shrinkage is sexy a new strategy to make a shrinking urban area ... ... the most vital part of town clenn kustermans - july 2012
geography history london chemnitz destination : chemnitz
chemnitz & karl-marx-stadt
35.000 basic services prefab units for 90.000 people model apartments for model citizens heckert as a result of the socialist city on the outskirts of town public transport
...after the “two germanies” reunited in 1990
chemnitz today: chemnitz today: “city of moderns” “the oldest city” “city of science” “capital of greyness” 750.000 700.000 650.000 600.000 550.000 500.000 450.000 400.000 Chemnitz 350.000 Dresden 300.000 Leipzig 250.000 200.000 150.000 100.000 50.000 0 1871 1880 1890 1900 1910 1930 1939 1945 1955 1957 1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2015 2025 heckert 1990-2012: * 35% less units * vacancy 20-30% * average age 51 (47) * high unemployment
new concepts demolishment uniform creativity “inverse building” bringing some colour
150 m 480 m 2002 2009
let’s declare free states!
government intervention collective ownership strategy action!
community building trust solidarity community power of collectives
IS THIS YOUR FUTURE CITY? i thank you und auf wiedersehen clenn kustermans
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