URBIO BAUHAUS

New European Bauhaus for increasing urban biodiversity

Project summary

URBIO BAUHAUS aims to combat biodiversity decline in urban and peri-urban areas in Central Europe by leveraging the New European Bauhaus (NEB) core values of sustainability, inclusion and aesthetics into urban biodiversity solutions (UBS) as part of the wider urban transformation enabling sustainable, inclusive and resilient society. To effectively address all the aforementioned problems, URBIO BAUHAUS will develop a joint NEB-based Urban Biodiverse Transition Roadmap as the key solution – a combination of different approaches and interventions that will significantly halt and reverse biodiversity loss particularly in urban areas by implementing fit-for-problem interventions and measures. The solution will be tested and realized in 4 CE cities (Kranj, Pula, Wroclaw and Erd) by implementing biodiverse islands for endangered plant and animal species, by creating several urban micro-interventions to preserve and enhance 3 keystone biodiversity species, by contributing to biodiversity increase by preserving natural patterns of wildlife, and by developing a biodiverse urban area with specific plant species and application of edible plants.

The solution presented in URBIO BAUHAUS will incorporate citizens’ visions into design plans. Starting from introducing the „aesthetic” dimension in the quintuple helix, URBIO BAUHAUS novel participatory approach will be tested through identification of urban biodiversity challenges in each city through newly established „Biodiversity Centered Urban Mindset” (BIOCENTUM) local nodes. All activities will culminate in the transferable and transposable Roadmap for Creating Biodiversity Centered Urban Mindset guiding cities on how to achieve citizen’s perception change from being ambivalent to being active urban biodiversity fans.

BURST Role

BURST supports the city of Érd:
- with the establishment of the BIOCENTUM node serving as the main advisory body for urban decision makers
- with testing of urban, biodiversity challenges using NEB (New European Bauhaus) approach, to identify green transformation challenges in Érd based on a joint transnational methodology
- with the creation of the Implementation Plan for Érd’s Urban Biodiversity Interventions and with carrying out Self-Evaluation and Peer-Review Process together with Wroclaw
We will also be involved in the process of ‘URBIO BAUHAUS goes beyond borders’ to help strengthen the presence of the Interreg Central space at transnational and European level placing the project to the heart of NEB with cooperation and participation at NEB organized activities through its was network of collaborating organisations and cities
We are the responsible partner for the activities of Promoting URBIO BAUHAUS through Most Visible EULevel Platforms and Targeting CE and Other EU Cities at International Events ensuring the replication potential via networking activities for quality transfer of knowledge

Partnership

Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences City of Kranj Institute for Sustainable Develpment City of Pula Research and consultancy centre of Milan’s Polytechnic UNI on environmental and territorial planning Wismar University of Applied Sciences: Technology, Business and Design Municipality of Wroclaw Érd County City

Városok a természet helyreállításáért

Biodiversity Governance Participation