urbanLab Magazin 2021 - Transformation

THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY SHOW A POSITIVE START BUT REQUIRE FURTHER
VALIDATION THROUGH AN ACCUMULATION OF CASE STUDIES
GreenScenario’s methodology has been applied on small scale plots up to 100-hectare
new build developments in seven countries, most recently for evaluating the
climate adaptive potential of competition design solutions in city of Ingolstadt in
Germany. GreenScenario continues to be utilised in various contexts but most
especially for early phase concept design evaluation, for revealing optimisation potential
and for using a dialogue basis together with multiple stakeholder groups.
Three key examples include its application in Berlin, for a 2-hectare mixed-use urban
retrofit site, the climate analysis showed the impact of transforming the site
from an approximately 95% paved area into a highly green, porose site (>60%
softscape) on its outdoor thermal comfort levels, stormwater management potential
and biodiversity increase. Secondly, GreenScenario was utilised in Ingolstadt to
assess which of eleven design entries had the highest climate adaptation potential.
The approximately 8-hectare site looked specifically to finding pragmatic solutions
that could be implemented and act as a prototype for other typical developments.
In Cologne, GreenScenario is being utilised as part of a larger planning process as
a dialogue tool to communicate how and where sponge city techniques can be potentially
implemented within two project areas set in the dense, existing context
of the urban centre where infrastructural and regulatory requirements necessitate
an integrated, collaborative workshop process to develop pragmatic, buildable and
maintainable solutions.
In Ingolstadt, the methodology was utilized as one of four key parameters for
assessing eleven competition entries and their climate adaptative performance
as compared to the baseline existing situation
30 REGENERATIVE DESIGN