AQT Südliche Au – Kolumbusstraße
As part of the research project "Car-reduced neighborhoods for a livable city (aqt)", a section of Kolumbusstraße in the "südliche Au" area will be closed off and designed as a green and recreation area.
Location
Project location: Munich; Südliche Au, Kolumbusstraße
Street segment: 40 parking spaces, entire roadway
Time
Project period: June 2023 - October 2023
Project frequency: once in 2023
Actors
Initiators: Institutions (Technical University of Munich), city administration (mobility department, planning department), interest groups (Hans Sauer Foundation)
Creators: Institutions (Technical University of Munich), professionals (StudioStadtRegion), companies (Stadtwerke München), citizens (residents)
Construction elements
planar: sand, rolled turf, water-bound road surface
spatial: open wooden cubes, canvas, play platforms, raised beds, water tanks
Planting
spatial: 4 small trees in planting boxes
planar: rolled lawn; flowers, vegetables, herbs and fruits in raised beds
Program
Furniture: 27 raised beds, 13 seating and storage boxes, 1 wooden platform, chairs, benches
Events: selective (kick-off event, gardening & questions, aperitivo & gardening, games and sports events (yoga...)) and recurring (office hours every 2nd week)
BESTAND
© Aylin Altungök, Laura Pehlke
EXPERIMENT
© Aylin Altungök, Laura Pehlke
BESTAND
© Aylin Altungök, Laura Pehlke
EXPERIMENT
© Aylin Altungök, Laura Pehlke
Comparison before/experiment
Evaluation perimeter (street space from facade to facade): 2036 m2
| Zoning (before) | Zoning (experiment) |
| Car: 1164 m2 | Car: 423 m2 |
| Bike: 23 m2 | Bike: 23 m2 |
| Pedestrian: 677 m2 | Pedestrian: 1418 m2 |
| Other: 172 m2 | Other: 172 m2 |
| Parking lots (before) | Parking lots (experiment) |
| Car: 53 | Car: 0 |
| Bike: 9 | Bike: 9 |
| Surfaces (before) | Sourfaces (experiment) |
| sealed: 1864 m2 | sealed: 1491 m2 |
| half sealed: 0 m2 | half sealed: 373 m2* |
| not sealed: 172 m2 | not sealed: 172 m2 |
* temporary greenery in pots or similar is recorded as half-sealed surface
Sources
Own measurement 02.08.2023; conversations with Marco Kellhammer and Simone Aumann 14.07.2023; Literature research (website https://www.mcube-cluster.de/projekt/aqt/, 30.08.2023 ; https://muenchenunterwegs.de/angebote/aqt, 30.08.2023)
Authors
Aylin Altungök, Laura Pehlke
Editorial revision
Felix Lüdicke, Gero Engeser, Daniel Wolfram
Date
31.08.2023