Project title:

Agglomerationskonzept Cologne-Bonn (2017-2019)

Main themes:

Regional development of a large international metropolitan area (> 4 million inhabitants), growing and shrinking cities, metropolitan region, regional design, metropolitan strategy, development of a prospective vision, spatial dynamics, innovative city, core region with strong development dynamics, integral planning of urbanism and mobility to improve the value of the landscape, metropolitan landscapes, densification as chance, inhabiting the city landscape of the 21st. century, urban hubs and interfaces, international urban network, multimodal systems, airport city, activity-chains, industrial transformation, cluster-oriented urban development, participation process, understandable and inspiring plans and images, productive region, regional economy, urban sociology, urban prototypes.

Team:

Van de Wetering Atelier für Städtebau GmbH (lead planners), mrs partner AG (mobility), asp Landschaftsarchitekten (landscape planning)

Client:

Region Cologne-Bonn

Links:

More information: Project office Agglomerationskonzept Köln-Bonn

Article in Ruimte 44

The Cologne-Bonn metropolitan region (4 million inhabitants) is facing major growth and structural change. With the Agglomeration Concept 2050, a coherent, strategic vision for a sustainable, climate-friendly, networked region was created. This ambitious, highly regarded project was developed in a broad-based process involving four international teams.