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.

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Capital Intensity and Labour Productivity in the Construction Industry Type: Research Project

Productivity growth in the German construction industry has been stagnating for decades. It does not participate in the overall productivity progress. The research project has investigated the reasons for the stagnation of labour productivity in the construction …

Programme: Future Building Status: Completed Project duration: August 2021 – October 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

Regiopolises and regiopolitan regions for Germany – accompanying federal research Type: Research Project

The term “regiopolis” was coined in the early 2000s by the Standing Conference of Ministers responsible for Spatial Planning as part of the discussion of Concepts and Strategies for Spatial Development. But initially, regiopolises remained a marginal spatial planning …

Programme: Region gestalten Status: Completed Project duration: June 2022 – July 2023

Environmental Justice as part of the Social Cohesion urban development support programme Type: Research Project

The objective of the project was to work out recommendations for action for local authorities to improve environmental justice in the Social Cohesion programme areas. One component of the project was the development of video tutorials that illustrate the concept of …

Programme: further programmes Status: Completed Project duration: November 2022 – December 2023

Shaping climate change and the transformation of the energy system – preparatory study, spatial planning report 2024 Type: Research Project

In preparation of the 2024 spatial planning report on Concept 4, “Shaping climate change and the transformation of the energy system”, the scientific final report summarises the analytical results of the preparatory study. The focus was on the question how the concept …

Programme: MORO Status: Completed Project duration: December 2021 – October 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

Transparency of land ownership in Europe Type: Research Project

Transparency of land ownership serves as a crucial basis for sustainable land policy. However, data availability, data quality and transparency are often deficient. The project therefore examines the causes and consequences of the divergent levels of data availability …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Ongoing Started: Since October 2023

Improvement of summer heat protection in federal buildings through standardisation and typification Type: Research Project

Summer heat protection of buildings is becoming increasingly important due to climate change. In order to reduce the associated repeated design effort and to accelerate the design process, typical rooms and standard solutions are to be developed for federal buildings.

Programme: Future Building Status: Completed Project duration: September 2022 – June 2023

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