Urban resilience is gaining increasing importance. The various crises of the past years further underlined the issue. In the future, it is important for cities to develop the ability to respond appropriately to shocks and disruptions of all kinds and to adapt …
Programme: ExWoSt
Status: Ongoing
Started:
Since January 2024
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
The circular economy approach offers great potential for rural regions in Germany and Europe, for instance regarding regional resilience, increased innovation capacity, a diversified economy, and the creation of new employment opportunities. While most documented case …
Programme: Region gestalten
Status: Completed
Project duration:
August 2022 – November 2023
The concept of circular economy has taken a central role in the sustainable transformation of the economy and society both at the national and EU levels. The new pilot action, initiated by BMWSB and BBSR as part of the Territorial Agenda 2030, explores regional …
Programme: Region gestalten
Status: Ongoing
Started:
Since November 2023
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
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
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
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
The Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and Building (German: Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Stadtentwicklung und Bauwesen) awarded the Bundespreis Stadtgrün 2022 for the second time. The award recognised best practice examples that demonstrated how …
Programme: Initiative Grün in der Stadt (EN)
Status: Completed
Project duration:
July 2021 – November 2022
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