Shaping the Future: lala.ruhr was invited to the international neext Future Summit 2024 to discuss forward-looking solutions for the urban landscape and explore new avenues for collaboration. The fishbowl session we organized focused on the theme: Regenerative, Sustainable, Diverse – Circular Urban Landscapes!

With: Andrea Gebhard (Bundesarchitektenkammer), Annette Nothnagel (LAGA GmbH), Rebecca Landwehr (Bundesverband GebäudeGrün e.V. (BuGG), Wulf Kramer (City Decks Livable Cities GmbH), Götz Schönfeld and Christina Hoffmann (Drees & Sommer SE), Sebastian Schlecht (lala.ruhr), Steffan Dittrich (Nürnberg Messe).

Following our kick-off at GaLaBau2024, the discussion here at Motorenwerk Berlin also focused intensively on the circular urban landscape, its framework conditions, and its concrete implementation. From paving stones to building codes, from intention to capability, and also simple and temporary solutions that can unlock the potential of our urban spaces. Because one thing became clear: We need different solutions, different products, and above all, a different way of working together – a new form of communication to meet the challenges of our time. In a world of constant change, “business as usual” is no longer an option.

Under the motto “Renaturing the City,” we collaborated with lala.ruhr to develop a contribution for the exhibition “100 Meters of Innovation,” which, together with contributions from CityDecks, the landscape architecture firm Vennemann, the Bundesverband GebäudeGrün e. V. (BuGG), and the GaLaBau trade fair in Nuremberg, promoted urban nature and its many benefits.

Thank you for this partnership with the Future Summit and for a fantastic event and communication platforms that fostered intensive networking and cross-industry, interdisciplinary exchange. The future can only be built together!

Link for neext Future Summit 2024 program

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.

Link to the GaLaBau2024 program