EUROPAN 14 – Europe’s largest ideas competition for architecture and urban development – kicked off on February 13, 2017. We are looking for visionary ideas and strategic concepts from young planners under the age of 40 on the topic of “The Productive City” at a total of 45 locations from 13 countries.
Starting signal for EUROPAN 14 - submission deadline is June 30, 2017 (Image: EUROPAN)
Starting signal for EUROPAN 14 - submission deadline is June 30, 2017 (Image: EUROPAN)
Hamburg: from industrial area to productive city (Image: EUROPAN)
Neu-Ulm: from monofunctional housing estates to a productive city (Image: EUROPAN)
Zwickau: from a monofunctional housing estate to a productive city (Image: EUROPAN)
Aschaffenburg: from functional infrastructures to a productive city (Image: EUROPAN)
Munich: from functional infrastructures to productive cities (Image: EUROPAN)
How mixed are our cities really?
The displacement of manufacturing industry to the periphery creates a spatial and social imbalance between living and working. Although in the post-industrial era, in addition to the main focus on creating living space, attention was also paid to supplementing new urban districts with office space, retail, public facilities and restaurants, one important aspect of urban development is missing: the productive economy.
The interweaving of living and working through hybrid usage concepts promotes circular economic cycles at micro and macro level, creates a city of short distances in a sustainable way and strengthens the urban identity by preserving local craft businesses.
Locations and themes
From industrial area to productive city
EUROPAN question Hamburg: How can monofunctional commercial and industrial areas in Wilhelmsburg’s “Elbinselquartier” be transformed into a district with a diverse mix of uses?
From monofunctional housing estates to the productive city
EUROPAN question Neu-Ulm: What does the redensification and reorganization of a purely residential row development from the 1950s look like by attracting local production?
EUROPAN question Zwickau: How can prefabricated buildings be transformed into a mixed-use district by craftsmen, creative and knowledge-based industries and manufacturing businesses?
From functional infrastructures to the productive city
EUROPAN question Aschaffenburg: What prospects does a new mobility concept offer for the development of a district into a mixed-use area consisting of residential and commercial units?
EUROPAN question Munich-Taufkirchen: What potential for redensification is offered by the rethinking of space-intensive parking areas into a district with social amenities and productive programs?
Schedule
German kick-off event: Friday, February 24, 2017 at CLB Berlin
Registration deadline: Monday, June 19, 2017
Submission of the competition entries: Friday, June 30, 2017