In 2014, Sally Below and Reiner Schmidt published the book „Auf dem Weg zur Stadt als Campus“ “Towards a City as Campus”. City as Campus stands for activating, knowledge-based urban development. The book presents projects by city makers and universities that were implemented together with municipalities, educational and cultural institutions, initiatives, housing companies as well as actors from the business community.
The settings are primarily small and medium-sized towns as well as polycentric regions. The actors cultivate the interplay between “established” and “creative” city makers across departmental boundaries.
With practical examples from Bernburg, Bochum, Dessau, Helmstedt, Merseburg, Offenbach, contributions by Ute Burkhardt-Bodenwinkler, Christopher Dell, Alexandra den Heijer, Christian Huttenloher, Martin Kohler, Mark Michaeli and Nadja Häupl, Lorenz Flatt and Andreas Warmbein with Caro Plath, Brigitte Hartwig, Sven Sappelt, Lars Tata, Aleksandar Turuntas and Hanka Haschke, Kai Vöckler and Heiner Blum.
Interviews with Frauke Burgdorff, Ulrike Hatzer, Ulrich Hatzfeld, Holger Köhncke and Hilmar von Lojewski, among others
224 pages with numerous illustrations
Below, S., Schmidt, R. (eds.). On the way to the city as campus. Berlin: Jovis Verlag, 2014
„Auf dem Weg zur Stadt als Campus“ at Jovis