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Climate Change in Duisburg – "Intervention for a lively urban culture on September 22, 2010"

Climate change in Duisburg: a campaign in public space is to promote a lively urban culture with a new climate in the city centre. RUHR.2010, the State Initiative StadtBauKultur NRW, Dortmund Technical University and the City of Duisburg have initiated the appeal for a joint walk from 6 p.m on Wednesday, September 22.

'Temporary city at particular locations' is a tri-national university competition organized by StadtBauKultur NRW with RUHR.2010 within the dialogue of this year’s European capitals of culture Istanbul, Pécs and Ruhr metropolis. The project series broaches the issue of special places with urbanistic deficits, puts them into focus by temporary interventions in order to give impetus to long-term changes.

In Duisburg the students of the urban planning department of Dortmund TU, Anna Lerch and Mavie Lakenbrink, won through with their idea of 'Climate change in Duisburg – a new environment in the city centre'. With the establishment of a shared space, used equally by pedestrians, cyclists and motorists, in the traffic area between Post-, Schwanenstraße and Steinsche Gasse, they wanted to create a connection between inner harbour and city centre. The implementation of this plan was scheduled for September 23 to 26, 2010, but had to be cancelled at short notice due to concerns regarding traffic law.

The project partners now want to evoke the 'climate change' by a campaign in the evening of September 22, 2010. On a walk from the city centre to the inner harbour and around the especially established 'Speaker’s Corner', the initiators want to take up position with regard to international relations in culture and building culture under the motto 'Out into the city! Take to the street for a lively urban culture!'. Sympathizers are cordially invited!

The “Weather Change in Duisburg" at the "Still life A40"

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