A project for the International Building Exhibition (IBA) Urban Redevelopment Saxony-Anhalt 2010
IBA 2010 Stadtumbau Sachsen-Anhalt, City of Aschersleben
2007-2010
When a city gradually loses residents, more and more houses stand empty, abandoned and slowly falling into disrepair. Renovating them often becomes pointless, and after a few years they are simply demolished. This creates gaps that perforate a dense urban fabric. During the IBA Urban Redevelopment 2010, the venerable city of Aschersleben addressed this pressing problem in an intelligent way.
The goal was something that is no longer possible in many shrinking cities: a decisive shrinkage from the outside in. Aschersleben aims to manage its shrinkage process strategically, demolishing buildings on the outskirts while simultaneously revitalizing its architecturally valuable center. Therefore, the centrally located, important thoroughfare, which forms a semicircle around the old town, was transformed from a traffic bottleneck into a “stabilizing ring.” Here, houses were demolished in several places, and the resulting vacant lots were repurposed for artistic uses. In the section of the street “Hinter dem Zoll” (Behind the Customs House), the world’s first “Drive Thru Gallery” was created. The firm chezweitz developed and implemented two permanent art installations for this gallery.
DRIVE THRU Gallery
Internationale Bauausstellung Stadtumbau Sachsen-Anhalt 2010
Urbane Galerie in Aschersleben 2007-2010
Kuratoren
Detlef Weitz,
Kai Vöckler,
IBA Stadtumbau Sachsen-Anhalt 2010
Künstler
Andree Volkmann,
Christopher Winter
Szenografie
chezweitz & roseapple,
Detlef Weitz und Rose Epple mit Martin Siegmund
Projektleitung
Holger Jansen
Leistung
Kuratierung,
Durchführung
Fotos
Volker Kreidler,
IBA Stadtumbau Sachsen-Anhalt,
Frank Gehrmann
