Summer Street Holzplatz

As part of Munich's "Summer Streets," the turning area at Holzplatz is being traffic-calmed and redesigned. A variety of furnishing elements will turn the square into a space with a high quality of stay.

Location
Project location: München; Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt; Holzplatz
Street segment: whole lane (turning area), 6 parking lots

Time
Project period: June 2023 - September 2023
Project frequency: recurring (2021/2022/2023)

Actors
Initiators: Municipality (Mobility Department), City Policy (District Committee), Citizens (Residents)
Project creators: Municipality (Construction Department), Professionals (StudioStadtRegion), Citizens (Residents), Business (Gastronomy)

Construction elements
spatial: 2 seating platforms made of euro pallets, 4 concrete buckets
planar: rolled turf

Planting
spatial: none
planar: lawn, flowers in tubs

Program
Furniture: 8 chairs, 3 beer tables, 6 beer benches, 2 garbage cans, bicycle stand
Events: recurring (residents' meeting)

Comparison before/experiment

Evaluation perimeter (street space from facade to facade): 2037 m2

Zoning (before)	Zoning (experiment)
Car: 979 m2	Car: 833 m2
Bike: 0 m2	Bike: 24 m2
Pedestrian: 1050 m2	Pedestrian: 1180 m2
Other: 8 m2	Other 8 m2
Parking lots (before)	Parking lots (experiment)
Car: 28	Car: 22
Bike: 0	Bike: 12
Surfaces (before)	surfaces (experiment)
sealed: 1727 m2	sealed 1716 m2
half sealed: 0 m2	half sealed:  11 m2*
not sealed: 310  m2	not sealed:  310 m2

* temporary greenery in pots or similar is recorded as half-sealed surface

Sources
Own measurement (28.07.2023) / Literature research (Website www.arc.ed.tum.de/lao/forschung/forschungsplattformen/1/munich-lab/strassenexperimente-muc/sommerstrasse-holzplatz/, besucht am 01.08.2023)

Authors
Qiuyuan Chen, Jingyi Xu

Editorial revision
Felix Lüdicke, Gero Engeser, Daniel Wolfram

Date
01.08.2023