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PROBEWOHNEN
(Home Testing)
a film project by REINIGUNGSGESELLSCHAFT in the context of
an urban research
a project for the re-vitalisation of the Wilhelminian
quarter of Görlitz - the most Eastern German City
The inner city areas of many East German cities are affected
by a higher than average vacancy. The project PROBEWOHNEN
(Home Testing) cretaes new experiences and knowledge for the
preservation and future oriented use of those areas.
see video
How can economically underdeveloped cites in East Germany
become attractive again to avoid a mass exodus towards west?
The use of already existing but empty urban housing areas
has a significant role for that question.
REINIGUNGSGESELLSCHAFT accompanies a scientific research project
of the Institute for Re-vitalizing urban planning and relates
scientific research with the on-spot situation on a cognitive
and visual level.
Home Testing. What´s that?
The project Home Testing in Görlitz invites people from
various backgrounds to live rentfree for one week in inner
city flats.
Partners of the project are:
Technical University (TU) Dresden
Görlitz Kompetenzzentrum Revitalisierender Städtebau
City of Görlitz
WBG - Public Utility Housing Enterprise Görlitz
Two furnished appartments in old buildings are provided for
the project.
The participants shall experience their typical all day life
in a new environment.
REINIGUNGSGESELLSCHAFT is present when the new inhabitants
of the inner city seize their new environment and explores
how it effects various day-time activities in life and work.
Scientists and artists explore together the reasons of the substancial
vacancy
The project explores systematically the Home Testing experiences
of the participants.
The Home Testers are considered to be experts to find problem
solutions. Their experiences are the basis for future urban
plannings.
REINIGUNGSGESELLSCHAFT pusues an intensive knowledge exchange
with the scientists and contibutes an indendent filmic interpretation
of the activities.
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