Books in the IBA_Hamburg - Entwurfe fur die Zukunft der Metropole series

The highly anticipated international building exhibition IBA Hamburg 2013 is preparing to tackle the many challenges that apply to metropolises around the world in our era, asking difficult questions and soliciting innovative responses. Socially and geographically, how can we bring peripheral districts back into the city?

City dwellers use the greater part of our energy and yet produce the most pollutants, thus having far-reaching consequences for world climate. This book illuminates causes and examines efforts in architecture, town planning and urban development planning that reflect strategies for living and building with the effects of climate change in mind.

Discusses strategies and offers visions for the transformation of urban spaces into Metrozones. This title shows how waste ground, unused and unoccupied spaces in cities and industrial areas can offer opportunities for creative exploitation and sustainable development.