Perspectives workshop

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Perspectives workshops are participation-based and consensus-oriented planning processes for integrative urban development - from plot-related design to master planning of entire city ​​districts .

The "Perspektivenwerkstatt" method was first introduced in Germany in 1995 by the communication scientist and moderator Andreas von Zadow . The method goes back to various planning approaches that are practiced in English-speaking countries under the name of " Community Planning " and were first used in the USA in 1967 as the " Urban Design Assistance Team ". In German-speaking countries, the perspective workshop procedure is listed in a wide variety of manuals and subject-specific method comparisons.

concept

External moderators and planners, who are supposed to be "independent" of the idea, control a consensus-oriented process of understanding between different interest groups who strive for conflicting development goals - be it citizens, planners, investors, politicians, authorities, public bodies, associations and clubs . The procedure is often used when there are significant conflicts and over long periods of time. A basis of communication with the external moderators is established through intensive preliminary talks and preparatory steps, before the various interest groups work together publicly in the perspective workshop, discuss the initial situation, exchange their positions and finally draft solutions. The process can involve up to several hundred participants in working groups , site visits, planning tables and plenaries .

A special feature of the procedure is that the external, interdisciplinary team tries immediately after the public event days on site to condense the various approaches to a solution in the form of a synthesis, to further elaborate and on this basis to create an "integrated vision" for the area from urban planning, from a social and economic point of view. The result is the responsibility of the external team, is presented to the public a few days after the perspective workshop and only then fed into the usual coordination processes of administration, politics or companies. A communication process geared towards participation is thus linked directly to the competencies of specialist planning. The otherwise commonly practiced and heavily criticized dichotomy between planning and participation can thus be overcome.

The extremely short processing time of the procedure creates a mood of optimism on an emotional level, especially if it had previously come to a standstill due to major conflicts. This change in mood can help overcome confrontations, facilitate and accelerate implementation and promote cooperation. In this sense, some see the Perspektivenwerkstatt process as a practical contribution to a new planning culture, because it is looking for a third way : not “ top down ”, not “bottom up”, but “integral win win ”. The method is a process geared towards citizen dialogue, which can provide impulses for location issues, in settlement construction , in conversion projects through to the planning of town squares, vacant lots or industrial monuments , in traffic planning as well as for comprehensive reorientations in terms of sustainable urban development.

Awards

In 1999, the 'Perspektivenwerkstatt' method was awarded the 1st prize of the annual innovation prize of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung together with the Immobilienmanager magazine . In 1999 the perspective workshop "Essen Berliner Platz" received the Robert Jungk Prize .

Bibliography

  • Andreas von Zadow: "Perspektivenwerkstatt", 1997, ISBN 3-88118-2314
  • Andreas von Zadow: “Concerted actions for an integrative urban redevelopment”; published in the conference volume “Stadt im Umbau - Neue urbane Horizonte”, Salzburg 2009
  • Nick Wates: Action Planning, 1996, ISBN 1-898465-11-8
  • Nick Wates: The Community Planning Handbook, 2000, ISBN 1-85383654-0
  • Nick Wates: The Community Planning Event Manual, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84407-492-1
  • Eleonore Hauptmann & Nick Wates: “Concertion citoyenne en urbanisme”, 2010, ISBN 978-2-913492-73-8
  • Foundation for collaboration, Artis LEy, Ludwig Weitz (ed.): Praxis Bürgerbeteiligung , 2003, ISBN 3-928053-84-1

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