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Technical University of Munich

Creating NEBourhoods Together, Circular Neuperlach

Large monofunctional office complexes as potential case studies (Source: Carsten Schade & Johannes Staudt, TU Munich).
Experts workshops on neighborhood demands (Source: Carsten Schade & Johannes Staudt, TU Munich).

Project Duration
01.10.2022 - 31.12.2024

Funding Organisation
European Commission

Project Partners
City of Munich (Germany)
Architekturgalerie München e.V. (Germany)
BayFOR - Bayerische Forschungsallianz GmbH (Germany)
Green City e.V. (Germany)
Hauck Weisser Studio Animal Aided Design GbR
HM - Munich University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
Münchner Gesellschaft für Stadterneuerung mbH (Germany)
Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship mbB (Germany)
Structure GmbH (Germany)
Studio | Stadt | Region Architektur & Stadtentwicklung (Germany)
Förster Kurz Architekten & Stadtplaner Partnerschaft, Technical University of Munich (Germany)
UnternehmerTUM GmbH (Germany)
UnternehmerTUM Makerspace GmbH (Germany)

Brief Summary
The research project "Creating NEBourhoods Together" is one of five lighthouse projects within the framework of the New European Building (NEB). The aim of the research project is to develop a sustainable, urban planning vision for the neighbourhood of Neuperlach that will point the way for other cities and regions. In this way, NEBourhoods will make a significant contribution to the NEB initiative and the EU Green Deal.                                                                                   

Within the project consortium, the chair of Energy Efficient and Sustainable Planning and Building is working on the sub-project "Circular Neuperlach". 

Methodology: Neighborhood-oriented and circular programming of future uses for existing buildings (Source: Johannes Staudt & Carsten Schade, TU Munich).

The “Circular Neuperlach” project investigates how office buildings that have fallen out of use can contribute to regenerative, climate-friendly, and neighborhood-oriented urban development through transformative approaches. The focus is on extending the building's lifespan, on conversion, and multiple uses through innovative, circular strategies. In a co-creative process, a methodology is being developed that involves stakeholders from the real estate industry, city administration, planning, and civil society in planning and development processes at an early stage. The “neighborhood-oriented and circular programming” methodology builds on established design process models and combines holistic analytical approaches (systems thinking, mapping, architectural programming) with solution-oriented methods (design thinking, strategic design, scenario-based design). This methodology is tested and further developed in practice-oriented workshops and through teaching-research formats.

Neighborhood analysis: Land use typologies in Neuperlach (Source: Josef Rott & Johannes Staudt, TU Munich).
On-site surveys on neighborhood demands (Source: Johannes Staudt & Carsten Schade, TU Munich).
Building analysis: Exemplary daylight analysis for future uses (Source: Josef Rott & Johannes Staudt, TU Munich).

The newly established “Urban Transformation Office” (UTO) plays a central role in implementing these methods and incorporates research findings into specific project developments at an early stage. A “Circularity Roadmap” and a visual presentation of the results make the findings transferable to other cities.

 

Urban Transformation Office – UTO: a series of workshops implements research findings in concrete project developments (Source: Johannes Staudt & Carsten Schade, TU Munich).

Researchers
Carsten Schade, carsten.schade(at)tum.de
Johannes Staudt, johannes.staudt(at)tum.de

 

 

2024

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