Auf die PLÄTZE los

Visuelle Utopien für eine lebenswerte Stadt

What does a city look like where everyone feels at home? Artist Jan Kamensky and children from the school social work program at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn School and the Ursula-Wölfel-School explored this question, investigating the traffic area around the Ringkirche (Ring Church). Jan Kamensky created an animation as a visual utopia, opening up new avenues for thinking about a people-friendly and sustainable urban design. Since 2020, Kamensky has been creating animations of international urban spaces, in which he frees streets from cars and plants virtual urban gardens that appeal to our awareness.

The participation of the school social work children impressively demonstrates that they have developed their own ideas for a livable urban space around the Ringkirche – including a Lego city and a creative photo project. Kamensky's film and the children's work will be presented at the panel discussion in the Ringkirche.

This project, a collaboration between the School Social Work for Children's Department and the Smart City, Europe and Public Order Department, demonstrates the importance of young people's participation in urban development processes and the creative impulses that arise from it.

In the subsequent panel discussion, city representatives from the fields of education, transportation, and mobility will discuss how cities can be designed sustainably, creating spaces where everyone—especially children—feels at home and can be actively involved.

Interested citizens are warmly invited to attend the event and participate in the discussion.

The School Social Work for Children department is a youth welfare service offered by the Wiesbaden Office for Social Work and is currently located at 17 Wiesbaden primary schools. School social work supports children in their development into responsible and socially competent individuals. In close cooperation with the schools and other partners, it offers assistance with parenting issues and school-related problems.