Our Landscape Talk at GaLaBau 2024 was focused on circular urban landscape.
THE CIRCULAR CITY LANDSCAPE! Our Landscape-Talk during the GaLaBau2024
The future is circular! Our Landscape Talk at GaLaBau 2024 focused entirely on the circular urban landscape. Together with NEEXT, the New European Ecosystem for Transformation, we explored how the circular urban landscape can be developed in a sustainable way.
Together with Dirk Vennemann, Martin Beltz, Christina Hoffmann, and Götz Schönefeld, we explored how real estate, urban spaces, and landscapes can be developed not in isolation but in synergy to be resilient and livable. The city as a whole is a regenerative resource – how can we work with it?
Landscape architect Dirk Vennemann, together with the team from Observatorium Rotterdam, has redesigned the Kauenhof at the Westerholt coal mine to be 100% circular. Martin Beltz is an expert in green building and develops and implements regenerative systems for roofs and facades. Christina Hoffmann and Götz Schönefeld are developing an international ecosystem at Drees&Sommer to drive the necessary transformation
The discussion also involved the immediate trade fair environment, covering topics such as the first street furniture made of carbon-free steel from Sweden (Vestre), stones made from recycled and cement-free materials (Von Rinn and Godelmann), and sharing systems for chairs and tables by Zuko, as well as the question of the necessary shift toward open spaces analogous to the shift in construction.
