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Gera (DE)





Category Urban – landscape – architectural

Location Town centre, Breitscheidstrasse East

Population c. 95,000 inhab.

Strategic site c. 13 ha - Project site 5.27 ha

Site proposed by Gera City Council/IBA Thüringen

Owner(s) of the site Gera City Council and GWB Elstertal Municipal Housing Association

Commision after competition Strategic Outline Plan for Breitscheidstrasse

Team representative professional of urban design – architecture – landscape architecture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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How can the site contribute to the adaptable city?

Innovative ideas and radical concepts for the revitalization of the project area in the city centre and for the development of a mixeduse core area are called for. Various ideas for the use and design of the vacant site on Breitscheidstrasse and the culture and congress centre are to be experimentally formulated within the framework of Europan13, to demonstrate the need for changes in the city’s self-image.
The quality of the future public open spaces is of special significance. For the purposes of an interactive urban development process, the competition entrants are invited to participate in a discussion with local protagonists with the aim of drafting a joint development framework for a strong centre for Gera.

City strategy

Against a background of massive economic structural change, dwindling importance and population decline due to the social upheaval in the wake of Germany’s reunification (loss of approx. 40,000 inhabitants between 1990 and 2013) Gera’s municipal area appears to be overdimensioned. Among the urban goals, development of the local economy and city centre now take top priority.
With the participation in the International Building Exhibition (IBA) Thuringia and Europan13 it is hoped to overcome the mental and urban development stagnation in the centre of Thuringia’s third largest city. The project area and surrounding neighbourhoods are to set a visible signal of a turn-around in the central area, making the heart of the city beat faster.

Site definition

For over 15 years the project area has been an extensive wasteland in the city centre resulting from demolition. Despite its great significance for the central area, efforts to initiate economic growth in the last few years with a high-quality functional space have been unsuccessful. In addition, the 1,700-seat cultural and congress centre raises questions concerning future use and running costs. The project area is bounded by structures from the 1970s and two large shopping complexes of the 1990s. To the East it is flanked by the ten-storey trade centre in Schlossstrasse. What is now the Stadtmuseum (municipal museum) to the south-east is the last remaining example of the baroque town expansion of the 18th century.

Future of the site in relation to the site family and Adaptability

Openness and flexibility
Despite planning concepts, investor competition and marketing activities over the past 10 years, all attempts to redevelop the inner city wasteland have failed. However, the goal of revitalizing the project area has not been abandoned – not least because the impulse to develop ideas for the site came from the citizens itself within the framework of the IBA Thuringia. In this context it should be noted that investments in Gera have been more than modest. The declining population generates no functional needs and purchasing power is not increasing. Redevelopment proposals must therefore be realised without the normal development drivers. Ideas for construction and uses must be attractive to different stakeholders. Concepts must be flexible and consistent with the open character of the overall process. It may be expedient to propose development that can be realized in stages, such as temporary use and appropriation, layout and structuring, design and development.
Demand for a strong centre
According to the will of the citizens and Gera City Council, the project area is to be transformed into an attractive mixed-use central location. This should be taken into consideration in the proposals for programming and parcelling the area. In response to the demand for a strong centre for Gera and integration with the adjoining neighbourhoods, the typology and quality of the public sphere also play a crucial role.

 

Lokality Europanu:

Belgique
Libramont
Category Town planning and architecture
Charleroi
Category Town planning and architecture
Deutschland
Marl
Category Urban - landscape - architectural
Bamberg
Category Urban - landscape - architectural
Gera
Category Urban - landscape - architectural
Schwäbisch Gmünd
Category Urban - landscape - architectural
Selb
Category Urban architectural
Ingolstadt
Category Urban – landscape – architectural – traffic – sociology
Landsberg
Category Urban - landscape - architectural
Feldafing
Category Urban - landscape - architectural
España
Irun
Category Urban
Barcelona
Category architectural
A Coruña
Category Urban - architectural
Palma
Category Urban - architectural
France
Bondy
Category Urban - architectural
Goussainville
Category Urban - architectural
Marne-la-Vallée
Category Urban - architectural
Saint-Brieuc
Category Urban - architectural
Metz
Category Urban
Montreuil
Category Urban - environmental - architectural
Moulins
Category Urban - environmental - architectural
La Corrèze
Category Urban - architectural
Bordeaux
Category Urban planning - architectural
Hrvatska
Zagreb
Category Urban - architectural
Italia
Molfetta
Category Urban - architectural
Kosovo
Gjakova
Category Urban - architectural
Nederland
Leeuwarden
Category strategic - urban - architectural
Streefkerk
Category urban - architectural
Norge
Trondheim
Category urban - architectural
Ørsta
Category urban - architectural
Bergen
Category urban - architectural
Os
Category urban - architectural
Stavanger
Category urban - architectural
Österreich
St Pölten
Category urban - architectural
Wien
Category urban - architectural
Graz
Category architectural urban scale
Bruck/Mur
Category urban - architectural
Linz
Category urban - architectural
Polska
Warszawa
Category Architectural - landscape
Portugal
Santo Tirso
Category urban - architectural
Barreiro
Category landscape - architectural
Azenha do Mar
Category urban - architectural
Suisse
Genève
Category urban - architectural
Suomi - Finland
Seinäjoki
Category urban - architectural
Jyväskylä
Category urban - architectural
Espoo
Category urban - architectural
Sverige
Nacka
Category urban - landscape - architectural
Lund
Category urban - landscape - architectural