Research project INTERESS-I
The Integrated Strategies to Strengthen Urban Blue-Green Infrastructures (INTERESS-I) project develops concepts and measures to optimize settlement and building structures based on urban climate requirements, water availability and quality, and the needs of open space provision. Improving the urban climate requires the expansion of existing green infrastructure, but also blue infrastructure. Against the backdrop of increasingly frequent drought periods in particular, this results in a considerable additional demand for water, making it necessary to tap into alternative water resources. The project therefore contributes to sustainability, climate resilience, and environmental justice in cities. Thanks to the close involvement of the partner cities Stuttgart and Frankfurt am Main, it also supports the generation and transfer of knowledge on municipal courses of action and processes. Helix-Pflanzen supports the project as a practice-oriented project partner. During the definition phase from March to August 2017, existing approaches in the participating municipalities were recorded and expectations regarding integrated strategies were explored. In the research and development project phase starting in October 2018, these strategies are being further developed and implemented in the municipal context.
Within the joint research project, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of the initiative “Umsetzung der Leitinitiative Zukunftsstadt” with a total funding volume of approximately €2.2 million, the gtla* chair is responsible for the subproject “Green Architecture” and leads the overall project coordination. The cooperation partners are TU Kaiserslautern, represented by the Chair of Resource-Efficient Wastewater Treatment, the Institute of Landscape Planning and Ecology and the Institute for Sanitary Engineering, Water Quality and Solid Waste Management at the University of Stuttgart, as well as the Frankfurt Institute for Social-Ecological Research.
The research project INTERESS-I is part of the BMBF-funded initiative MONARES (Monitoring of Adaptation Measures and Climate Resilience in Cities) and is accompanied by SynVer*Z (Effectiveness of Research on the Sustainable Transformation of Cities).
Coordination and Project management
Dr. Bernd Eisenberg
bernd.eisenberg(at)tum.de
Project team
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ferdinand Ludwig
Friederike Well, M.Sc.
Publications
Steger, Lotta; Well, Friederike; Ludwig, Ferdinand: Blau-grüne Infrastrukturen: Transformationsstudien urbaner Freiräume am Beispiel Frankfurts. Transforming Cities (1), 2020, 56-61 mehr…
Well, Friederike; Morandi, Carlo; Richter, Philipp: Regen- und Grauwasser als alternative Wasserquelle für Vertikalbegrünung. GebäudeGrün (3), 2020, 20-23 mehr…
Well, Friederike; Ludwig, Ferdinand: Blue–green architecture: A case study analysis considering the synergetic effects of water and vegetation. Frontiers of Architectural Research (9), 2020, 191-202 mehr…
Well, Friederike; Ludwig, Ferdinand (2019): Blue–green architecture: A case study analysis considering the synergetic effects of water and vegetation. In: Frontiers of Architectural Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2019.11.001.
Eisenberg, Bernd; Well, Friederike; Ludwig, Ferdinand: Integrierte Strategien zur Stärkung blau-grüner Infrastrukturen: Verbesserung des Stadtklimas und der Aufenthaltsqualität als Maßgabe zukunftsfähiger Stadtentwicklung. Transforming Cities (3), 2019, 56-59
Eisenberg, Bernd; Well, Friederike; Ludwig, Ferdinand: Neues urbanes Grün - Freistehende Vertikalbegrünung für das Stadtklima. Ernst & Sohn - Special Gebäudebegrünung, 2019