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Freiburg Charter for sustainable urbanism 2011
The Academy’s thanks are due to all those who have contributed to and suppported this initiative, but in particular to Professor Wulf
Daseking, Freiburg’s Head of Urban Planning for the last 20 years, for his vision and leadership; to Andreas von Zadow of JTP Cities (Berlin) for helping to navigate the project from its inception through to publication; and to Land Securities, our sponsor, for their support and encouragement throughout.
The Academy of Urbanism, 2011
→ Project (D) Freiburg Charter
Facilitation of the “Cities for Mobility World Congress”, Stuttgart 2009
“Dear Mr. von Zadow, I am extremely thankful for your excellent facilitation of the world congress CITIES FOR MOBILITY 2009. This event which brought together 350 participants from 35 countries including politicians, economists, experts and civil society was a complete success. Your professional and quick-witted facilitation contributed essentially to structure and focus the congress. This sets another stepping stone for the further development of this annual event.”
Dr. Wolfgang Schuster (Lord Mayor of STUTTGART)
→ Project (D) Stuttgart, Cities for Mobilities
Strategy workshop in Southern Germany, 2009
“Shockingly efficient, the way you worked with our groups in these days!”
Director of IT-Consult and participant of the workshop
International Award for Scarborough Urban Renaissance
Scarborough Renaissance wins top international award
for public participation
Scarborough is celebrating once again after winning the Project of the Year category in the International Association for Public Participation’s (IAP2) Core Values Awards 2009. Scarborough’s entry based on ‘Scarborough’s Future – Delivering an Urban Renaissance’, beat off stiff competition in its category from 12 other projects from across the globe to take home the prestigious accolade.
Projekt WELEDA 2008
„I enjoyed this cooperation very much! It is impressive to see how you upgraded the tool ´community planning workshop` and still are enthusiastic in doing it.“
– Theo Stepp (WELEDA, corporate communications)Citizens as Town Planners
→ Article (German) `Der Bürger als Stadtplaner´; Lübecker Nachrichten, 14. Dezember 2006
Civic participation? The term is misleading, says Andreas von Zadow: “It does not go far enough.” Of course, citizens play a part within the planning process, but they are not the only group, and not the chief one. He therefore prefers the term “co-operative planning process.” […]
What’s Really Going on at Community Planning Events?
The British magazine NEW START reported on JTP’s tenth anniversary in 2005 and concluded: “Many problems affecting communities do not relate to urban design and instead require a more extensive solution. Often, the answers are actually quite simple and lie within the communities themselves.
HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales
The advantages of consensus-oriented community planning events over traditional design competitions lies in the integration of any interest groups and their needs: “In my experience, high-profile design competitions often fail because do not take into account the other basic elements which are necessary in creating sustainable and attractive estates.”
→ Preface Prince Charles [ger]
Action Planning Awarded with Innovation Prize
The Innovation Prize is awarded annually by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper and the trade journal Immobilien Manager. In 1999, the process of community planning won first prize in the category “property planning”.
→ Click here to read on [ger].
Robert-Jungk-Preis 1999: Essen’s “Berliner Platz“– A Model for the Future
For decades, Berliner Platz, a huge expanse in the North of Essen’s inner city, had been a wasteland, with several zoning plans resulting in severe conflicts. Against this background, a Community Planning Weekend was instrumental in finding a solution for the successful development of the site based upon a broad consent of politicians and the population. This led to investment activities of more than 600 million Euros.
→ Project (D) Essen, Berliner Platz
Laypeople, Go Get Your Rulers!
In December 2000, German magazine Der Spiegel ran a detailed report about the Arnsberg community planning event: “It has been working, fort he eighth time in Germany, and the first time in a remote small town.”
→ Article (German) `Laien ans Lineal´; Spiegel, 11 Dec 2000
Community Planning Part of North Rhine-Westphalia’s Coalition Agreement.
As of 1999, the red-green party coalition in North Rhine-Westphalia has been promoting Community Planning as a prime example of civic participation, including it in their agenda for the future as “Stadt der Bürgerinnen und Bürger” [City of Citizens].
