Organizing political and administrative Processes Keeping ......(„Projektgruppe Vauban“,...

Planning new Districts in Freiburg

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Organizing political and

administrative Processes

Keeping visions alive going through complex realization processes


Results – correspond to the plannings? Goals Methods One motor for the project (concentrated on the project) and fighting for its quality Strong civic participation (keeping visions alive) Results Negative and positive surprises „Lessons“ from the two projects Vauban and Rieselfeld

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Medieval town center 220.000 inhabitants, 30.000 students Population growth of 1% per year Rising prices for rents and real estate New eco-district for 15.000 inhabitants planned

Foto: Daniel Schoenen


Two eco-districts planned in the 90‘s: Vauban (5500) Rieselfeld (11.000 inhabitants)

Three main goals: Low energy consumption Good social structures High living quality (Social Housing district from the 60s being the negative example)

Reduction of CO2-emissions

Source: City of Freiburg


Result in very short: High satisfaction of inhabitants, High real estate and rent prices Vauban among the five „best loved“ districts of Freiburg, Rieselfeld among the second best loved (more than 89 % satisfied) The success of the districts making it more and more difficult to keep up the goal of social mixity



The Vauban eco-district

Foto: City of Freiburg


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Construction and living Small plots, high energy efficiency - Owner of the land : City of Freiburg - Timetable: 1996 - 2016 - Surface : 41 ha - Appartments : ~ 2000 - Inhabitants : ~ 5500 - « Freiburg Low energy standard » max 65 kWh/m2/an



Fotos: Daniel Schoenen


March 2016 Astrid MAYER

Quartier Vauban

Legend: Low consumption

(65 kWh / m2 / an)

55 kWh / m2 / an

Passive Houses (15 kWh / m² / a)

Plus energ houses

Construction standards Energetical standards over-fullfilled

Plan:City of Freiburg


Administration and communication with actors organized in a „Project group“ („Projektgruppe Vauban“, „Projektgruppe Rieselfeld) Members from: Urban Planning administration

Real Estate Management Construction Administration Statal Consulting Agency

Working full time only for the development of the new districts Heads of the Project group are also head of the city counceller working group In which future inhabitants are included

Project Organization, administrative side



Main actors for the planning of Vauban district Homeowner Cooperatives

Association for Car-free living

Cooperative „Genova“

University of Freiburg

Self-organized Social housing

Other investors


Type of investors: Mostly building cooperatives




Spaces without parking lots Infrastructure influences behaviour




Car owners in the Freiburg districts


Results of 2010 survey by the „Institute für angewandte Sozalwissenschaft“ with the district association Points mentioned as particularly positive in Vauban: Shopping possibilities Kindergardens, childcare Playing possibilities outside for children Social contacts, contacts to neighbours (only seen as positive in three other parts of Freiburg, Kappel, Ebnet, Waltershofen: Villages around Freiburg) Urbanism („Gestaltung“) of the district



Diagramm: Elsa Gheziel-Neumann



Rieselfeld District (begun in 1996)



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Owner Structures Building group projects

Investors projects for renting

Company projects

Investor structure in Rieselfeld

One investor could not build more than 40 appartments



Buildings structures around inner courts



Civic pariticipation Organized by the city + a team of social workers That got inspirations also by travelling to Aarhus. . .

Foto: Privat



Social work in the district

for the developpment of

the district

Association’s and citizen’s Activities: �  Fête de quartier �  Parrainages de cœurs d’eau �  Parrainage d’arbres �  Journal de quartier �  Association sportive �  Associations des séniores �  Compétition de course à pied «Rieselfeld-Meile» �  Cinéma pour la jeunesse �  Protection de la nature

Civic participation for: � Urbanistic Concept � Concept of children’s area « Dragon Island» � District Festivity � Central Green Ground 2002 � Natural Reserve Green Ground � Concept of the two main Squares „Maria-von-Rudloff“ and „Geschw.Scholl“ � District Center and Médiathèque «Glashaus » � Nature Path in the Natural Reserve

Working groups during planning process : WG «District Center» WG «Transports» WG «District Heating» WG «Children and Youth» WG «Art and Culture» WG «landscape architecture»

RIESELFELD Eco-District


Intense communication High transparency = trust between actors Openness for solutions and concepts Coming from citizens „No efficiency without risk“

PRO ENLARGED CIVIC PARTICIPATION CONTRA

Costs of civic participation (2 Mio Euro in each district) Time: Concertation takes time Conflict Management necessary


„Positive Surprises“

New Models and Competences were created: -  Eco-Construction -  Owner-group Building model as instrument for civic participation

-  Creation of social competences by owner group building AND civic participation: -  Projects for disabled people, old people came later

-  New project for traumatized refugee women


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Freiburg‘s next eco-district: Barely civic participation

Gutleutmatten




But: Social Mixity and small units supposed to stimulate Communication Plan:City of Freiburg, Liebenschaftsamt


Next Eco-District: DIETENBACH

. . . still putting together the land

Plan: Stadtplanungsamt Stadt Freiburg


„A city is not only streets and buildings. It consists also of the hopes and dreams of

its inhabitants“ (Augustinus)

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