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Here you can find out: How can everyone take part?

People stand around a table and look attentively at a model as part of the competitive dialog, which encourages discussion.

Stefan Groenveld

How can citizens get involved?

Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld is a project.

The project is like a journey.

People should be able to take part in the journey.

For example:

  • Neighbors
  • Employees
  • Specialists
  • People who are curious.

There are many offers.

With the offers you can:

  • Get info
  • have your say
  • participate.

Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld GmbH is a company.

The company is working on the project.

And the company provides the offers.

Other companies also offer the services.

It is important to the companies:

Everyone should be able to take part.

Competition for neighborhoods at Volkspark ended

There is a large area.

The area is 55 hectares in size.

There are said to be many different things in this area.

For example:

  • Apartments
  • Leisure activities
  • Sports offers
  • social institutions
  • Schools
  • University buildings.

There was a competition.

The competition was for urban development and open space.

The competition was in 2023 and 2024.

Many people have seen the competition.

An architectural firm from Denmark has won.

The architectural office is called: Cobe.

The architecture firm is very well known.

They talked about the work of the architecture firm.

And the work of the architectural office was shown.

Several people sit on chairs in a room and interact with each other. Dialogue quarters at Volkspark 2024

Stefan Groenveld

Discussion about the Altona Innovation Park

A new location is being built near DESY.

The location is called: Innovationspark Altona.

Companies can work together there.

The companies can there:

  • research
  • Learn
  • do new things.

There is a plan for the site.

The plan is called a functional plan.

The plan shows: this is how the place should become.

2024, Hamburg Invest Entwicklungsgesellschaft has invited all interested parties.

Those interested were able to take part in a process.

The procedure is called the workshop procedure.

One person looks at the collected results of a workshop on a pinboard.

Stefan Groenveld

Science City on tour

There was a pilot project in summer 2024 .

A pilot project is a test.

The pilot project was an information stand.

The information stand was mobile.

This means that the information stand could travel to different locations.

The information stand was for Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld.

The information stand was on the road for 3 weeks.

The information stand was held at 15 locations.

The locations were in 10 different parts of the city.

Many people visited the information stand.

For example:

  • People who live nearby
  • People who work nearby
  • People who are interested in science
  • People who are interested in urban development.

The staff at the information stand spoke to more than 250 people.

Two men wearing "Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld" T-shirts pose in front of a bicycle as part of the Science City Tour

© Miguel Ferraz

How have people been able to participate in recent years?

2023 and 2024: Dialogue about neighborhoods at Volkspark

How to design your neighborhood

There was a competition.

The competition was for the Volkspark neighborhoods.

The question was:

How should the city and the free spaces be planned together?

The city should be a place for science.

This means that many people from the world of science should be able to work in the city.

There must be different things in the city for this.

And people should feel comfortable in the city.

The competition is called: Competitive dialog.

Citizens were able to take part in the competition.

The city has also held workshops.

And the city has conducted a survey on the Internet.

The citizens provided many ideas for the competition.

Exchange with the jury and planners

The competition started on October 7, 2023.

The competition ends on September 19, 2024.

Citizens were able to view the competition.

And they were able to get to know the participants.

That was one of the aims of the competition.

Citizens should get to know the planning teams.

And they should see:

This is how the planning teams work.

The citizens know the place well.

They were able to provide the planning teams with information about the location.

Representatives from the city section

The neighbors should understand the competitive dialogue well.

And the neighbors should be able to take part in the competitive dialogue.

That's why they came up with a new idea.

The idea is called: district delegation.

This means: 6 people from the neighborhood take part in the competitive dialogue.

The persons advise the selection committee.

They are experts for the neighborhood.

They say:

  • What is important for the neighborhood?
  • What is good for the neighborhood?

The selection committee accepts ideas.

Also the ideas of the district delegation.

2021: How we prepared for the competition

Participation on the Internet and workshops

There was a survey on the Internet before the competition.

The survey lasted three weeks.

There were also 3 workshops.

The workshops were open to the public.

In other words, anyone could take part.

The local people were able to express their ideas.

And the local people were able to say:

This is how it will be later.

The planning offices have received this information.

The planning offices had to check the information.

Everything was written down in detail.

Workshops for children and young people

There were also 2 workshops.

The workshops were for:

  • Children from 8 to 12 years
  • Young people from 12 years to young adult age.

The workshops were held together with the Kl!ck Kindermuseum.

The workshops were part of the Altona Diversity Week.

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