There is a great deal of controversy concerning the role and importance of the urban centres of Switzerland in view of future requirements of society, environment, commerce, and the economy. For this reason it makes sense to search for ideas and strategies for extensive planning of the built environment.
The National Research Programme “New Urban Quality“ (NRP 65) aims at (further) developing concepts and strategies for new urban quality and testing the feasibility of the research findings. The concepts will demonstrate innovative ways to achieve urban development, urban redevelopment, and urban planning in Switzerland that are realizable in the medium and long term. The concepts will base on the perspectives of urban planning and architecture, with researchers and experts in all relevant disciplines working together.
In addition to the aim of developing the solutions themselves, a main thrust of NRP 65 concerns the processes of learning and collaboration between representatives of the different disciplines involved.
Overall funding: CHF 5'000'000
Period: 3 years
President of the Steering Committee:
Jürg Sulzer, Technische Universität Dresden, Fakultät Architektur and Görlitz Kompetenzzentrum Revitalisierender Städtebau
Head of Knowledge transfer: Dominik Büchel, advocacy ag, Basel
Programme co-ordinator: Stephanie Schönholzer, SNSF
Deadline for Project Outlines: 8 July 2009