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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

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a shrinking urban area...

clenn kustermans - july 2012

...the most vital part of town

a new strategy to make

shrinkage is sexy

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geography

chemnitz london

history

destination: chemnitz

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chemnitz & karl-marx-stadt

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heckert as a result

f the socialist city
n the outskirts of town

basic services model apartments for model citizens 35.000 prefab units for 90.000 people public transport

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...after the “two germanies” reunited in 1990

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50.000 100.000 150.000 200.000 250.000 300.000 350.000 400.000 450.000 500.000 550.000 600.000 650.000 700.000 750.000 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 Chemnitz Dresden Leipzig

heckert 1990-2012: * 35% less units * vacancy 20-30% * average age 51 (47) * high unemployment

chemnitz today: “the oldest city” “capital of greyness” chemnitz today: “city of moderns” “city of science”

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“inverse building” bringing some colour uniform creativity new concepts demolishment

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480 m

2002 2009

150 m

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let’s declare free states!

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government intervention collective ownership strategy

action!

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community building

trust community solidarity

power of collectives

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IS THIS YOUR FUTURE CITY?

i thank you und auf wiedersehen clenn kustermans