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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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

Competition: People and Success 2022 Type: Research Project

The focus of the competition “Menschen und Erfolge 2022” (People and Success 2022) was “New for each other in the centre” and sought to award projects that have successfully contributed to the strengthening inner cities or village centres. A total of 161 entries were …

Programme: Nationale Stadtentwicklungspolitik Status: Completed Project duration: December 2021 – May 2023

Spatial Development in the Baltic Sea Region – German VASAB Chair 2022/2023 Type: Research Project

Germany chaired the Cooperation of Spatial Planning Ministries in the Baltic Sea Region (VASAB – Vision and Strategies around the Baltic Sea) from January 2022 to June 2023. This period included the revision of the “Long-term perspective” (VASAB Vision 2040) and a …

Programme: MORO Status: Completed Project duration: February 2022 – June 2023

Analysis of the changed conditions and context of the structural change in the Lusatian lignite mining area using the example of the administrative association of Schleife Type: Research Project

The coal phase-out will result in comprehensive changes in the spatial structure and planning for the municipalities, districts and regions that are characterised by the mining industry. This requires dynamic adaption, while available instruments are more static. The …

Programme: Measures to strengthen the cole regions Status: Completed Project duration: December 2022 – July 2023

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