We design Transformation!

Corona Update

Unimaginable a few weeks ago, now reality: due to the corona pandemic, we are currently experiencing a rapid, universal change that is confronting us all with new challenges.

As experts in transformation, we are used to breaking new ground in uncertain terrain and reacting flexibly to the unforeseeable. For more than twenty years we have been developing and designing co-creatively sustainable processes, plans and models for spaces in change.

We have the right tools at hand!

Corona Update

We are currently working intensively on adapting our projects to the changed conditions. On the one hand, we are drawing on our experience with existing instruments and methods. On the other hand, we are primarily adapting analogously designed planning and participation processes using digital tools and developing new tools. One thing is clear: digitalisation is the order of the day, even if it does not provide a blanket solution for everything.

We assess situations on a case-specific basis in order to design the interface between analogue and digital and the transfer from off- to online in a results-oriented, creative and sustainable manner.

We are pioneers on new paths of urban development!

Corona Update

The corona virus is a particle accelerator in future questions of urban development. Well-known debates appear in a new light, trends receive new omens. A different agenda is on the table. We are thinking about the consequences for urban development processes. Quickly returning to the starting position or taking new paths - where is the journey heading?

We are urban pioneers for transformation processes! Anchored in our DNA, we search for new paths and alternative development models at an early stage. Despite all the uncertainty, our answer is: curiosity, daring to try something new and the courage to achieve open results.

Transformation of space is a common task!

Corona Update

Life after Corona will be different than before. We ask ourselves: How does the currently perceptible increase in solidarity and cooperation affect processes of urban development? Will there be a new "normal" in which the negotiation of what we have in common becomes the focus? For us, one thing is certain: it remains important to continue negotiating the transformation in urban spaces with many actors.

As an interdisciplinary team and a collegially managed company, we rely on shared responsibility, eye to eye and a co-creative way of working. In cooperative processes we design the spaces of the future together with our clients, local interest groups and external experts. 

FRAMEWORK PLAN
INNER CITY ONLINE

Magdeburg

From May 25 to June 14, all interested parties could inform themselves online about the current planning status and submit opinions and ideas for further development.  
to the dialogue

Corona &
urban development

www

What the Corona pandemic could mean for urban development and architecture is already becoming apparent. It remains to be seen whether the changes will be permanent. Interview with Cordelia Polinna!
LISTEN!

RE-PROGRAMMING
ALTE MÜNZE

Berlin

How can the former mint be permanently secured as a cultural and creative location? In a participatory process, 40 workshop participants from the art and culture sector worked out recommendations for a utilization concept in feedback with the public.
PROJECT

ULM4
CLEVERCITY

Ulm

What smart solutions are there for the central fields of action of the city of Ulm? Urban Catalyst provides scientific support for Ulm as a model city within the BMI project "Smart Cities made in Germany".
MORE

COMMERCE
IN FLUX

ZURICH

How is online trade changing the inner cities? The study shows that the increase in importance of online trade goes hand in hand with the loss of meeting places and radically questions the qualities of traditional district centres.
READ IT!

INSEK
ANGERMÜNDE

Angermünde

In public forums, expert and administrative workshops, interview tours and regular get-togethers with citizens, strategies for the future development of the entire city were cooperatively developed.
PROJECT

Cities
Matter!

www

Commissioned by BMZ and GIZ, Urban Catalyst developed an explanatory film together with Lukas Thiele. The film shows the possibilities of an integrated approach for the successful implementation of Agenda 2030 in cities and urban regions.
PLAY!

GOBAL
URBAN AGENDAS

EU

In cooperation with representatives of civil society from various German and European municipalities, the project "Global Urban Transformation" examined the relevance and impact of global and European agendas in local practice.
READ IT!

CITY FORUM
BERLIN

Berlin

Future topics of Berlin's urban development are jointly debated in the Stadtforum. The series of events promotes the formation of public opinion on issues affecting the city as a whole, such as housing, public welfare and others.
Website

POST
CORONA CITY

Berlin

www

75 minutes of concentrated infrastructure! The research project BB2040 spoke to Cordelia Polinna about dynamics in Berlin and Brandenburg - especially the urban growth of Berlin as a driving force for transformation, the associated conflicts and negotiation processes.
WATCH IT!

Raumstrategie!
Doku Out now!

participation

Berlin

Many cities control their overall urban development through focal points or areas of action. We have developed a model for the City of Munich to show how this new planning instrument can be used and implemented.
MORE...

POST
CORONA CITY

nationwide

www

Home office, coworking spaces, pop-up bike lanes and play streets: About the future of cities and how it became visible in the past months - among others with Cordelia Polinna!
READ IT!

Raumstrategie!
Doku Out now!

participation

Berlin

Berlin has been growing dynamically for about ten years. On 20 November 2019, the Senator for Urban Development and Housing invited to the city forum "RaumStrategie! Shaping change and setting spatial priorities" at the EnergieForum. 
MORE...

DA2030+
ADOPTED

STRATEGIC PLANNING

Darmstadt

Since 2017, we have been supporting the DA2030+ master plan process, which was preceded by an intensive participation and discussion process. Now the magistrate of the Science City Darmstadt has approved the master plan!
READ ARTICLE!

GRASBROOK
GOES DIGITAL!

Participation

Hamburg

In the final phase of the competitive dialogue, the public participation via online commentary function and the final jury meeting was carried out without further ado as a hybrid of assembly and streaming.
WEBSITE

BERLIN
KEEPS GROWING!

Visualisation

Berlin

Berlin will grow by 4.7 % until 2030, but from 2025 onwards it will grow much less strongly. This is the result of the new population forecast, which we were able to prepare together with Studio Sophie Jahnke in an understandable way. 
Graphics

DOCUMENTATION
ZUKUNFT CpC

Participation

Berlin

The documentation "Future Checkpoint Charlie" provides background information on the participation and urban planning workshop procedure. It also explains the essential contents of the now legally binding development plan draft 1-98.
Downloadlink

COOPERATIVE WORK-
SHOP PROCEDURE

Urban Planning

Berlin

Since November 2019, the first visions for a new urban quarter have been developed with the help of urban development test designs. At the interim presentation on 14.02. there were insights into the current status and interesting dialogues with the teams!
WEBSITE