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Young Cities – New Towns in Iran New Towns as a Concept for the Sustainable Development of Megacity Regions Final Project Report | Reporting Period: July 1st 2005 – March 31st 2008 Funding programme The Urban Transition | Research for Sustainable Development of the Megacities of Tomorrow 1 YOUNG CITIES – NEW TOWNS IN IRAN | Final Project Report | 2005 - 2008 Young Cities – New Towns in Iran | New Towns as a Concept for the Sustainable Development of Megacity Regions: Final Project Report BMBF Project funding reference number: 01LG0513 Project coordinator: Prof Dr Rudolf Schäfer | TU Berlin Final Report | Reporting Period: 01.07.2005 – 31.03.2008| Berlin, December 15th 2008 Report edited by Young Cities Project Center: Dipl.-Ing. Sebastian Seelig, Dipl.-Ing. Florian Stellmacher Joint German-Iranian Project Consortium Technische Universität Berlin Berlin, Germany Building and Housing Research Center Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran New Towns Development Corporation Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran Berlin-Brandenburg Construction Industry Association (BIV) e.V. Potsdam, Germany FIRST Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Architecture and Software Technology Berlin, Germany inter3 Institute for Management of Resources GmbH Berlin, Germany nexus Institute for Cooperation Management & Interdisciplinary Research GmbH Berlin, Germany p2m berlin GmbH Berlin, Germany University of the Arts Berlin Berlin, Germany Vocational Training Institute e.V. of the BIV Potsdam, Germany 3 YOUNG CITIES – NEW TOWNS IN IRAN | Final Project Report | 2005 - 2008 Table of Contents Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................4 Preface .........................................................................................................................................5 1. Premises of the Young Cities Project................................................................................6 1.1 Project Assignment.....................................................................................................6 1.2 Premises of Project Execution...................................................................................6 1.3 Programming and Course of Project......................................................................8 1.4 Scientific Status Quo Ante ........................................................................................9 1.5 Cooperation with Other Institutions ......................................................................12 2. Results of the Young Cities Project .................................................................................14 2.1 Achieved Results ......................................................................................................14 2.1.1 Consolidation and expansion of Project structures .......................................15 2.1.2 Advancement of the Pilot Projects ...................................................................20 2.1.3 Strategic Dimension Urban & Regional Planning ...........................................24 2.1.4 Strategic Dimension Environmental Resources & Quality .............................27 2.1.5 Strategic Dimension Qualification.....................................................................28 2.1.6 Strategic Dimension Structural Design..............................................................30 2.1.7 Strategic Dimension Project Management & Project Controlling...............32 2.2 According Expenditure of Funds ...........................................................................35 2.3 Project Necessity and Adequacy .........................................................................36 2.4 Exploitation of Results and Expected Benefits.....................................................37 2.4.1 Patents and trademark rights.............................................................................37 2.4.2 Economic prospects of success ........................................................................37 2.4.3 Scientific and technological prospects of success........................................41 2.5 External Results of Relevance to the Project .......................................................42 2.6 Dissemination of Results...........................................................................................44 4 YOUNG CITIES – NEW TOWNS IN IRAN | Final Project Report | 2005 - 2008 Preface This final report is a compilation of the major results of the Project “Young Cities – New Towns in Iran”. The Project was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in the program “Research for the sustainable development of the Megacities of tomorrow”. The final report covers the period from the approval of the Project in July 2005 until the end of the runtime in March 2008 (01.07.2005- 31.03.2007). The major aim of the Project “Young Cities – New Towns in Iran” was to analyze the well-known risks associated with the concept of New Towns on the one hand and to research if the concept offers chances for the sustainable development of Megacity regions on the other hand. These chances should be substantiated through guidelines for the sustainable development of New Towns. Therefore the central research question of the consortium was, whether the development of New Towns should continue to be a central planning strategy for the Megacities of tomorrow at both a city and a regional scale. The project was primarily carried out as an intervening case study in Hashtgerd New Town in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Hence, the Project did not focus on research on, but for the development of the New Town of Hashtgerd. Concerning the methodology, the Project provided a mixture of approaches mainly based on action-research, including experimental planning and building activities, since these proofed to be powerful tools of exchange and discussion. In parallel to the elaboration of these Pilot Projects, the overall Project also accomplished analytical research. The Project was carried out by Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) as the German lead partner and the Building and Housing Research Center (BHRC) as the Iranian lead partner, but supplemented on both sides by a wide range of actors from research, economy, and civil society. 5 YOUNG CITIES – NEW TOWNS IN IRAN | Final Project Report | 2005 - 2008 1. Premises of the Young Cities Project 1.1 Project Assignment The program “Research for the sustainable development of the Megacities of tomorrow” was originally set up by BMBF as a research program including a two-year “preparatory phase” to be utilized for consolidating and expanding the network of local and international partners as well as elaborating on first joint measures and activities, and - in case of approval by BMBF - a nine year main phase (three by three years) allowing for the implementation of the proposal. In line with BMBF’s objectives, the Young Cities Project focused its work in the two year “preparatory phase” on the following tasks: • Consolidation and expansion of the German and Iranian structures respectively, • Consolidation of bilateral cooperation, • Advancement of the Pilot Projects, • Achievement of first scientific results according to the intended goals, • Development of a mutual research design and program , and • Transfer and dissemination of the Project’s results, including national and international networking. 1.2 Premises of Project Execution The Project was constituted by five Teams each assigned to one Strategic Dimension of the Project, which were lead by following chairs of TU Berlin: Team 1: Urban and Regional Planning Team 2: Environmental Resources & Quality Prof. Elke Pahl-Weber Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Dominik Department for Urban Renewal Department for Exploration Geology Institute for Urban and Regional Planning Institute of Applied Geosciences TU Berlin TU Berlin Hardenbergstrasse 40a Ackerstraße 76 10623 Berlin 13355 Berlin Team 3: Qualification Team 4: Structural Design Prof. Dr. Johannes Meyser Prof. Dr. Klaus Rückert Institut for Vocational Training Department Design and Structure Faculty of Educational Science Institute of Architecture TU Dresden TU Berlin Helmholtzstraße 10 Strasse des 17. Juni 152 01069 Dresden 10623 Berlin 6 YOUNG CITIES – NEW TOWNS IN IRAN | Final Project Report | 2005 - 2008 Team 5: Project Management & Controlling Project Coordination Prof. Dr. Bernd Kochendörfer Prof. Dr. Rudolf Schäfer Department for Building Economics and Department for Building Law and Construction Operation Administration Institute for Civil Engineering Institute of Architecture TU Berlin TU Berlin Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25 Strasse des 17. Juni 152 13355 Berlin 10623 Berlin The day-to-day Project coordination was safeguarded by the so-called Project Center, which was established at TU Berlin as a central service and communication device of the Project on both the German and also the Iranian side in October 2005. The main partners on the Iranian side (at New Towns Development Corporation (NTDC) the time of the application) were the No. 4,Tak-e-shomali St. following institutions: Building and Housing Shahid Khoddami Avenue, Research Center (BHRC) Tehran Sheikh Fazlollah Exp. Way Iran P.O. Box 13145-1696 Tehran Iran The Iranian and German partners were working in the following institutional context and structures influencing the development of Hashtgerd New Town: Context of the Project: Institutional structures influencing the development of Hashtgerd New Town 7 YOUNG CITIES –