Baukultur Report 2016/17

Germany is a country of small and medium-sized towns and rural areas. But what prospects do these places have given the current boom in the cities? What happens in the cities has
an impact on the surrounding areas and the periphery, in the form of shrinkage, in ux, and the transfer of responsibilities. In addition to a look at the agglomerations shaped by in ux and housing shortages, the Baukultur Report 2016/17 looks for Baukultur models for spaces beyond large cities. In the three focus areas – “Vital Municipalities”, “Infrastructure and Landscape”, and “Planning Culture and Process Quality” – it is shown how contemporary design and regional building traditions create desirable places to live, how energy production and infrastructure can be integrated into landscapes and townscapes, how professional structures can be strengthened, and how citizens can participate in these developments.

The Federal Foundation of Baukultur not only tries to identify solutions, but has also set itself the goal of using the current challenges of social and demographic trends and climate change for a functional and design improvement of our built environments, in the city and
in the village. In many rural areas, Baukultur is even a more important issue than in large cities – it is a prerequisite for a future worth living for 45% of the population who would prefer to live there.

Here you can download the Baukultur Report 2016/17 for free.