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Sustainable Urbanism: Research-based collaboration of intercultural and transdisciplinary student teams towards resourceefficient solutions for challenges of current urban planning on exemplary neighbourhoods in Hamburg

Preuner, Philipp,Schlipf, Sonja,Dietrich, Udo

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Sustainable urbanism leads socio-cultural setting and resource-efficient use of materials, water, energy and traffic to a synthesis. Aspects of sustainable urban planning are densification, mixed use, urban sprawl, green technology or human scale neighbourhoods. This can be reached by promoting diverse urban sub-centres, in a so-called polycentric city like Hamburg. In order to apply this conceptual framework in a comparative way, seven teams of international graduate students proposed solutions on sub-centres in Hamburg, based on an in-depth analysis of those neighbourhoods. Participants have different academic and professional backgrounds in order to be able to analyse, discuss and propose in a broad, interdisciplinary way. Also, they have a diverse cultural background, which constitutes a global understanding with regards to technology, politics, culture and climate. The aim of this collaboration is to derive strategies for the improvement of livability and sustainability of urban neighbourhoods through extensive communication among diverse perspectives. The presented outcome is based on critical theoretical discussions, case study analysis and contextualised, detailed physical interventions which shall be adapted to other locations in a useful way.

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SBE16 Hambu g In e na ional Con e ence on Sus ainable Buil En i onmen S a egies – S akeholde s – Success ac o s 7 h - 11 h Ma ch 2016 Con e ence P oceedings O ganised by )$6 )BGFO$JUZ6OJWFSTJUÊ U )BNCVSH 4 In e na ional Con e ence on Sus ainable Buil En i onmen SBE16 Hambu g Imp in Con e ence o ganise s In coope a ion wi h ZEBAU – Cen e o Ene gy, Cons uc ion, A chi ec u e and he En i onmen GmbH www.zebau.de )$6 )BGFO$JUZ6OJWFSTJUÊ U )BNCVSH Edi ed by: ZEBAU – Cen e o Ene gy, Cons uc ion, A chi ec u e and he En i onmen GmbH, G oße Elbs aße 146, 22767 Hambu g, Ge many This P oceedings a e published unde he ollowing C ea i e Commons license: h p://c ea i ecommons.o g/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ This booN was p epa ed om he inpu ¾les supplied by he au ho s. The publishe is no esponsible o he use which migh be made o he ollowing in o ma ion. 2016 P in ed on 100% ecycled pape . D ucke ei in S . Pauli, G oße F eihei 70, 22767 Hambu g, Ge many ISBN 978-3-00-052213-0 DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000051699 Suppo ed by 1206 In e na ional Con e ence on Sus ainable Buil En i onmen SBE16 Hambu g Sus ainable U banism: Resea ch-based collabo a ion o in e cul u al and ansdisciplina y s uden eams owa ds esou ce- e icien solu ions o challenges o cu en u ban planning on exempla y neighbou hoods in Hambu g. Philipp P eune , Ha enCi y Uni e si y, Hambu g, REAP Resea ch G oup Hambu g, Ge many, philipp.p eune @hcu-hambu g.de Sonja Schlip , Ha enCi y Uni e si y, Hambu g, REAP Resea ch G oup Hambu g, Ge many, Sonja.schlip @hcu-hambu g.de Udo Die ich, Ha enCi y Uni e si y, Hambu g, REAP Resea ch G oup, Hambu g, Ge many, udo.die ich@hcu-hambu g.de Summa y Sus ainable u banism leads socio-cul u al se ing and esou ce-e icien use o ma e ials, wa e , ene gy and a ic o a syn hesis. Aspec s o sus ainable u ban planning a e densi ica ion, mixed use, u ban sp awl, g een echnology o human scale neighbou hoods. This can be eached by p omo ing di e se u ban sub-cen es, in a so-called polycen ic ci y like Hambu g. In o de o apply his concep ual amewo k in a compa a i e way, se en eams o in e na ional g adua e s uden s p oposed solu ions on sub-cen es in Hambu g, based on an in-dep h analysis o hose neighbou hoods. Pa icipan s ha e di e en academic and p o essional backg ounds in o de o be able o analyse, discuss and p opose in a b oad, in e disciplina y way. Also, hey ha e a di e se cul u al backg ound, which cons i u es a global unde s anding wi h ega ds o echnolo- gy, poli ics, cul u e and clima e. The aim o his collabo a ion is o de i e s a egies o he imp o emen o li abili y and sus aina- bili y o u ban neighbou hoods h ough ex ensi e communica ion among di e se pe spec i es. The p esen ed ou come is based on c i ical heo e ical discussions, case s udy analysis and con- ex ualised, de ailed physical in e en ions which shall be adap ed o o he loca ions in a use ul way. Keywo ds: In e disciplina y Planning, Polycen ic Ci y, Sus ainable U banism, Bes P ac ice 1. In oduc ion Find ou wha makes a neighbou hood sus ainable and p opose measu es o make i mo e sus- ainable and li able, “ o e hink whe e and how we li e, wo k, play and shop” [1]. Basically, his was he ask o a esea ch-based p ojec wo k a Ha enCi y Uni e si y Hambu g (HCU) o 29 in e na ional s uden s o he mas e o science deg ee p og amme Resou ce E iciency in A chi- ec u e and Planning (REAP). Bu wha makes an u ban neighbou hood li able? Re e ing o he ac ha mo e han hal o he wo ld's popula ion is now li ing in u ban a eas and hese a eas a e consuming 75 pe cen o he wo ld's na u al esou ces and 60 o 80 pe cen o he global ene gy p oduc ion, u ban and en i onmen al planning mus “apply inc emen al app oaches as well as seeking majo economic and social change wi h s a egies ha will wo k, o en isage and apply a new, da ing and ambi ious en i onmen alism o adically e-enginee ou u ban se lemen s” [2]. 1207 S a egies – S akeholde s – Success ac o s Ci ies need o become mo e compac and esou ce-e icien and planning equi es “holis ic ap- p oaches and whole-o -sys em hinking o deal wi h he en i e 'u ban me abolism'" [3]. In e cul u al and ansdisciplina y wo k is p ac ical eali y in planning, which equi es o p epa e s uden s as he u u e decision make s o u ban de elopmen o ha oo. The aspec o di e se esea ch, eaching and p ac ise is being in eg a ed in o planning p inciples, in con as o con en- ional esea ch and discussion, which end o o ge he e lec ion o planne ’s pe spec i e and backg ound [9]. This pape epo s o a one- e m, 10 c edi poin s cou se called P ojec 2 (P2) in he second e m o REAP. I p esen s majo ou come ela ed o a ic, ma e ial, wa e and ene gy, which se es as an example o how o apply he concep o sus ainable neighbou hoods h ough academic knowledge exchange. We a gue ha in ensi e in e disciplina y mas e 's p og ammes ha e po en ial o ans o m he way Sus ainable U banism (SU) is being ansmi ed and applied. Fi s (Sec ion 2), his pa adigm and i s majo p inciples will be explained. Sec ion 3 desc ibes he p og amme and he composi ion o he g oups. Then (Sec ion 4), we will go on wi h he ocus opics he g oups deal wi h and gi e an o e iew o he ools which we e used o he analysis and p oposals. Sec ion 5 p esen s ema kable ou come, bo h o SU and he si ua ion in Hambu g. In he conclusion (Sec ion 6), we will summa ize and discuss how he p ojec wo k may be u he applied. 2. Sus ainable U banism: Concep and Pa adigm The ac ha “o e hal o he wo ld’s popula ion li es in u ban a eas and his p opo ion is ex- pec ed o g ow o 67 pe cen in 2050” [2], in combina ion wi h clima e change cause he u gen need o u ban planning o se he cou se o en i onmen ally esponsible, socially equi able and economically iable solu ions [4]. “The sma g ow h, new u banism and g een building mo emen s p o ide he philosophical and p ac ical bones o sus ainable u banism” [1], which is he heo e ical con ex o REAP. I p omo es widely ag eed p inciples o how o plan a ci y in o de o make i sus ainable, meaning inclusi e, esilien , p ospe ous and ecological. SU is he mains eam pa adigm o planning in he la e 20 h and ea ly 21s cen u y in con as o mode nis planning subsequen o indus ialism. Fig. 1 sum- ma ises he main p inciples o SU and esou ce e icien u ban planning along one o he s uden eam’s p ojec aspec s in Hambu g. 1208 In e na ional Con e ence on Sus ainable Buil En i onmen SBE16 Hambu g The so called compac ci y o high densi y is polycen ic and human-scale wi h access o na u e [1, 4]. This means ha he e a e neighbou hoods wi hin he ci y which p o ide di e si y in land use and social s a a, based on “ he idea o he ci y as a mixing po o people o di e en cul u al, e hnic and class backg ounds” [2]. The u ban layou seeks o minimize he dis ance “ a elled pe pe son pe day be ween wo kplace, home, school, shops and leisu e ac i i ies” [6] o be e so- ciabili y [4] and low-ca bon anspo a ion and e icien ene gy supply (po en ial educ ion o 50% [1]). While accep ing u ban a eas being condensed habi a s, SU aims o ehabili a e ci ies owa ds na u al sys ems by inco po a ing g een space and na u al wa e cycles. Clima e change as one o he d i e s o he global sus ainabili y mo emen in luences u ban planne s wi h ega ds o adap- a ion o changing clima ic condi ions and i s consequences. Embedded in his con ex , he a chi- ec u al and enginee ’s aim is o p o ide high-pe o mance buildings and anspo a ion. Acco ding o Moo e (2013), his “ o ma ion ac o s, p ac ises and p inciples” [9] uns he isk o blind ansplan a ion because i does no ques ion i s o ma ion and, subsequen ly, he eal chal- Fig. 1 Mul i C i e ia Analysis. Sou ce: REAP P1 (Sie e , Schul e, Vallada es, Valdeneb o) 1209 S a egies – S akeholde s – Success ac o s lenges. This call o mo e e lec ed and con ex ualised ans e and applica ion o SU can be sol ed by educa ing people he way REAP does; his will be subjec o he nex sec ion. 3. The REAP Mas e P og amme and i s cen al P ojec 2 The applica ion o concep s like human scale design and compac , polycen ic ci ies a e in e ela - ed o a complex mix o economic, aes he ic, en i onmen al, social and echnical ques ions and ha e o be deal wi h likewise. This is he aim o REAP, which is in en ionally di e se in wo di e - en espec s: I is in e -disciplina y as i inco po a es mo e han en di e en unde g adua e and p o essional backg ounds (enginee s, na u al and social sciences). This means di e en concep- ual knowledge le els, di e en app oaches o sol ing p oblems and di e en a i ude o wo k and wo kload. As Bo ill (2015) pu s i , “a chi ec u e like ecology is su ounded and suppo ed by mul i- ple disciplines” [7]. Mo eo e , he pa icipan s come om om ou con inen s and 17 di e en coun ies, a condi ion o cul u al and pe sonal di e si y. The people ha e known each o he as hey s udy a wo yea s p og amme oge he and hey know Hambu g as expa esiden s. Pa icipan s o med se en mixed g oups o ou s uden s and chose a qua e in Hambu g and wo ou o he ocus scopes (SU, Wa e , T a ic, Ene gy, Ma e ials). Those scopes a e co e ed by pa allel lec u es which ga e inpu on he opics and he lec u e s we e a ailable o expe consul ing. In conclusion, he di e - si y o REAP is no only no ma i e, i a he challenges he pa icipan s in a ious ways du ing he eam p ojec s. 4. Scopes and Me hodology The p ojec was di ided in o wo pa s: analysis and p oposal. Du ing he i s pa , he g oups used a mul i-c i e ia analysis (Fig. 1) and a ious indica o s o analyse 1000m x 1000m o a neighbou hood. Exempla y o dense u ban neighbou hoods, he loo a ea a io (FAR) was used o show he ela ion be ween g oss loo a ea and si e a ea [8]. In o de o decide upon densi ica- ion measu es, FAR shows po en ial especially in sub-u ban qua e s o Hambu g (Fig. 2). Ano he measu e ela ed o u ban wa e cycles is in il a ion po en ial in o de o e alua e he possibili ies o decen alised s o mwa e managemen (Fig. 3). Fig. 2 Floo A ea Ra io. Sou ce: Own Compila ion based on HCU REAP P2; Google Maps. Fig. 3 In il a ion Po en ial [%]. Sou ce: Own Compila ion based on HCU REAP P2; Google Maps. 1210 In e na ional Con e ence on Sus ainable Buil En i onmen SBE16 Hambu g In o de o complemen wa e -, ene gy- and ma e ial-cycles as echnical scopes wi h he socio- economic side o u ban planning, SU was chosen as a c oss-cu ing scope by se e al g oups. Fo hem, his widely mean o pu physical in e en ions in a socio-economic con ex . Gen i ica ion plays a ole in some o he qua e s, as he en index (Fig. 4) shows. In o de o conside ha , he s uden s’ p oposed inancial solu ions o implemen a ions, which can con ibu e o jus ice in in- come dis ibu ion and pa icipa ion. Pa icipa ion also became an issue when polycen ic ci ies we e discussed. The de ini ion o a sub-cen e depends a lo on he inhabi an s pe cep ion, “ he ideal did no always co espond o de elopmen eali y, wi h many sel -decla ed ‘neighbou hoods’ ei he oo small o suppo any land use a ie y o oo la ge o be conside ed walkable” [1]. Some o he indica o s could ha dly be compa ed because o ha . The ca ego isa ion o public and p i a e space, o example, u ned ou o be e y di e en . Howe e , his discussion was essen ial due o he “legi ima e ole o he public sec o o p omo e high quali y design h ough planning, si e assembly, p ocu emen and in es - men ” [4]. The sha e o open space owne ship was analysed h ough si e su eys in combina ion wi h sa elli e image y, whe eas he public space a io anges om 17% o 77% o he o al open space a ea. Rela ed o his in e es in open space design, se e al p oposals came up o imp o e he si ua ion, which show he ele ance o i , wi h ega ds o o he scopes (e-ca cha ging s a ions o ene gy, bike lanes o a ic, g eene y o wa e , eg.). Following he sus ainabili y analysis, he chosen scopes lead o opics o de ailed physical in e - en ions: Fig. 4 Ren index in € pe m². Sou ce: h p://www.hambu gpo al.de/immobilien/Mie wohnungen/mie enspiegel.h ml 1211 S a egies – S akeholde s – Success ac o s Few g oups combined wo in as uc u al sopes, like T a ic and Ene gy. This was caused by he speci ic in e ela ed si ua ion o hei qua e . Demand side o ien a ion and connec i i y (walkabili y) we e opics which was deal wi h in se e al di e en p oposals. The highligh s a e subjec o he ollowing sec ion. 5. Cases in Hambu g: Topics and ema kable ou come. 5.1 Ene ge ical Analysis o Hamme b ook Being p edominan ly indus ial and comme cial (2% esiden ial land use a io), he a ea shows po en ial o densi ica ion (only 758 inhabi an s pe km²) and be e mix o use. Due o he low dis ic co e age a io, i is sui able o enewable ene gy p oduc ion owa ds a sel su icien qua - e (70% o dis ic a ea is excellen sui able o sola powe ). The subsequen aim was o p opose a demand side managed ene gy p o ile o he qua e in ol ing p i a e and public s akeholde s. Fig. 5 Focus o g oups and chosen scopes. Sou ce: Own Compila ion based on HCU REAP P2; Google Maps 1212 In e na ional Con e ence on Sus ainable Buil En i onmen SBE16 Hambu g The pho o ol aic (PV) po en ial analysis shows be e esul s compa ed o o he loca ions (Fig. 6), p omising he possibili y o a sel -su icien qua e in e ms o ene gy. The ollowing design p o- posal (Fig. 7 & 8) o u ilising his po en ial uses mode n PV echnology in o de o each almos 20 GWh annually. 5.2 Food Was e Concep o Eimsbü el In o de o combine SU wi h u ban ma e ial cycles, one eam de eloped a concep o ood e i- ciency. Communi y based o ganisa ions, which collec ood was e and p ocess i o low income esiden s aims o educe ood was e and i s ela ed CO2 emissions on he one hand and edis i- bu ion o esou ces on he o he . The hea o hese ac i i ies is a museum o aise awa eness abou ood was e and i s consequences. Fig. 6 PV Po en ial [% o powe demand o dis ic inhabi an s which could be co e ed po en ially by PV Modules]. Sou ce: Own Compila ion based on HCU REAP P2; Google Maps. Fig. 7 & Fig. 8 P ojec esul : U ban PV Design. Sou ce: REAP P2 (Ca s ens, Kuma , Abdella i , Shambulo a)