Industrial heritage and the New European Bauhaus was the theme of this year's meeting of the members of the ERIH Association, the organization of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. NEB_NETWORKOFFICE was invited to present the initiative for the New European Bauhaus in Saxony-Anhalt.
November 8th to 10th, the congress took place in Bilbao in the north of Spain. A historic and formerly highly industrialized port city on the Bay of Biscay, which boasts numerous architectural sights. Starting with the lively, medieval, completely car-free old town, through magnificent architecture from the industrialization and Art Nouveau periods and powerful witnesses to the shipbuilding and steel construction tradition, to contemporary buildings by internationally renowned architects. Every single era of development can be seen in the city and its entire habitus bears witness to centuries of resilience - beautiful, proud Bilbao! Due to deindustrialization, Bilbao has experienced a hard structural break and has repositioned itself.
On 9 November, the NETWORRKOFFICE gave a presentation on the history of industrialization in Saxony-Anhalt, the historic Bauhaus and its successor organizations #moderndenken, as well as our plans for the New European Bauhaus in Saxony-Anhalt #NeueBauhäusler. The auditorium was very interested in Saxony-Anhalt's experiences from the Industrial-Garden-Realm projects and IBA 2010 strategies in shrinking cities.
Vom reichen industriellen Erbe Europas und Impulsen zu seiner Weiterentwicklung sprachen weitere Referenten zu Luxemburg, Port Sunlight in England, Rybnik in Polen, dem Pfefferberg Berlin, der Textilindustrie in Norwegen und aus Reggio nell’ Emilia in Italien. Es herrschte Einigkeit darüber, dass industrielles Erbe einen bedeutenden Beitrag zu nachhaltiger Stadtentwicklung und kreativem Zivilengagement leisten kann. Der Erhalt industrieller Architektur bewahrt authentische, oftmals hochästhetische Zeitschichten und erlaubt vielfältige Nutzungen auf Grund seiner ihm innewohnenden räumlichen und strukturellen Flexibilität. Für das NEB Sachsen-Anhalt hat die Revitalisierung industriellen Erbes einen hohen Stellenwert.
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