2021. Metabolism, Densification, and a raised Cup to You
Hi!
We want to say thanks! It was a big year for us:?We?explored?our comparative research side and deepened our expertise in sustainable design. We kicked off projects in Germany, participated in competitions in Russia, and looked closely at the developments in the MENA region. We started to travel again,?for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. We received two international awards. We started a lot of new endeavours, that?make us excited about 2022 (and that we cannot share?yet).
But two things shone brighter than the others. We transformed our company, and we?made new friends along the way:?We consider ourselves lucky to have met you, worked with you and learned from you. Below we say a bit more about what?we did together.
From our cold but sunny office in Berlin, we raise a cup of coffee for you!
Sharing knowledge
What can Berlin learn from Building Laws in Seattle??
We like our cities as innovative, diverse, liveable, and sustainable. This requires the right mix and?a sustainable and resilient redensification strategy. The project "Density & Mixed Use: Innovative Approaches to Redensification in German and American Cities" aims to create networks between municipalities in Germany and the United States to explore new tools for building density.??
Together with Bauhaus-Universit?t Weimar and the expert for integrated urban development Stefan Heinig we are taking part in learning networks funded by the BMWSB Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Stadtentwicklung und Bauwesen (formerly known as BMI - Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building, and Community) managed by the?BBSR?(Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs, and Spatial Development) and supported by?GIZ.
The program is part of the international exchange network?"Dialogues for Urban Change" which aims to strengthen international exchange and promote international learning networks in urban development. The networks will be established between Germany and Ukraine, South Africa, and the USA.
Read more?here!
Organising?a Global?Knowledge Hub?
In a consortium with?ClUrb?on the lead, and?GIMLA?we supported?Cities Alliance?with a proposal on how to restructure its Knowledge Library taxonomy. Linking and disseminating the knowledge produced by Cities Alliance members.??
We considered that adequate management and taxonomic structure are crucial to ensure the accessibility of knowledge to different actors as knowledge gaps are identified and addressed. The process included big data analysis, benchmarking, and a series of structured and semi-structured interviews with relevant actors on the informality network.
Resilient environments
Pioneering?an urban-environment metabolism?on Sakhalin, Russia
Our proposal for?the?international competition “Ecopolis?- Concept for a new city in the Sakhalin region” was awarded as the third-best proposal. We pioneered an urban-environment metabolism approach linked to our spatial plan with this project - not only planning the new town, but also planning the system that builds, feeds, and maintains the city?in the Asia-Pacific region.
Together with?Wowhaus, the??Nomura Research Institute, and the Scientific Research Institute of Ecology and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources, TSPA developed a concept for a new city model that ensures a transformation of economic growth, green energy integration, and qualitative living.?
Aside from many other fascinating aspects of this project, its strategic location, the far eastern Federal District of the Russian Federation, Sakhalin, had a strong part. Korsakov city, located in the very south of the island?plays a progressively more important role in the global and regional economy and the proposal aims to tackle the coming shift in the economy, production, and life.?
Find out more about the project?here.?
Implementation Strategies
Public toilets roofs with native meadow flowers and herbs?
The supply of public toilet facilities makes a significant contribution to the quality and development of the public space in a city. After TSPA developed a?city-wide concept for the provision of public toilets in the city of Düsseldorf, the Office for Building Management decided to build a total of 200 locations for toilet facilities.?
For the implementation, TSPA designed the toilet stalls combining aspects of sustainability with modern technology and materials. The key features of the design are:?
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Read more?here!
Conferences
Thomas Stellmach was invited to the?57th #ISOCARP World Planning Congress?in Doha to moderate the workshop Empowering urban regeneration and revitalization of public space. He also presented Structural Plans for Mozambique and Berlin Brandenburg 2070 as cases of best practice in planning.??
We are?looking closely at the developments in the MENA region as they pioneer as the most ambitious?urban developments of current times, new cities in the region will lead towards new?urban codes that may lead to city making in the future.?
Thomas also presented in the Annual National Planning Conference Highlights in Chengdu the presentation Nature-Based Solutions in the context of Data-Driven Urbanism invited by Isocarp. We parted from two main premises: With all its effects, climate change is so familiar, from flooding, heat waves, melting polar caps caused by the man-made transformation of our surroundings. It has become the number one issue of our time. While we face this challenge, we see another big change happening, the shift towards big data and its automated analysis, affecting all realms of our life.
What does this mean for sustainable urban development? Read the summary?here.?
Two awards!
Our project?Structural Plans for Mozambican Towns?(developed in partnerships with?Voca??o Técnica)?won not only?the Advancing Social Equity Award of the?American Planning Association?International Planning Excellence Award but also?the Global Human Settlements Award on Planning and Design as part of the Sustainable Cities And Human Settlements Awards.?
The project was considered to be innovative and impactful, promoting sustainable settlements and the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.?
Us
Team?
In this last half of the year, we welcomed?Anastasia Kuznetsova?from Russia, who joined our team to support us for a project in the Black Sea region.?Lea Steinhoff?joined us at the beginning of October.
Reminder, we moved!
We've relocated our office space to the industrial side of?Charlottenburg, to?Mierendorff Insel.?
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