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.

18 Search results

Climate adaptation and standardisation procedures – Analysis of existing building standards and technical rules in the context of climate change Type: Research Project

The climate is changing: hazards from heat, floods and heavy rain are increasing. What does this mean for building standards and technical rules? How can standards help to make buildings more resilient?

Programme: Future Building Status: Completed Project duration: December 2019 – March 2022

Shaping the digital city: A guide for municipalities Type: Research Project

The digital transformation of cities and society is changing the way we live – the way we work and learn, move around and produce, trade and consume things. For municipalities, this means new tasks as well as new opportunities and risks. On the one hand, they are faced …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: January 2019 – May 2022

Towards an Establishment of a Spatial Monitoring System for Neighbouring Regions Type: Research Project

The Spatial Planning Act provides for BBSR's spatial monitoring system for Germany and Europe to be supplemented in the medium term with continuous reporting on the regions in neighbouring countries. The aim of the project was to define the methodological and technical …

Programme: MORO Status: Completed Project duration: October 2019 – November 2021

City of übermorgen Type: Research Project

The project team played with various individual applications for working with questions relating to the future in collaboration with selected cities. The result is a comprehensive collection of trends consisting of 15 trend molecules relating to questions of the urban …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: November 2019 – February 2022

Mobilisation of private owners for urban development and housing construction
Type: Research Project

The goal of the federal authorities is to encourage private apartment owners to adopt management and investment behaviour which coincides with political objectives, thereby involving owners in the urban development processes. The research project examined the formats …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: November 2019 – December 2021

Update of the Notice on the Rules of Data Acquisition and Use in Existing Residential and Non-Residential Buildings 7 April 2015 Type: Research Project

As part of the research project, the rules for data acquisition and use in residential and non-residential buildings were analysed and proposals were developed for supplementary regulations and parameters for the future publication of the rules.

Programme: Future Building Status: Completed Project duration: December 2019 – May 2020

Bundespreis Stadtgrün 2020 Type: Research Project

The Bundespreis Stadtgrün was awarded for the first time in 2020 by the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (German: Bundesministerium des Innern, für Bau und Heimat, BMI). It recognises exceptional commitment to urban green space, diverse usability, design …

Programme: Initiative Grün in der Stadt (EN) Status: Completed Project duration: July 2019 – November 2021

Revision and supplementation of the "System for sustainability requirements in design competitions (SNAP)" Type: Research Project

The design competition is of major importance for combining sustainability with Baukultur early in the planning phase of construction projects. To this end, the System for Sustainability Requirements in Planning Competitions (SNAP) was published in 2013. This is …

Programme: Future Building Status: Completed Project duration: August 2019 – November 2021

Identification of successful green and open space development in large city regions Type: Research Project

The development and safeguarding of green and open spaces requires long-term strategies at both urban and regional level. The major significance of these concepts becomes apparent in the light of current challenges such as the increasing utilisation pressure, the …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: December 2019 – December 2021

Social, urban and local development in rural areas Type: Research Project

The research team analysed the current situation of the socially and economically disadvantaged population in rural areas in terms of relevance, spatial distribution as well as typical problems and needs. The project identified differences from metropolitan areas and …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: January 2019 – September 2021

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