Rethinking Urban Space: FreiRAUM-Viertel @RISE City Lab Munich
The citizens‘ initiative FreiRAUM-Viertel is our anchor initiative of the RISE City Lab Munich. Their motivation is to reflect on the utilization of urban spaces, creating short-term and long-term solutions for citizens in the Südliches Bahnhofsviertel neighborhood - in Munich.
Thu Jul 22 2021
FreiRAUM-Viertel's ideas are inspired by the Superblocks' concept - created and tested in Barcelona and will now implement worldwide. From August 28 to September 19, 2021, FreiRAUM and the RISE City Lab Munich will run a prototype of a superblock in the Südliches Bahnhofsviertel. The implementation of the concept at the heart of Munich aims to present a holistic approach of revaluing quality of life within the quarter, social relations of the local community, interactions, and imagine a redesign on the utilization of spaces and mobility. Linear single-use areas will be remodeled into dynamic multiuse spaces.
During the pilot phase, we will focus on two streets - Schillerstraße and Landwehrstraße. Together with all stakeholders, including inhabitants, local entrepreneurs, shopkeepers, and city departments, we'll collaboratively design alternative uses for parking lots and mobility offers, presentation of start-ups and other city-oriented solutions, and promotion of creative areas for artists.
The pilot phase was selected as one of ten innovative projects and will be part of the Munich Mobilitätskongress (September 2021 ). These ten ideas were recognized by their potential contributions to sustainable, climate-friendly, and socially fair mobility, improving the quality of life in the city, and increasing traffic safety.