Discourses and Themes
Intersecting issues affecting all cities
The conceptual objective of the IBA Urban Redevelopment 2010 was to encourage the towns and cities taking part in the IBA to find their own specific routes to development. Leading up to the final financial year of the IBA, numerous projects had begun to take shape. In view of the different resources and problems triggered by demographic change in the cities, it was clear from the start that stereotyped formulas and redevelopment strategies would not lead to success.
Whether the routes to development shaped specifically within the framework of the IBA Urban Redevelopment 2010 will result in long-term success will be seen in the years to come. Half way through the IBA work process, the parallel and related nature of the themes and strategies selected by some of the cities became apparent. Despite the individuality of the city profiles, an overall view of the 19 IBA cities reveals five intersecting themes. These were discussed in different contexts over the course of the process and will be presented in the so-called “laboratories” of the general survey exhibition “Less is Future”.