Spaces and spatial qualities for young people in Guben's urban space

Where do young people spend time in the city? What conditions, needs and conflicts exist in these places and how can new street furniture improve the quality of their stay? In summer 2024, the Department of Urban Design and Urban Studies at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, the Smart City project of the city of Guben and Pestalozzi-Gymnasium Guben will be collaborating on these questions. The focus is on the public spaces and meeting places used by young people in Guben as well as the requirements and wishes regarding the design of these spaces.

As part of the summer semester, an impromptu seminar is offered with Master's students of urban and regional planning and architecture. An initial city tour and discussion on current urban development took place in May with Mayor Fred Mahro and employees of the city administration. This was followed in July by a joint working day with pupils from the geography course at Pestalozzi-Gymnasium. With the help of on-site inspections, interviews and the mapping method, the everyday spaces of young people in the city were examined in order to identify characteristics for the design of these spaces and to create the basis for designs for street furniture.

Digitale Pioniere in der Ländlichen Regionalentwicklung (2020-2023)

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