Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 23 hours 13 minutes
What are the central functions and properties of quarters that are particularly relevant for the people who live there? How can future residents be involved in neighborhood planning at an early stage? Is there a recipe for success for functioning neighborhoods? The team from What/Next spoke to the architect Natalie Schaller about these and many other questions...
The Corona crisis triggers reflection on existing projects and activities: Which activities really fit into the neighborhood? Are the existing projects sustainable and targeted and do they reach the people they are supposed to reach? The team of What Next spoke to Robert Ambrée from the Montag Foundation about the progress of the projects in Corona times...
We know now: Google and Amazon are the big winners in the pandemic. At the same time, vacancy rates in the cities continue to unfold. The intergenerational contract is in danger of being desocialized, and the culture of physical encounter in our cities comes close to a standstill. What/Next spoke to Philippe Cabane, urban sociologist based in Basel, Switzerland, reflecting on those developments and drawing opportunities from it...
Neighborhoods take on important social functions: As a place to live and identify, as an everyday and focal point, as a place of learning, of experience and care, quarters can satisfy a multitude of basic human needs. But lively and livable neighborhoods don't just grow out of nothing. Their creation and development must be supported. The team of What/Next spoke to Prof. Marcus Menzl...
How do we know where to look for understanding what is happening in and to our urban societies? Right now, as urban researchers, we find ourselves presented with a huge experiment whose outcomes are yet hard to guess. Simone Egger, cultural scientist, is an active participant and observer of the urban community. What/Next spoke to her about what she sees, where to look und how this moment can be arranged in time...
The public urban space – made of open spaces and the corresponding ground floor zones – is available to residents and users in a certain way. Now these spaces are no longer used, or they are used in a different way. Stefan Rettich is researching the potential of obsolete functions and their relations to public spaces and how we can develop the city to make it less vulnerable in the future...