"Empty space is an incredible resource. To start something new, we need the blank page."
Dr. Martin Peschken scholar of literature and cultural studies TU Braunschweig, department of architecture (left)

"We used actions to explore urban spaces and to discover the potentials of empty space."
Detlef Weitz scenographer and architect, chezweitz & roseapple, Berlin (right)

"We need external stimuli of the kind the IBA brought to the city." 
Stephanie Rudel head of department for urban renewal, IBA representative for Halberstadt (left)

"It’s a matter of seeing empty space from another perspective, exploring empty space and training new ways of seeing."
Siegrun Ruprecht town planner in the urban planning department, IBA representative for Halberstadt (right)

"I hope that the citizens of Halberstadt have discovered new ways of seeing things, just as one sees things better when wearing a new pair of glasses."
Aud Merkel, Chief Dramatic Advisor of the Nordharzer Städtebundtheater