On 3 July 2024, the LK & GK Geo students and Ms. Mueller made the “long” journey to the FEZ in the Wuhlheide. The topic "Sustainable City" was to be brought into focus once again at the end of the 2nd semester.
First of all, the students drew fictitious identities. For example, one group represented an elderly man with a disability and another a single mum with two children. In two workshop periods, the pupils worked on key aspects of a sustainable city in terms of climate, water, mobility, social issues and the economy, using their knowledge from geography lessons to great effect.
They went into the break with a mental exercise to work out what their fictional characters would need in a sustainable city. The practical part then began, which involved building a neighbourhood that takes into account all the needs of its extremely diverse citizens. The students developed interesting and completely different neighbourhood concepts, which they presented to each other and realised that many aspects need to be considered and combined in order to reach all citizens and how important participation is in sustainable urban design.