Climate resilience between Wall and Weser

Bremen's center faces major challenges resulting from changing shopping behavior due to online retailing, a slow real estate market, and adaptation requirements for public space. The upcoming transformation process requires new solutions and answers for the urban society. In the new and redesigned public spaces, the focus is on the quality of stay and climate resilience. The historic center of Bremen was developed as a "stone city" without consideration of green spaces and natural areas. To counter the effects of climate change, green and blue solutions are needed, such as green spaces, water features, and trees that can help cool and store rainwater. There is a need to structurally adapt the downtown to future extreme weather events.
The study project will investigate the complex requirements for inner-city public urban spaces under real-life conditions and identify in-depth climatic improvements for plaza and street spaces, in addition to design and functional aspects. The results of the study project will be presented in a public discourse in cooperation with the project office Innenstadt Bremen.

Wind in the city is influenced by the building and vegetation stock and can lead to a reduction in the ventilation of a city as well as cause jet effects and high wind speeds. Thus, the wind field affects the expression of the urban heat island and thermal comfort. At the same time, wind can also be used specifically as a planning and design element, in which the relationships between urban and open space design and wind field are used to increase thermal comfort and ensure ventilation, while reducing strong gusts.

In this project we use measurements at different locations in Bremen (specify if necessary) to investigate how the wind field is influenced by the urban structure and how the climate element wind should be dealt with in urban and landscape planning and small-scale design. In Bremen we will look at two to three concrete places with different processes.

Climatic aspects are essential parameters for the design of future public open spaces. The project combines environmental meteorological findings with the conceptual, spatial and atmospheric design of an urban space in the city center of Bremen.

Parallel participation in the WindChillBremen seminar with the associated short excursion is strongly recommended.

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