Public – urban spaces for everyone

Symposium Bildungsorte „Demokratische Stadtbausteine“

As key places of learning within neighborhoods, schools play a vital role in fostering community. Together with their school communities, they shape everyday life, establish shared rules and rituals, and act as spaces where democratic values are practiced and experienced.

Increasingly, schools are opening up to their surrounding neighborhoods, connecting their educational offerings with the needs of the wider urban community. This shift brings new challenges for the design and use of buildings and open spaces. The symposium explores how schools and municipalities are approaching these changes in practice, what experiences they have gained, and what new perspectives are emerging.

Program

10:00 – 11:30 am | Site visits: Hybrid Primary School Schönhofviertel (Willemerschule) – all-day primary school

1:00 – 6:00 pm | Symposium

• Welcome: Sylvia Weber – City Councillor, Head of Education, Real Estate and New Construction
• Planning Framework for Open Spaces + School Sports in Frankfurt
  Katrin Michalski, Kerstin Monix, Monika Ripperger; Frankfurt School Authority
• Campus for Vocational Education – Cooperation and Participation in Campus Development
  Katrin Michalski, Kerstin Monix, Monika Ripperger; Frankfurt School Authority
• Educational Landscape Altstadt-Nord, Cologne – Experiences and Insights
  Barbara Pampe; Montag Stiftung Jugend und Gesellschaft
• Crime Prevention in Urban Planning – Schools and Open (Sports) Spaces
  Sandra Zenk; Hessian State Office of Criminal Investigation
• Education Campus Gallus, Frankfurt – Activating Urban Space Together
  Roland Hatz, Department for Building and Real Estate; Dirk Schneider, Department of Green Spaces, City of Frankfurt
• Freilager School Zurich – Opening Schools to the Urban Environment
  Alex Müller – School Principal (invited)

Moderation: Gertrudis Peters – Chamber of Architects and Urban Planners of Hesse

Participation fee: €50 / €25 for students
Registration: bda-hessen.de/events/symposium-bildungsorte/

In cooperation with the Department XI – Education, Real Estate and New Construction, City of Frankfurt am Main

The BDA Hessen is an association of freelance architects and urban planners who care deeply about the quality of the built environment. They are united by their willingness to commit themselves to the interests of building culture, to planning and building in a manner that is responsible towards the environment and future generations.