In November, RWTH Aachen (one of the ASSET Project Partners) is hosting an Urban Design Colloqium at RWTH Aachen University's Faculty of Archecture , in which a series of events are taking place over a span of 3 Tuesdays (November 5th, 10th, 14th).
The Urban Planning Colloquium series of events aims to stimulate discourse on circular planning and building in winter 2024/25. The colloquium will discuss the following questions:
- What does a shift from linear to circular planning look like?
- What does the circular economy mean for the planning of a neighbourhood, a city and a region?
- How can a circular urban landscape be developed?
- What can we learn from national and international examples?
The first event of the series took place earlier this week, which focused on the Spatial Transition - from linear to circular planning (Raumwende - vom linear zum zirkulären planen). This included a presentation on the first insights of the ASSET project by Dagmar Keim, ASSET project lead as well as input by Simon Jenniches (Krefeld Business) as part of the panel during the discussion round.
Below are the program details of each event.
Please note that the events of the Urban Design Colloqium are in German.
Context of Urban Design Colloqium - Circular Urban Landscape:
Resource consumption has reached its limit - ‘business as usual’ is no longer an option. The way we plan and build is largely responsible for climate change. With the circular economy, a paradigm shift is being introduced that shows the way from a linear economic model with the approach that resources are abundant to a regenerative system: less land consumption, minimisation of the use of resources and energy, closed material and energy cycles. All of this is modelled in nature, in which cycles are created, goods and materials are kept in use and waste is avoided. According to the principle of the circular economy, circular cities and regions develop like living organisms.
The overarching goal remains to secure and improve our quality of life in the long term with the help of circular planning and construction. A circular built environment places new demands on space - from centres for circular construction and storage areas for recycled materials to the multiple use of space. Concepts and projects from neighbouring European countries such as Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium illustrate what future concepts can look like and what transformation is long overdue in current planning processes.
You can find more information of the Urban Design Collogium on the RWTH Aachen website link below:
Urban Design Colloquium - RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY Urban Design - English