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Case Study: Munich 5 4 8 3 2 1 6 7 N1 N2 N3 N4 N5 N6 N7 N8 Case Study: Munich INSTITUTE OF ENERGY EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AND BUILDING This publication was created on the basis of student work within the seminar “Case Studies of Sustainable Urban Developments and Infrastructure” in the summer semester 2020 at the Institute of Energy Efficient and Sustainable Design and Building. The sole responsability of the content lies with the respective authors. Source from cover images: Munich: Philipp Bachhuber via Unsplash Neighbourhoods: Google Maps - This is a preliminary version of the final publication, created solely for the AJA exhibition on August 13th-16th 2020 - INTRODUCTION Case Study: Munich This publication presents an overview of the results of the course “Case Studies of Sustainable Urban Developments and Infrastructure. The course was composed by a lecture series and a seminar where students of different fields came together: Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Sustainable Resource Management, and Engineering Ecology. The lecture series presented detailed views on how to analyse and transform the city with practical, real life examples. Different experts were invited to discuss topics such as urban green infrastructure, water-sensitive neighbourhoods, energy efficient design, Munich future developments, biodiversity and animal-aided design, monitoring and understanding air pollution, and health impacts of urban and transport planning. Those experts provided insights and examples of interventions in Munich and other cities worldwide. They also presented these interdependencies within the city and how necessary it is to act and design built environments from a collaborative and integral approach. In the seminar, students looked at the city at a small scale: urban fabric, streets, buildings, energy grids, materials, public spaces, quality of the green… Their aim was to find ways to transform the built environment into the most sustainable city Munich can be. How to do it? Which concrete actions should the city take in order to radically move towards a positive ecological footprint? The seminar approach consisted in a sum of teams that worked as a network –sharing information, discussing in forums, peer-reviewing their ideas- with the aim to understand the city as a whole. Different topics were studied as interconnected elements that shape our cities and its inhabitant’s lives. Those areas of action had different scales. 3 teams worked around topics with a city scale: ellbeingW and Quality of Life, Climate Protection and Climate Change Adapatation, and Resource Consumption and Waste. 8 teams focused on different neighbourhoods of Munich as case studies to achieve the vision. Each of them studied one neighbourhood and proposed interventions around the following areas of action: Building Structure, Green & Blue Infrastructure, Mobility, and Energy and Material Efficiency and Life Cycle Assessment. The selected sites are part of different neighbourhood that have different urban fabric, density, building typology, mobility preference, location within the city with specific surroundings (city centre, river, forest, infrastructure, etc.) Interaction between the city and the neighbourhood teams was ensured through the figure of the agents.They were a liaison between the two scales and made sure that the priorities and also the wider benefits of the specific actions were taken into accounts. The three “City Level” topics are transversal to the built environment and human´s lives, and therefore in need of a holistic view. Those topics cross all the other areas of action. When designing projects in sectors such as urban planning, mobility, etc., the impacts on health, climate and resources need to be considered. The seminar was conducted through intense collaborative work, despite the having several students located abroad in countries like China or Canada with different time zones. Both on-site and online city mapping and online workshops were performed via Zoom and the platform Miro. INTRODUCTION Case Study: Munich The city of Munich was studied in two scales: city scale and neighbourhood scale. 8 different sites were chosen to be analysed and taken as case studies. These selected locations present different characteristics such as density, building type and age, public spaces, etc. MUNICH: 8 Neighbourhoods N5. Freimann N4. Obermenzing N8. Schwabing-West N3. Alte Kaserne N1. Messestadt-Riem N6. Schwanthalerhöhe N2. Deutsches Museum - Gärtnerplatz N7. Neuharlaching 2 scales: city and neighbourhood 3 ctiy topics 8 specific sites as case studies • Well-being and Quality of Life • N1. Messestadt-Riem • Climate Protection and Climate Change • N2. Deutsches Museum-Gärtnerplatz Adaptation • N3. Alte Kaserne • Resource Consumption and Waste • N4. Obermenzing • N5. Freimann • N6. Schwanthalerhöhe • N7. Neuharlaching • N8. Schwabing-West INTRODUCTION A network approach The seminar approach was created with a focus in interdisciplinary research and the understanding of interdependent aspects within city planning. Cities are complex environments and, as such, they require network-thinking and a very good communication among teams to find the synergies and maximise impacts when designing new spaces. Network-thinking The seminar is a sum of teams (N1, N2, C1...) that work as a network –sharing information, discussing in forums, peer reviewing- with the aim to understand the city as a whole. Different topics are studied as interconnected elements that shape our cities and its inhabitant’s lives. Interconnected areas of action The topics or areas of action that are part of the seminar have different scales. The three “City Level” topics are transversal to the built environment and human´s lives, and therefore in need of a holistic view. Those topics cross all the other areas of action. When designing projects in sectors such as urban planning, mobility, etc., the impacts on e.g. health and climate need to be considered. INTRODUCTION Interdependencies and synergies A holistic vision towards sustainable environments. This seminar intends to provide our students with the tools to understand the complexities and interdependencies of built environments, a holistic view of the challenges, an ambitious vision for the future and the ability to establish synergies to maximise the impact of their actions. This „interdependency wheel“ shows how connected the different topics within a city ecosystem are. The colours of the lines show the direction of the impact, e.g. green spaces and biodiversity (green colour) have a proven impact on health (both physical and mental health). Depending on the approach, more relations or even other factors could be established. INTRODUCTION Content C1. Well-being and Quality of Life C2. Climate Protection and Climate Change Adaptation C3. Resource Consumption and Waste N1. Messestadt-Riem • Building Structure • Green & Bue Infrastructure • Mobility • Energy and Material Efficiency and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) N2. Deutsches Museum - Gärtnerplatz • Building Structure • Green & Bue Infrastructure • Mobility • Energy and Material Efficiency and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) N3. Alte Kaserne • Building Structure • Green & Bue Infrastructure • Mobility • Energy and Material Efficiency and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) N4. Obermenzing • Building Structure • Green & Bue Infrastructure • Mobility • Energy and Material Efficiency and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) N5. Freimann • Building Structure • Green & Bue Infrastructure • Mobility • Energy and Material Efficiency and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) N6. Schwanthalerhöhe • Building Structure • Green & Bue Infrastructure • Mobility • Energy and Material Efficiency and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) N7. Neuharlaching • Building Structure • Green & Bue Infrastructure • Mobility • Energy and Material Efficiency and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) N8. Schwabing-West • Building Structure • Green & Bue Infrastructure • Mobility • Energy and Material Efficiency and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) - This is a preliminary version of the publication created solely for the AJA exhibition on August 13th-16th 2020 - Case Studies of Sustainable Urban Developments and Infrastructure – SoSe 2020 MUNICH Well-being and Quality of Life We want Munich to be a modern, green, healthy, clean and safe city without forgetting its traditional and cultural identity. A place where people of all ages, incomes, genders and cultures have the possibility to live together in equality, happiness and peace. Relationship with the built environment • Building Structure: - More public spaces help people to connect - Stable housing prices are more conducive to social equality • Green and Blue Infrastructure: - Trees, green roofs and facades add more “green” to the city • Mobility: - increasing pedestrian and cycling ways build a more green, safer and Photo by Yixuan Li (25.06.2020) healthier environment for citizens - More public transport improves the air quality The topic Well-Being is defined as the experience of health, - better accessibility to city facilities happiness and prosperity. This and the quality of life comes provides citizen convenience and with the important factor of health, containing physical, reduce transportation mental and social health. • Energy and Material Efficiency and Life Cycle Assessment: Munich is already named one of the most livable cities in the - Renewable energy help build a world. The goal is not just to keep up with the urban cleaner and healthier city expansion and adapt to