Dessau reinvents itself: plans for a flowering city center until 2035!

Dessau reinvents itself: plans for a flowering city center until 2035!

In Dessau-Roßlau there are exciting changes, especially with a view to the upcoming Federal Garden Show 2035. The area around the museum crossing was once a lively quarters, but the area is very falling today. Where there were once individually designed houses and a flowering business life, many shop windows are now empty and the natural history museum remains unused. According to a report by MZ, over 70 percent of the buildings are not rented out in this neighborhood, which the city presents with great challenges.

good ideas seem to be in the air. Two architecture students from the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Wilhelm von Ardenne and Paul Oliver Sell, have in their master's thesis entitled "Old. News. We." First suggestions for redesigning the area between the museum crossing and August-Bebel-Platz developed. They now present these city councilors, the city administration and entrepreneurs. Your approaches aim to create breakthroughs, reduce floors and to make the courtyards between Franzstrasse and August-Bebel-Platz more attractive.

The vision for the Buga 2035

The German Federal Garden Show Society has already accepted Dessau-Roßlau's application for the Federal Garden Show 2035. The State Government of Saxony-Anhalt supports this project, which is considered decisive for future urban development by Mayor Jacqueline Lohde. She emphasizes that the project can be linked to other major initiatives such as the Intel resettlement in Magdeburg. The aim of this buga is to redesign and connect different parts of the city - a step towards a future -oriented cityscape.

Special attention is paid to topics such as mobility, city green and climate silence. The feasibility study of the SWUP/IFT Berlin office and the Runze & Caspar agency recommends numerous areas for the design of the Buga, including the historic cemetery, the city entrance east and the Elbbalkon area in Roßlau.

attractiveness of the city centers rethink

The questions of how cities can remain attractive in the future are not only important in Dessau-Roßlau. A comprehensive survey by the Institute for State and Urban Development Research has shown that the majority of the cities surveyed strive for multifunctional, green city centers in North Rhine-Westphalia, which are easily accessible and provide a variety of offers. Gastronomy, living space, medical services and co-working spaces are among the areas that are intended to become more important in the city centers. For this, it is indispensable to create appealing public spaces in which people like to linger.

The commitment of the city administration and the architectural students could be the beginning of a new era for Dessau-Roßlau. Dirk Merkel, the operator of a successful snack bar, has already seen the mayor at the city festival and plans to hand over the Advent market to his successor after 35 years. At the same time, there are also challenges to master how the critical situation of the empty natural history museum and the need to find creative approaches to quality of life and investments in the city.

The current events in Dessau-Roßlau shows a clear trend: the city has the chance to reinvent itself. The need is recognized and the first steps are taken. Whether this leads to a blooming future will be shown at the latest at the beginning of the Federal Garden Show 2035.

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