The Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning

Research projects

The Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) supports federal politics with its projects. The projects deal with current issues of spatial planning, urban development as well as building and housing. They reveal the need for political action and provide scientifically sound bases with which political instruments and measures can be further developed.

You can find an overview of current and completed research projects on this page. You can use the search function to search for specific topics using key words.

116 Search results

Creative ideas for inner cities from young people
Type: Research Project

Vibrant, mixed-used and attractive – this is what inner cities should ideally look like. In many places, however, there are symptoms of crisis such as vacant properties and desolation. What ideas do young people have to counteract these symptoms? What projects are they …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: August 2021 – November 2023

Department Stores in Transition Type: Research Project

The study examines the architectural historical and urban relevance of department stores for inner city centres. The focus is primarily on their architectural and cultural qualities. On the one hand, it looks at the historical development of department stores in Germany …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: April 2022 – December 2023

Shaping the digital city for the common good through municipal digital competencies Type: Research Project

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: October 2020 – September 2023

Strengthening integration and participation ‒ successful approaches in the planning and implementation of social infrastructure facilities
Type: Research Project

The study examined 24 infrastructure facilities of different types in terms of their adaptability to changing needs in the neighbourhood and their contribution to integration and social participation. Most of the facilities are located in areas covered by the Social …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: October 2021 – November 2023

City on the Blue Ribbon
Type: Research Project

The research project ‘Stadt am Blauen Band’ (City on the Blue Ribbon) investigates the potentials of urban water corridors along federal waterways as part of the green-blue infrastructure in cities. The research highlights the fact that the federal inland waterways with …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: August 2022 – September 2023

Resilience and built heritage
Type: Research Project

The research project investigated how existing integrated approaches in the field of risk and heritage management in European cities can be strengthened. It also explored the extent to which relevant concepts and processes can be transferred to the municipal level in …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: January 2021 – September 2022

Implementing the 2030 Agenda locally through urban development Type: Research Project

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Ongoing Started: Since July 2022

Successful strategies and barriers to the implementation of integrated urban development concepts Type: Research Project

Many municipalities are facing extensive transformations due to the consequences of climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic. Integrated urban development concepts (INSEKs) support municipalities in structuring these transformations with the help of comprehensive …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: January 2021 – December 2022

Practicability check ‒ development orders Type: Research Project

Inner-city gap sites, waste land or other under-used land offer great potential for housing construction, which is desperately needed in many towns, cities and municipalities. However, this land is often left unused. The development order under Section 176 BauGB can …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: January 2020 – December 2021

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