Vauban Quarter in Freiburg, Germany - Revision history

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	=== References ===		=== References ===

			''Awakening Participation: Building Capacity For Public Participation In Environmental Decisionmaking For CEE''; The Regional Environmental Center; Szentendre, December 1996

			''Tools to Support Participatory Urban Decision Making''; Urban Governance Toolkit Series; United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), Nairobi, July 2001


	http://www.forum-vauban.de/overview.shtml		http://www.forum-vauban.de/overview.shtml

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	The principle "Learning while Planning" adopted by the bodies of the City of Freiburg allowed flexibility in reacting to new developments. This allowed an extended citizen participation that went far beyond the legal requirements and enabled citizens to participate even in the planning process. The citizen's association "Forum Vauban e.V." applied to coordinate the participation process and was recognized as its legal body by the City of Freiburg in 1995 which enormously raised the participation level. From the very beginning, Forum Vauban did not want to restrict itself to merely organizing but also developed own suggestions for the planning and building of the district. Therefore the project was created and implemented together with the City of Freiburg and several other partners. That is a reason why Freiburg-Vauban was presented as "German Best Practice" at the UN Habitat II Conference 1996 in Istanbul because of the cooperative planning process. In the phase after the planning and construction the participation is still very high but moved to a different dimension and promoted through the "Stadtteilverein Vauban e.V.".		The principle "Learning while Planning" adopted by the bodies of the City of Freiburg allowed flexibility in reacting to new developments. This allowed an extended citizen participation that went far beyond the legal requirements and enabled citizens to participate even in the planning process. The citizen's association "Forum Vauban e.V." applied to coordinate the participation process and was recognized as its legal body by the City of Freiburg in 1995 which enormously raised the participation level. From the very beginning, Forum Vauban did not want to restrict itself to merely organizing but also developed own suggestions for the planning and building of the district. Therefore the project was created and implemented together with the City of Freiburg and several other partners. That is a reason why Freiburg-Vauban was presented as "German Best Practice" at the UN Habitat II Conference 1996 in Istanbul because of the cooperative planning process. In the phase after the planning and construction the participation is still very high but moved to a different dimension and promoted through the "Stadtteilverein Vauban e.V.".

	The huge number of citizens allowed a variety of tools which have been used in the public participation process. The ~~used tools~~ a		The huge number of citizens allowed a variety of tools which have been used in the public participation process. They range from open houses, festivities, establishing of information platforms (journals, websites etc.) as indirect ones which influence the process but do not have a jurisdictional character. The direct methods include workshops with planners and the city administration as a part of German planning laws where the citizen´s voice goes through official procedures. The tool will be explained further in the next section where we will speak also about levels of participation.


	==== On which level of participation? ====		==== On which level of participation? ====

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			The principle "Learning while Planning" adopted by the bodies of the City of Freiburg allowed flexibility in reacting to new developments. This allowed an extended citizen participation that went far beyond the legal requirements and enabled citizens to participate even in the planning process. The citizen's association "Forum Vauban e.V." applied to coordinate the participation process and was recognized as its legal body by the City of Freiburg in 1995 which enormously raised the participation level. From the very beginning, Forum Vauban did not want to restrict itself to merely organizing but also developed own suggestions for the planning and building of the district. Therefore the project was created and implemented together with the City of Freiburg and several other partners. That is a reason why Freiburg-Vauban was presented as "German Best Practice" at the UN Habitat II Conference 1996 in Istanbul because of the cooperative planning process. In the phase after the planning and construction the participation is still very high but moved to a different dimension and promoted through the "Stadtteilverein Vauban e.V.".

			The huge number of citizens allowed a variety of tools which have been used in the public participation process. The used tools a


	==== On which level of participation? ====		==== On which level of participation? ====

	[[Image:Pyramid.jpg\|none\|800x600px]]		[[Image:Pyramid.jpg\|none\|800x600px]]

	The principle "Learning while Planning" adopted by the city allowed flexibility in reacting to new developments. This allowed an extended citizen participation that went far beyond the legal requirements and enabled citizens to participate even in the planning process. The citizen's association "Forum Vauban e.V." applied to coordinate the participation process and was recognized as its legal body by the City of Freiburg in 1995. From the very beginning, Forum Vauban did not want to restrict itself to merely organizing but also developed own suggestions for the planning and building of the district. Therefore the project was created and implemented together with the City of Freiburg and several other partners.

	~~Freiburg-~~Vauban ~~was presented~~ as "~~German Best Practice~~" at the ~~UN Habitat II Conference~~ 1996 in ~~Istanbul because of~~ the ~~cooperative planning~~ process.		If take the manual "''Awakening Participation: Building Capacity For Public Participation In Environmental Decisionmaking For CEE''" (published by The Regional Environmental Center; Szentendre, December 1996) and its pyramidal overview of participation levels as shown above, it can be concluded that the levels of participation which are visible from the graphic can be manifested in the Vauban quarter and its three phases as divided by the author. In the first phase before the construction the levels "information" and "Citizens feedback" were realized, especially during the "Wohnfrühling" action in 1996 but also "Consultations" and "Joint planning" phase after the publishing of the Master plan.

			In the second phase during all the three construction stages the participation was mainly focused on active participation as a part of the numerous workshops on different objects (e.g. Citizen´s house workshop) and festivals .

			In the third phase after the construction process (2006- ) the citizens participation is still very high but mainly focused on providing informations and feedback on happenings in the quarter including the maintenance process due to a high level of private-own properties.

	=== Which stakeholders have been involved? ===		=== Which stakeholders have been involved? ===

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	The principle "Learning while Planning" adopted by the city allowed flexibility in reacting to new developments. This allowed an extended citizen participation that went far beyond the legal requirements and enabled citizens to participate even in the planning process. The citizen's association "Forum Vauban e.V." applied to coordinate the participation process and was recognized as its legal body by the City of Freiburg in 1995. From the very beginning, Forum Vauban did not want to restrict itself to merely organizing but also developed own suggestions for the planning and building of the district. Therefore the project was created and implemented together with the City of Freiburg and several other partners.		The principle "Learning while Planning" adopted by the city allowed flexibility in reacting to new developments. This allowed an extended citizen participation that went far beyond the legal requirements and enabled citizens to participate even in the planning process. The citizen's association "Forum Vauban e.V." applied to coordinate the participation process and was recognized as its legal body by the City of Freiburg in 1995. From the very beginning, Forum Vauban did not want to restrict itself to merely organizing but also developed own suggestions for the planning and building of the district. Therefore the project was created and implemented together with the City of Freiburg and several other partners.

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	The principle "Learning while Planning" adopted by the city allowed flexibility in reacting to new developments. This allowed an extended citizen participation that went far beyond the legal requirements and enabled citizens to participate even in the planning process. The citizen's association "Forum Vauban e.V." applied to coordinate the participation process and was recognized as its legal body by the City of Freiburg in 1995. From the very beginning, Forum Vauban did not want to restrict itself to merely organizing but also developed own suggestions for the planning and building of the district. Therefore the project was created and implemented together with the City of Freiburg and several other partners.		The principle "Learning while Planning" adopted by the city allowed flexibility in reacting to new developments. This allowed an extended citizen participation that went far beyond the legal requirements and enabled citizens to participate even in the planning process. The citizen's association "Forum Vauban e.V." applied to coordinate the participation process and was recognized as its legal body by the City of Freiburg in 1995. From the very beginning, Forum Vauban did not want to restrict itself to merely organizing but also developed own suggestions for the planning and building of the district. Therefore the project was created and implemented together with the City of Freiburg and several other partners.

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	The City of Freiburg has bought the area from the Federal Authorities and paid for this 20,000,000 €. As owner of the Vauban area, the City is responsible for its planning and development.		The City of Freiburg has bought the area from the Federal Authorities and paid for this 20,000,000 €. As owner of the Vauban area, the City is responsible for its planning and development.

			The district had also the objective to satisfy the growing need for residential units in this German city which was realized by offering space for the named 5000 inhabitants, many of them in private own flats or houses.

			The Vauban quarter, due to its position in the southern part of the city and its almost suburban status, had the goal to physically block the additional urban sprawl which was affecting the city of Freiburg, one of Germany´s towns with the highest life quality and land value statistics, causing a non-high but continuous migration to the city.

	=== When was public participation most intensive? ===		=== When was public participation most intensive? ===

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	=== Rationale: Why is this case interesting? ===		=== Rationale: Why is this case interesting? ===

			The case of the Vauban quarter in the city of Freiburg is one of the world´s best practice examples of the creation of whole new urban quarters using various participation techniques in each phase of design and planning. Basically, the initiative for a new quarter was started as an citizen´s initiative. In this case even the city, as the main important body of the local government, gave the coordination of participatory processes to citizen´s NGO. The result is a structure which was shown at many international conferences including UN-HABITAT conferences, EXPO events etc. as a model for ecologically and socially sustainable environment - best practice example for the future of the design and planning disciplines.

			Even today, after the completion of the last construction phase, the local citizen´s initiatives play an enormous important role in the community by organizing regular meeting but also events, increasing the community sense - something which Vauban is famous for as well with people buying and not renting estates having a wish to settle down in their community. It is the result of a clear strategy and continuity in participatory processes in Vauban.

	=== Author's personal background ===		=== Author's personal background ===

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Process Biography Scheme

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	=== Process Biography Scheme ===		=== Process Biography Scheme ===

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	=== Who initiated the project and why? ===		=== Who initiated the project and why? ===