Large-Scale Projects in German Cities

Major projects today a paradigmatic change in urban development? When large-scale housing estates gained a bad reputation, small-scale projects advanced into the leading concept of redevelopment in our cities. Today, the wide-ranging new-generation of major projects reflects a renaissance of the city.
In Germany, reunification and globalisation have begun to generate new large-scale projects. Our cities are exploiting the opportunities presented by structural change, and many areas of conversion are being redeveloped.
But this is a matter of the city rather than of housing estates. Handling urban diversity and social heterogeneity, creating integration and cohesion, paying attention to history and good design; these are permanent tasks of urban development as shown by the projects presented in this publication.
Major projects are models for future living conditions. Their qualities can set standards and any defects may trigger necessary learning processes. These large-scale projects present images of the future of the European city, but their relevance is universal.