Pilots
Pilot 2 Atlantic Climate Zone
Demonstration of the multi-dimensional value of collaboratively greening the regeneration of a public square with historical buildings within the Atlantic climate zone.
City of Leuven: The Krakau square is located on the outside of Leuven’s ring, forming the heart of residences that are owned by the local social housing company. It is forming a part of a larger area that is known as the Casablanca neighborhood, a social living area. There are some trees present on the square, yet as it is almost completely paved currently,the square is very grey and outdated. The city of Leuven aims to transform this space into a green area to boost biodiversity, capture and store carbon, counter the heat-island effect, and enhance resilience to rainfall and drought. The redesign will involve local stakeholders, creating a shared space for citizens and enable connection between the surrounding green areas – stretching it from Hal 5, which are vacant historic railway halls which are locating a mixture of initiatives and organisations, focusing on 4 themes with a focus on sustainability, cocreation and community building – blending in well with the URBreath framework and connect it to Lolanden, where the local community house (provided by Leuven) is located.
City of Aarhus: The City of Aarhus, in collaboration with URBREATH partners, is committed to enhancing and refining the OpenCityPlanner 3D model. This project involves integrating new data layers focused on green urban planning, specifically emphasizing multifunctional Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in city planning. We aim to enrich the 3D model by incorporating social and political dimensions essential for effective climate adaptation and urban greening initiatives.
Our focus extends to addressing political and communicative requirements inherent in urban greening and city planning within a specific area of central Aarhus. Throughout the project, Aarhus will actively involve various stakeholders from the city administration, including the offices of Urban Spaces, Water Management, Digitalisation, as well as representatives from sports and leisure, local civic associations, and joint citizens’ councils.
This collaborative effort will be spearheaded by the Chief Architect to the City of Aarhus, working closely with counterparts from pilot city Leuven and BLOXHUB.