In October 2001, the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing invited tenders for the contest "Stadtumbau Ost - für lebenswerte Städte und attraktives Wohnen" (Urban Restructuring in East Germany – for livable cities and attractive housing). In the first phase of the programme “Stadtumbau Ost” (Urban Restructuring in East Germany) the contest aimed at developing innovative and realisable solutions for urban restructuring. 260 Eastern German towns and cities and ten urban districts of (eastern) Berlin were selected by the Federation and the Länder for participation.

A characteristic of the contest was that participation was already worth while: Depending on their size the participating towns and cities were funded by up to 125,000 euros to produce integrated urban restructuring concepts. The contest ended in September 2002 with the awarding of prizes for 34 urban restructuring concepts. The contest documentation describes the general conditions of the contest and introduces all laureates by short presentations. The contest was supported and accompanied by workshops allowing all the participating towns and cities to exchange experiences and to intensify work on the urban restructuring concept.

The contest served to win participating towns and cities as well as the public for the new urban restructuring task. The contributions to the contest also included a large range of data and qualitative statements on urban restructuring strategies, which later were systematically and comparatively evaluated.

Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung (Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning)
Germany
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01/03/2003

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Urban Policy > Urban environment > Urban renewal

Urban restructuring