Art and qualifications “made in Hasenbergl”
(Bavaria)
Photography: Robert Sprang
The district Hasenbergl on the northern fringes of Munich was built between 1960 and 1970, pursuing the ideal of a structured and broken up city. More than 26.000 residents were housed here in approximately 8.200 apartments. The district has a very high proportion of council apartments and currently accommodates an above average number of immigrants.
The district has been a redevelopment area since 1997 and was additionally included in the Federal and State Programme “Social City” (Soziale Stadt). The objectives of the “integrated action concept” for Hasenbergl include the expansion of available housing, improving the quality of life in public spaces and the residential environment, upgrading or creating, respectively, infrastructure facilities – also including training centres and places of employment - as well as the active involvement of residents.
Photography: Henning Koepke
The training centre „Bauhütte Hasenbergl“ is an element of the local job creation initiative „Junge Arbeit” run by the social counselling service. It was established as a manufacturing workshop for façade stones with the aim of involving adolescents from the district in local renewal activities.
The initiative’s employment policy concept is focused on the target group of socially disadvantaged young adolescents who are hard to place on the primary employment market. As the renewal activities in the district continued, an artistic focus crystallized on the one hand and a business initiative on the other. In the course of cooperating with artists on construction projects, the „Bauhütte Hasenbergl“ developed letter stones for the redesign of a public space, for example. In another project, relief slabs for a nursery school were worked on jointly with children. Annually, the job creation scheme provides about 80 adolescents with professional qualifications in painting and decorating, printing, carpentry, catering and construction.
In 2002, the cooperative association „made in hasenbergl“ was established. The cooperative is aimed at also providing the adolescents with longer-term job perspectives. Two lines of business exist so far, both exploiting gaps in the market: interior design with terrazzo surfaces and the project „diner“. This project provides temporary catering services for construction site canteens, mess halls etc. A small tent serves as a “floating” building for these temporary events.
The cooperative is supported conceptually by the Department of Employment and the Economy as well as the Munich Municipal Planning Office. Investment measures are assisted by the programme “Social City”.
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| From 1997 | Renewal activities in the redevelopment area Hasenbergl via the training centre “Bauhütte Hasenbergl” |
| Spring 2002 | Foundation of the cooperative association “made in hasenbergl” |
| Autumn 2003 | The cooperative takes up operative business |
| Up to 2005 | Planned transfer of the cooperative into economic independence |
Photography: Henning Koepke
Photography: Büro Ottmann
Photography: Büro Ottmann
This combination of art and urban renewal was developed as part of a job creation initiative and provides participants with an opportunity to experience public recognition for the work they have done and the skills they have acquired. The artistic elements simultaneously enhance resident identification with the district. The secondary development of the initiative into a cooperatively organized branch of operation opens up career perspectives for young residents that extend beyond the “classic” employment policy measure portion. The project at the same time contributes to providing a mix of uses in a mono-structural district.
The projekt site ist to be found at postal code: 80933 - town: München - street: Aschenbrennerstraße.
Record inserted on 01.10.2003 by Lehrstuhl für Planungstheorie und Stadtplanung, RWTH Aachen and updated by theFederal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) within the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR).
Last update: 24.07.2008
