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Planning new Districts in Freiburg Organizing political and administrative Processes Keeping visions alive going through complex realization processes Freiburg-future-lab.eu March 2016 1 Astrid Mayer

Results – correspond to the plannings? Goals Methods One motor for the project (concentrated on the project) and fighting for its quality Strong civic participation (keeping visions alive) Results Negative and positive surprises „Lessons“ from the two projects Vauban and Rieselfeld Freiburg-future-lab.eu March 2016 2 Astrid Mayer

Medieval town center 220.000 inhabitants, 30.000 students Population growth of 1% per year Rising prices for rents and real estate New eco-district for 15.000 inhabitants planned Foto: Daniel Schoenen September 2015 Freiburg-future-lab.eu Astrid Mayer 3

Two eco-districts planned in the 90‘s: Vauban (5500) Rieselfeld (11.000 inhabitants) Reduction of CO2-emissions Three main goals: Low energy consumption Good social structures High living quality (Social Housing district from the 60s being the negative example) Source: City of Freiburg Astrid Mayer Freiburg-future-lab.eu March 2016 4

Result in very short: High satisfaction of inhabitants, High real estate and rent prices Vauban among the five „best loved“ districts of Freiburg, Rieselfeld among the second best loved (more than 89 % satisfied) The success of the districts making it more and more difficult to keep up the goal of social mixity Astrid Mayer Freiburg-future-lab.eu March 2016 5

Planning new Districts in Freiburg The Vauban eco-district Foto: City of Freiburg Freiburg-future-lab.eu March 2015 6 Astrid Mayer

Planning new Districts in Freiburg Foto: City of Freiburg Freiburg-future-lab.eu March 2015 7 Astrid Mayer

Planning new Districts in Freiburg Construction and living Small plots, high energy efficiency - Owner of the land : City of Freiburg - Timetable: 1996 - 2016 - Surface : 41 ha - Appartments : ~ 2000 - Inhabitants : ~ 5500 - « Freiburg Low energy standard » max 65 kWh/m2/an Foto: City of Freiburg Freiburg-future-lab.eu March 2016 8 Astrid MAYER

Fotos: Daniel Schoenen Astrid Mayer Freiburg-future-lab.eu March 2016 9

Planning new Districts in Freiburg Construction standards Energetical standards over-fullfilled Quartier Vauban Legend: Low consumption (65 kWh / m2 / an) 55 kWh / m2 / an Passive Houses (15 kWh / m ² / a) Plan:City of Freiburg Plus energ houses Astrid MAYER March 2016

Project Organization, administrative side Administration and communication with actors organized in a „Project group“ („Projektgruppe Vauban“, „Projektgruppe Rieselfeld) Members from: Urban Planning administration Real Estate Management Construction Administration Statal Consulting Agency Working full time only for the development of the new districts Heads of the Project group are also head of the city counceller working group In which future inhabitants are included Astrid Mayer Freiburg-future-lab.eu March 2016 11

Planning new Districts in Freiburg Main actors for the planning of Vauban district University of Homeowner Freiburg Cooperatives Association for Cooperative Self-organized Other investors Car-free living „Genova“ Social housing Freiburg-future-lab.eu March 2016 12 Astrid Mayer

Type of investors: Mostly building cooperatives Plan:City of Freiburg Freiburg-future-lab.eu March 2016 13 Astrid Mayer

Planning new Districts in Freiburg Foto: Daniel Schoenen Freiburg-future-lab.eu March 2016 14 Astrid Mayer

Planning new Districts in Freiburg Spaces without parking lots Infrastructure influences behaviour Plan:City of Freiburg Freiburg-future-lab.eu March 2016 15 Astrid Mayer

Planning new Districts in Freiburg Car owners in the Freiburg districts Freiburg-future-lab.eu March 2016 16 Astrid Mayer

Results of 2010 survey by the „Institute für angewandte Sozalwissenschaft“ with the district association Points mentioned as particularly positive in Vauban: Shopping possibilities Kindergardens, childcare Playing possibilities outside for children Social contacts, contacts to neighbours (only seen as positive in three other parts of Freiburg, Kappel, Ebnet, Waltershofen: Villages around Freiburg) Urbanism („Gestaltung“) of the district September 2015 Freiburg-future-lab.eu Astrid Mayer 17

Planning new Districts in Freiburg Diagramm: Elsa Gheziel-Neumann Freiburg-future-lab.eu March 2016 18 Astrid Mayer

Planning new Districts in Freiburg Rieselfeld District (begun in 1996) Plan:City of Freiburg Freiburg-future-lab.eu March 2016 19 Astrid Mayer

Planning new Districts in Freiburg Investor structure in Rieselfeld Owner Structures Building group projects Investors projects for renting Company projects One investor could not build more than 40 appartments Freiburg-future-lab.eu March 2016 20 Astrid Mayer

Planning new Districts in Freiburg Buildings structures around inner courts Foto: Daniel Schoenen Freiburg-future-lab.eu March 2016 21 Astrid Mayer

Civic pariticipation Organized by the city + a team of social workers That got inspirations also by travelling to Aarhus. . . Foto: Privat Freiburg-future-lab.eu March 2016 22 Astrid Mayer

Planning new Districts in Freiburg RIESELFELD Eco-District Social work in the Civic participation for: district — Urbanistic Concept — Concept of children’s area « Dragon Island» — District Festivity — Central Green Ground 2002 — Natural Reserve Green Ground for the developpment of — Concept of the two main Squares „Maria-von-Rudloff“ and „Geschw.Scholl“ the district — District Center and Médiathèque «Glashaus » — Nature Path in the Natural Reserve Association’s and citizen’s Activities : — Fête de quartier — Parrainages de cœurs d’eau — Parrainage d’arbres Working groups during planning process : — Journal de quartier — Association sportive WG «District Center» — Associations des séniores WG «Transports» WG «District Heating» — Compétition de course à pied WG «Children and Youth» «Rieselfeld-Meile» WG «Art and Culture» — Cinéma pour la jeunesse WG «landscape architecture» — Protection de la nature Freiburg-future-lab.eu March 2016 23 Astrid Mayer

PRO ENLARGED CIVIC PARTICIPATION CONTRA Intense communication Costs of civic participation High transparency = trust between (2 Mio Euro in each district) actors Time: Concertation takes time Openness for solutions and concepts Conflict Management Coming from citizens necessary „No efficiency without risk“ Astrid Mayer Freiburg-future-lab.eu March 2016 24

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„Positive Surprises“ New Models and Competences were created: - Eco-Construction - Owner-group Building model as instrument for civic participation - Creation of social competences by owner group building AND civic participation: - Projects for disabled people, old people came later - New project for traumatized refugee women Astrid Mayer Freiburg-future-lab.eu September 2015 26

Planning new Districts in Freiburg Freiburg‘s next eco-district: Barely civic participation Gutleutmatten Plan:City of Freiburg Freiburg-future-lab.eu March 2016 27 Astrid Mayer

Planning new Districts in Freiburg But: Social Mixity and small units supposed to stimulate Communication Plan:City of Freiburg, Liebenschaftsamt Freiburg-future-lab.eu March 2016 28 Astrid Mayer

Next Eco-District: DIETENBACH . . . still putting together the land Plan: Stadtplanungsamt Stadt Freiburg Astrid Mayer Freiburg-future-lab.eu September 2015 29

Thank you for your attention! „A city is not only streets and buildings. It consists also of the hopes and dreams of its inhabitants“ (Augustinus) Freiburg-future-lab.eu March 2016 30 Astrid Mayer