros per square meter of living space, some of the 90 apartments will be available once the entire project is sold to a foundation.
Just a few years ago, "Franklin" was one of the largest residential areas of the US Army in Germany. The city of Mannheim wants to see the topics of "social mix", "inclusion", "open space & urbanity", "urban development & architecture" and "energy & mobility" solved in an exemplary manner in a newly emerging district here. A concept tender was held for a central building area measuring 100 by 68 metres at the heart of the site, which was won by the partnership Innovatio / Profund / Sauerbruch Hutton Architekten. The winners of the tender are taking on the task of implementing "urban development of the future". Profund, based in Gera, Thuringia, is responsible for the construction and Innovatio (Heidelberg/Essen) for the project development. Profund sees itself as a strong real estate specialist, while Innovatio claims to think and realise social space design and sustainable neighbourhood development for the post-industrial age of cities.
As the project developer, Innovatio provides the conceptual framework for the large-scale project, speaking of "inclusively functioning urban quarters that carry the multi-generational idea within them". Keywords here are: Home, identification, diversity, lively neighbourhood, caring community, participation and overall sustainability. You could also say a village in the city. In practice, this means: various communal areas, including a neighbourhood forum with a large multi-functional room and kitchen, a fireplace room and
a large community terrace. Professional neighbourhood management, a differentiated mix of apartments for singles (including senior citizens) and couples as well as for large families, workshops, co-working, a large playroom, a barbecue area on the roof garden, the shady neighbourhood square designed by Urban Gardening - much of it organised by a neighbourhood app. Cluster apartments for people with assistance needs, care services and volunteer concepts are just as much a part of it as car-sharing.
Architecturally, the entire residential quarter was developed exclusively in constructive timber construction. The "Franklin Village" project is the largest timber construction project in Mannheim and one of the largest in the country. It is intended to serve as a model for "timber construction in multi-storey housing".
This will be a lighthouse project, because the material "wood" in construction makes a significant contribution to the energy transition and to minimizing CO2 emissions. Through the use of e-mobility, car sharing and photovoltaics, Franklin Village will also make a lasting contribution to CO2 reduction. The awarding of the project for its model character and its innovative strength in timber construction by the European funding fund EFRE and the state ministry for rural areas, confirms the consistent efforts of the project developers. The inclusion in the exhibition "Urbainable - Positions on the European City for the 21st Century" by the Berlin Academy of Arts, which opened in September 2020, underlines the exemplary nature of the project.
The project's sustainability concept is reflected in the architecture, and not only in the timber construction. An exemplary landscape architecture characterizes the green inner courtyard, which, together with the open neighbourhood square, forms spaces for neighbourly encounters. Not only the timber construction, but also all other building materials are ecological. District heating and photovoltaics provide electricity for self-consumption, everything is managed by a digital energy controlling system. The "future of living" emerges as an interplay of responsibility, awareness and communication, proclaim the makers. "We are happy that we are not only allowed to develop and build something so trend-setting, but that we are also allowed and expected to implement the overall concept of Franklin Village, so that it can become good," says Innovatio, which, at least in the first few years, will also take over the neighborhood management including the founding of the neighborhood association. "Those who proclaim sustainability should act sustainably themselves," say the project developers.
Source: PM franklin-village.com (Mannheim) from 16.09.2020
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Wood construction, News Blog Baden-Württemberg
The International Energy Agency (IEA) expects a boom in photovoltaics over the next five years. Worldwide, installed solar power capacity is expected to grow by 720 gigawatts (GW).
www.solarserver.de/...iea-erwartet-massives-wachstum-der-photovoltaik/
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DE-News, New books and studies, News Blog Europe (without DE), PV
