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* Workshop dates: June 18 - 27, 2022 | * Workshop dates: June 18 - 27, 2022 | ||
* Location: Braike neighbourhood in Nürtingen, Germany | * Location: Braike neighbourhood in Nürtingen, Germany | ||
=== Welcome to Braike neighbourhood === | |||
Braike is a neighbourhood with about 4,000 residents. It belongs to Nürtingen, a small town at the southwestern fringe of Stuttgart Greater Region. Nürtingen itself has 45 000 residents. Stuttgart Greater Region is one of the most productive regions in Europea and home to 2,7 million people distributing across the 179 towns and communes of this urban agglomeration. | |||
Braike neighbourhood is an example for various social and urban development trends, representative not only for Germany but also for many other European areas. | |||
Here, too, demographic change is shifting the age structure: fewer and fewer young people live together with an increasing number of older people in the neighbourhood. These groups have different needs and usually few points of contact. Braike has always been a place of arrival, now for 100 years. People bring very different biographies and cultures to the shared neighbourhood, but currently have few opportunities to come into contact through shared activities and meeting places. | |||
In 2021, a neighbourhood project has been launched in order to raise ideas for bringing the community closer together. This process still continues in 2022 and the LED2LEAP ERASMUS workshop will be part of it. |
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Unsere Braike - Diving into an everyday landscape
- Workshop dates: June 18 - 27, 2022
- Location: Braike neighbourhood in Nürtingen, Germany
Welcome to Braike neighbourhood
Braike is a neighbourhood with about 4,000 residents. It belongs to Nürtingen, a small town at the southwestern fringe of Stuttgart Greater Region. Nürtingen itself has 45 000 residents. Stuttgart Greater Region is one of the most productive regions in Europea and home to 2,7 million people distributing across the 179 towns and communes of this urban agglomeration.
Braike neighbourhood is an example for various social and urban development trends, representative not only for Germany but also for many other European areas.
Here, too, demographic change is shifting the age structure: fewer and fewer young people live together with an increasing number of older people in the neighbourhood. These groups have different needs and usually few points of contact. Braike has always been a place of arrival, now for 100 years. People bring very different biographies and cultures to the shared neighbourhood, but currently have few opportunities to come into contact through shared activities and meeting places.
In 2021, a neighbourhood project has been launched in order to raise ideas for bringing the community closer together. This process still continues in 2022 and the LED2LEAP ERASMUS workshop will be part of it.