Fab City - ein neues Paradigma der Stadtentwicklung

In the organizer's words:

What does the socio-ecological transformation mean for cities? Previous concepts have fallen short, including the 15-minute city. The Fab City Global Initiative, which Hamburg has also joined, is more radical: the city is becoming a resilient production site with citizen innovation and local recycling.

In the Fab City Global Initiative, 56 cities and regions worldwide are currently pursuing the conversion of their respective economies to a circular economy. In contrast to older concepts of the circular economy, the aim is to produce, repair and recycle everything that is needed locally or in the region wherever possible. Hamburg was the first German city to join the initiative in 2019.

The Fab City is a challenge because it means turning away from the post-industrial society that has largely outsourced the production of things since the 1970s. If this is to be rebuilt in urban areas, urban spaces need to be rethought. Can the separation of residential and commercial areas still be maintained? Doesn't every district need productive places that residents can use, e.g. Fab City houses, Fixing Factories, Fab Factories? How does the fab city relate to the 15-minute city if the city residents themselves are key players in the transformation as fab citizens? Are the city districts structurally prepared for a circular economy?

We are meeting at Fab Lab Fabulous St. Pauli (Stockmeyerstrasse 43, Hall 4K) for a lecture and discussion as part of the 11th Hamburg Architecture Summer.