Students at the Bauhaus University look to Chemnitz
Invitation to the exhibition opening on 25 July, 4.30 pm, TIETZ
On Monday, 25 July at 4.30 pm, an exhibition with various designs by students of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will be opened in the foyer of the TIETZ.
Representatives of the media are cordially invited. There will be an opportunity to talk to the students and representatives of the urban planning office.
More than 50 architecture and urbanism students have developed urban and open space planning designs for the area of the former power station between Hauboldstraße, Mühlenstraße and Nordstraße. The works will be on display in the foyer of the TIETZ until 1 August.
The aim of the course was to make undiscovered qualities of the city visible and to show positive impulses for future-oriented urban development. Seen through the eyes of budding planners, the city of Chemnitz has countless hidden and undiscovered spatial qualities, especially along the Chemnitz River, which are shown in the designs.
With their designs, the students show open space planning development options for brownfield sites, possibilities for urban development additions to existing buildings and how to deal with the industrial heritage. The course is being supervised by the Chair of Landscape Architecture and Planning at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and supported by the Chemnitz Urban Planning Office.
"The students worked in interdisciplinary groups to create fictitious designs for the area under consideration between the Schlossteich and Brühl, from the Schönherrfabrik to the Stadtbad, which were intended to restructure and reprogramme the area," says Prof. Sigrun Langer, Chair of Landscape Architecture and Planning, describing the approach. "Possibilities to honour the traces of industrial culture are shown as well as new productive, cooperative structures along the Chemnitz river," continues Prof. Langner.
The designs are intended to serve as a source of ideas and signposts for identifying possible potential for innovative and sustainable further development of the city.