Design rules for a resilient and healthy city
The coronavirus pandemic has affected us in our daily lives since the beginning of 2020. It is having a concrete impact on our very personal behavior and our movement in the city. The importance of well-designed and open spaces is currently more evident than ever before: it is one of the few places to meet, interact and come together in times when movement is significantly restricted. Public spaces have become even more important, especially for people in the city.
1st real laboratory in Kaiserslautern
The task of the research project is to examine the usability of public spaces - in times of crisis and beyond. How can these places be better utilized? How can more spaces be created quickly and easily for high-quality, "uncritical" stays and present exchange?
The current intervention in Kaiserslautern's city center is intended to shed light on these questions: an approximately 10 m long bench opposite St. Franziskus Gymnasium enhances a former remnant of green space and creates new recreational opportunities for the school and food bank for the homeless opposite. In addition, a so-called experience wall has been created on the opposite mall, which provides information about the research project and encourages an exchange of opinions. The intervention is intended to show how additional recreational areas are used. After just one week of the project, it is already clear that the bench is proving very popular.
Research team:
The team of the research project "Open Public Spaces" is made up of two chairs at RPTU, the research group Digitalization, Visualization and Monitoring in Spatial Planning (dvmP) and the Chair of Urban Planning (SP).
We are an interdisciplinary team of architects, urban planners and spatial planners.
Client:
BBSR - Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning
Period:
11/2020 - 09/2022
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