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.

14 Search results

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

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

Baukultur Education: Current State, Requirements, Effectiveness Type: Research Project

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: December 2020 – July 2022

Expansion of municipal property portfolios through construction and acquisition as a housing policy Type: Research Project

Since 2009, the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBSR) has been gathering information on municipal property portfolios through nationwide surveys every three years. The ExWoSt research project ‘Expansion of municipal property portfolios through …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: November 2017 – December 2020

Regional Baukultur and Tourism Type: Research Project

Baukultur and tourism are far too rarely handled and linked together. Especially in Germany’s rural regions, qualitative planning and constructing is often not recognised as tourism potential. There are numerous good reasons to change this. For starters, vibrant tourism …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: July 2016 – November 2019

Risk assessment of the future effects of climate change for the real estate industry (ImmoRisk)
Type: Research Project

Real estate owners, investors and developers need more transparency regarding current and future climate related hazards and risks, especially to reduce the extent of financial and health risks of climate change. Within the GIS-ImmoRisk research project a …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: October 2015 – December 2018

Garden City 21 – a new model for urban development in densely structured conurbations – vision or utopia? Type: Research Project

The current challenges of urban development in conurbations are diverse and increasingly linked with the desire for new forms of urban living, which display parallels to the the garden city movement of the early 20th century. This gives rise to the proposition that the …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: November 2015 – July 2017

Baukultur konkret Type: Research Project

Past studies have shown that baukultur in the home municipality can only succeed where the representatives of political and administrative bodies co-operate with civil society initiatives and business stakeholders in the interests of consistent baukultur action. …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: January 2014 – October 2016

Baukultur in Practice Type: Research Project

Baukultur, or the culture of a high quality built environment, always has two sides: In addition to a well-designed built environment, baukultur also entails the processes, instruments and procedures that are necessary to achieve high-quality results. Within the …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: September 2011 – November 2014

Local Baukultur Competency Type: Research Project

How can Baukultur be strengthened in local-authority practice? Which tools and processes can contribute to strengthening "local Baukultur competency"? These are some of the questions examined by the "ExWoSt" (research programme "Experimental Housing and Urban …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: January 2011 – November 2012

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