Architectural policy as a booster of urban development Vejle - Denmark

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1 Architectural policy as a booster of urban development Vejle - Denmark Montréal Thursday 28 September 2017 Architect MAA Henrik Stjernholm

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3 Vejle in the centre of Denmark Sweden North Sea Billund Airport Vejle LEGO LEGOLAND East Jutland Region H.C. Andersen Hamlet Copenhagen area Germany

4 Facts about Denmark 5,8 million inhabitants Copenhagen 1,2 million inhabitants IT, green tech, wind mills, agriculture, shipping, medicals, architecture export, tourism, and a lot of smaller industries Design country and bicycle country Architecture policy in 35 municipalities BIG, Schmidt Hammer Lassen, Cobe, C.F.Møller, 3xN, Henning Larsen, Arne Jacobsen, Jørn Utzon, Finn Juhl, Wegner

5 Facts about Vejle 113,000 inhabitants 1,400 more per year 1 % increasing 6.th greatest municipality in Denmark 4.th greatest shopping city 3.rd greatest conference city The best wellness hotels in Denmark 550,000 jobs within one hour by car IT, green tech, wind mills, shopping, transportation, smaller production The first Architecture Policy in Denmark

6 Vejle

7 What is Architecture Policy in Vejle A process - thinking architecture in the physical environment Public and private projects Be ambitious in architecture and planning Thinking in strategies for your city Dialogue with investors, owners, citizens, politiciens etc. Proactive action by the side of the laws

8 Why did Vejle create a municipal architecture policy? The situation in 1997: Many new projects and development Focus at architecture Many interested politicians study tours Ambitious employees The management was positive An innovative culture in the administration A necessity to take the next step forward

9 Authority Building permissions Controlling Planning Legislations Administration Politicians Economy Management Employees Budgets Government Controlling / laws Playground Compite with other cities Workshops Dialogue / Information Professionels - investors Competitions Press City Lab Citizens Artists Guided tours Architecture Day Innovation by visions Architectural quality city strategy

10 Guidelines 1997

11 Postcards from Vejle

12 Myndighed godkendelser planer tilladelser Administration Politikere udvalg direktør personale Dialog / eksempler pjecer Bygherre guidede byturer Gå-hjemmøder Rådgiver konkurrencer presse Borgermøder kunstnere Bylaboratoriet Nordiske træbyer Arkitekturens dag Gode off. eksempler Visionsdrevet innovation Arkitektonisk kvalitet Pedestrian street

13 Pedestian street shopping temporary urban spaces

14 Shopping centre

15 Square with lighting and art

16 Square by night

17 Urban spaces everyday and events

18 Temporary urban spaces

19 Lightning

20 Sport in the city

21 Halloween and shopping

22 Shopping after a visit in Legoland

23 New housing

24 Urban life in the old and new city

25 Urban strategy

26 #1 ATTRACTIVE HOUSING #3 DIVERSE CULTURE AND LEISURE #2 STRONG SHOPPING ENVIRONMENT Urban strategy

27 #4 DYNAMIC AND GROWING BUSINESS #5 EXCITING URBAN SPACES #6 TRAFFIC GOOD CONDITIONS FOR EVERYONE Urban strategy

28 Vejle City Strategy

29 Same idea for the city? YOUR IDEA? YOUR PROJECT? Dialogue - The right project in the right context

30 Investments in the City Centre of Vejle INNOVATION BY VISIONS : Public buildings, roads, urban spaces, technical installations: 600 m DKK Private buildings, social housing: Total - larger projects Factor PUBLIC (TAX) PRIVATE: 1 to : 1,800 m DKK 2,400 m DKK Public buildings, roads, urban spaces, technical installations: Private buildings, social housing : Total larger projects: 900 m DKK 5,700 m DKK 6,600 m DKK Factor PUBLIC (TAX) PRIVATE: 1 to 6

31 Shopping / Cinema / Siemens Tax 40 millions DDK Private 800 millions DDK Factor Public (Tax) PRIVATE: 1 to 20

32 Planning e.g. transforming harbor area

33 Transforming from industrial area to city area

34 Harbour area Marina and The Wave

35 Masterplan young architects Bjarke Ingels (BIG)

36 Ideas for new housing BIG - Masterplan Vejle Harbour 2004

37 Offering a site for icon architecture THE WAVE - Henning Larsen Architects

38 Architecture and Art Olafur Eliasson domicile for private business

39 House for sailor clubs

40 Floating kayaking club

41 New social housing

42 New private housing and promenade

43 The most expensive apartment in Jytland - costs 14 m DDK

44 Industrial buildings

45 Urban life in the new city

46 Vejle City Council shows the way

47 Infill new building in a heritage area

48 School Kindergarten Schools, kindergarten and nursing homes

49 Cultural heritage

50 Green park in the city centre

51 Sport in the city Landscape Prize 2014

52 Parking and art

53 Workshops and international inspiration

54 BID in Vejle Business Improvement Districts The municipality and the private shopping sector are collaborating

55 Social housing areas Architectual quality

56 1967 Social housing

57 1995 Social housing same building

58 2014 New rooftop apartments same building

59 Studytour new inspiration Social housing apartments with outstanding architecture

60 Architecture competition Future suburbia

61 Cultural heritage

62 Cultural heritage

63 Jelling Vikings Unesco world heritage

64 In cooperation with newspaper New life in old buildings Planning for small communities

65 Landscape and nature

66 Nature and outdoor living Green valley and attractive inlet areas

67 House for Sport fishing architecture and landscape

68 Nature - Visitor Centre architecture and landscape

69 albuen City Beach architecture and landscape

70 The Citizens

71 Citizenship Co-creation Communication Innovation Public meetings about masterplanning Get involved in your city workshops and public meetings

72 Citylab relaxing after architecture

73 Citylab dialog and information

74 Citylab dialog and information

75 Citizen participation Events in City Lab Build your city with Lego bricks

76 Citizen participation Engage, develop ideas and create local ownership

77 Guided citywalks with the chairman of the Planning Committee facts and dialogue Architecture tourists from Denmark and abroad

78 Guided tours for citizens

79 The employees

80 We are one unit - together we see new opportunities Germany Sweden Denmark 2014 Skaterpark + climate adaptation Visionary department - Study tours for everyone including administration

81 The Politicians

82 Day of Architecture Architecture prize, exhibitions, talks, visiting building sites

83 What are the links with the National architecture policy of Denmark? How do the two levels of policy influence each other? Danish Architecture Policy People in the centre 2014

84 1. Architecture for people 2. The meeting with archtecture Children, yong people and grown ups 3. Architecture and democracy The municipalities and citizen participation 4. Architecture and sustainability Environmentally, socially and culturally 5. Architecture and value creation Quality, innovation, international potential

85 What form does the architecture policy take in Vejle? What aspects does it cover? The entire physical environment is covered Buildings, urban spaces, streets, green parks, nature areas etc. Public owned buildings and private buildings All kind of planning documents Citizen paticipation workshops, schools etc. Collaboration with professionals Practice for students

86 What are the main achievements made under that policy? -What are the main benefits for Vejle citizens? A much more interesting city Branding as an architectural city Much more private investments Growing in the number of citizens Involving in the planning processes More challenges as an employee More interesting to be a politician

87 What is the cost/benefit ratio of the policy? Difficult to make a cost/benefit ratio on architecture policy for many reasons: The city is making a lot of projects anyway Many projects are private But More private investments Growing population More business innovation

88 Main obstacles to the adoption and implementation of a policy You focus on the point that you have no time instead of focusing at the posibilities for development Missing leadership Uninterested politicians it is a task to create good politicians every 4 years Uncertainty of the task new concept You want to do too much from the beginning

89 Main solutions to the adoption and implementation of such a policy You make a study tour to Vejle / Denmark to understand everything Have a look at the succesfully cities and see what kind of architecture and city life are created there Barcelona, Copenhagen, Berlin. Learn from you successes in your city how did you manage and how can it be used in the coming projects Use the TOP 10 STARTING KIT

90 What evolution is envisioned for that policy? The newest project is an architecture guide book, app and website Climate changes - resilience More use of cultural heritage Always trying to achieve higher architectural quality New ways of involving citizens Public/private partnership Social housing associations - collaboration

91 Architecture Guide Vejle

92 TOP 10 - STARTING KIT 1. Let one person start thinking 2-3 weeks 2. Form a group that can work internal in the city administration 3. Find out what you are doing well and why 4. Find out what you want - create successes, exhibitions, advices, networking 5. Study tours with the employees and the politicians 6. Beware of political acceptance

93 TOP 10 - STARTING KIT 7. Make an Architectural Prize, DAY OF ARCHITECTURE - 1 st October 8. Create debate with citizens, architects, professionals etc. 9. Start now you do not know more tomorrow or in a year. You can not predict the future, and you will not have more resources 10. Architecture Policy takes time in the beginning, makes new challenges, development in the municipality, makes the administration easier etc.

94 Architecture Guide Vejle links to Apples Appstore and to Googles/Androids GooglePlay: com.activewindow.arkitekturguide Oor search: Arkitekturguide Vejle

95 Architecture Policy is like parcour Thank you very much Henrik Stjernholm StjernholmArkitektur