Kick-off New Branitz Baumuniversität

On 19 October 2022, in the presence of Klara Geywitz (Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Construction) and Dr Manja Schüle (Brandenburg’s Minister for Science, Research and Culture), the official starting signal was given for the New Branitz Baumuniversität in Cottbus. The project is part of the federal programme “Adaptation of Urban Spaces to …

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Photovoltaics – Big potential for sunny prospects

In Brandenburg, the demand for suitable open spaces for photovoltaic systems is increasing. Many municipalities are currently literally overrun with inquiries regarding available areas from interested parties and project developers. This poses an increasing challenge to municipal and city administrations to manage the development in a sensible way and to answer important questions. Are the …

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Carlo Scarpa Prize 2022 awards Natur-Park Schöneberger Südgelände and Berlin’s Urban Nature

The Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche honours the Schöneberger Südgelände and Berlin’s urban nature with this year’s Carlo Scarpa Prize. The prestigious prize, which has been awarded annually since 1990, recognises outstanding places in terms of landscape architecture that maintain their historical and design heritage. The jury describes the Schöneberger Südgelände as “a large public space …

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FJP Relaunch 2021

Due to the pandemic, FJP also had to adjust to new working environments during the last one and a half years: extended home office periods, a lot of digital communication and little analogue interaction. This situation did not make it particularly easy for the new team members to settle into everyday office life and to …

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I-BP Sonnenkamp – Green at heart

On December 16, 2020 the Infrastructural Zoning Map (Infrastruktureller Bebauungsplan: I-BP) came into effect as it was enacted through the statute on that date. Creating the I-BP, FUGMANN JANOTTA PARTNER carried out an examination of special species protection in addition to an environmental review including a community landscape plan. As part of the Wolfsburg housing …

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Forum Gesseler Goldhort opens

The Forum Gesseler Goldhort opens at the beginning of October in the Syke District Museum. The striking new building designed by Freitag Hartmann Architekten (Berlin) houses the 2011 gold find recovered during pipeline construction work. Among archaeologists, the 3,300-year-old, literal treasure with its 117 gold objects is considered one of the most important finds of …

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“The appropriate Environmental Report” as a webinar

The vhw’s seminar on the topic of “The appropriate environmental report according to the BauGB amendment 2017” has already been conducted several times by Martin Janotta together with the experts for planning and building law Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernhard Weyrauch and Prof. Dr.-Ing. This was the first time that this was carried out in webinar format …

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