BB 2070 – Magazin für Städtebau und urbanes Leben, Nr. 4

The climate that will prevail in the city in the future will not be decided by technical progress alone, warns Harald Bodenschatz. Issue No. 4 describes how Berlin and Brandenburg deal with the resources forest and water. It presents the Sponge City concept for regulating the water balance and Thomas Stellmach’s design for the future, entitled “Network of Water Cycles,” which focuses on the climate challenge and was awarded fourth prize in the “International Urban Planning Ideas Competition 2070.” In addition, the advantages and disadvantages of wood as a building material are balanced.
The 4th issue of “BB2070” publishes contributions by Harald Welzer, Harald Bodenschatz, Kim Gundlach, Doris Kleilein, Niklas Maak, Friederike Meyer, Tobias Nöfer, Helene Peters, Thomas Stellmach, Laura Weissmüller, Felix Zohlen, Gerwin Zohlen and Rudolf Spindler.