Design and Implementation of Future Community Spaces

The project aims to make community a tangible experience. They're doing this through collective, open-to-the-public construction and design days focused on the open neighborhood space at Jordanstraße 3 and its surrounding public areas. The implementation serves as a model: it is intended to be exemplary and replicable.

In this way, the project wants to explore future community spaces as democratic seeds in a practical manner. What will future places of encounter and exchange look like? The goal is to practice forward-looking processes of mutual support, collective design, and participatory decision-making.

Through concrete projects such as greening facades, building a parklet, modular interior design, installing a rainwater storage tank, and setting up fold-away public seating, the project aims to bring self-participation and collectivity to life. In doing so, they achieve motivating results that enhance the neighborhood. Invitations to participate in the process will be issued publicly and well in advance.

The projects are to take place in and around the area of Jordanstraße 3 in Bockenheim, as they already have local knowledge here and existing networks with residents and local initiatives, which enables synergies. They plan to document the results photographically and to establish connections with other neighborhoods.

Feel welcome here—come on in whenever we're open and you're in the mood. And if you feel like it, get involved in our program or help out during opening hours. Café Rabe is your space, too! Open public meeting every first Sunday of the month starting at 3:30 p.m.

Institut für Selbstorganisation is a cross-generational group based in the neighbourhood around Jordanstraße 3, working to promote community spirit and provide social and cultural activities. The space serves as a hub and an important meeting place for a large number of Bockenheim initiatives and many local residents.