PROJECT TITLE

Laboratory for European History – Roundhouse Europe Future Workshop Railway Park

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FOCUS: Citizen participation, future workshop, history workshop
AGE GROUPS: all population groups
DURCHFÜHRUNGSZEITRAUM: 1.10.-31.12.2021
LOCATION: Augsburg im Bahnpark
FUNDING PROGRAMME: NEUSTART KULTUR special program
PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND IDEA: Wolfgang Hauck
FUNDING: Fonds Soziokultur – NEUSTART KULTUR
PROJECT PARTNER: Bahnpark Augsburg gGmbH
DOCUMENTATION: Future Workshop Bahnpark Augsburg Documentation

VIDEO TRAILER

Video of the future workshop 3:50 minutes

DOCUMENTATION AND WORKBOOK (PDF)

The results are documented on 116 pages. All contributions have been included in this book and should now serve as a workbook for further development.

Documentation Future Workshop Bahnpark Augsburg

Future Workshop Bahnpark Augsburg Documentation

QUESTIONS:

1. the participant survey on the format of the future workshop

2. the visitor survey in the Bahnpark

SECTIONS OF THE PROJECT

Explore
Discover
Develop
Present

CONTENT AND TOPICS

Landsberg/Augsburg: The Landsberg cultural association dieKunstBauStelle is realizing a future workshop with citizen participation for a laboratory for European history in the Augsburg railroad park .

The initiators of the European History Future Workshop, Markus Hehl from Bahnpark Augsburg gGmbH and Wolfgang Hauck from the dieKunstBauStelle association, invited a total of 50 Augsburg citizens to a participatory future workshop in October and November 2021.

Forms, content and formats were discussed and developed with experts:

How can the museum’s future permanent exhibition be designed in a way that is close to the public, diverse and uses modern techniques?

The 2.4-hectare Augsburg Railway Park is one of the largest and most exciting industrial monuments in Bavaria. It is prominently located in the vicinity of the university, trade fair and college. South of the Bahnpark, an urban development is also emerging in which the Bahnpark can become the cultural and museum center of a new quarter. In the central exhibition building “Rundhaus Europa”, 16 historic locomotives illustrate the history of Europe since the 19th century.

As “steel witnesses of the times”, they tell European history. From Empress Sisi to partisan battles during the Second World War, from luxury travel to deportation trains. That is why this project does not focus on railroad technology, but on its impact on our European society.

On five days (30 to 31 October, 12, 13 and 14 November 2021), randomly selected citizens between the ages of 12 and 90 were invited as “experts of everyday life”.

They developed ideas, wishes and requirements for the design of the permanent exhibition and the educational offers in the Round House Europe.

Experts from the fields of didactics, history, media design, politics, exhibition design, urban planning and contemporary witnesses provided technical support for this future workshop.

The aim was to realize and design the permanent exhibition as a place of reflection and learning as well as “a placefor Europe in Bavaria” should be prepared.

PROCESS

SELECTION: September-October 2021: Preparation, create information materials, invitations to participants
DEVELOPING IDEAS: from October 30, 2021: up to 50 citizens develop ideas and visions together with experts as part of a five-day future workshop
PRODUCING: November 12 and 13, 2021: Producing and formulating goals and visions
PRESENTATION: November 14, 2021: Presentation of the results

PROGRAM

Saturday, October 30: Explore
09:45 Admission
10:00 Welcome by Markus Hehl (Bahnpark Augsburg), Jürgen Enninger (Consultant for
Culture, World Heritage and Sport of the City of Augsburg) and Wolfgang Hauck (dieKunstBauStelle)

10:30 Guided tour of the Bahnpark with Markus Hehl (Bahnpark Augsburg) and Otmar Sailer, architect
13:00 Lunch break
14:00 Stocktaking of the Bahnpark today / Preparing the visitor survey
15:30 Coffee break

Public part
16:00 Admission Audience
16:15 Lecture and discussion with Leslie Mandoki, musician, producer and contemporary witness
17:00 End

Sunday, October 31: Discover and observe
10:00 Visitor survey in the railroad park: interviews, surveys and observations
13:00 Lunch break
14:00 Evaluation and assessments
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 Discussion and presentation of the results
17:00 End

Friday, November 12: Evaluation
17:00 Welcome
17:30 Presentation of the results of the observation and visitor survey
18:30 Discussion with actors and participants
20:00 End

Saturday, November 13: Develop
10:00 Welcome
10:30 Kick-off: Topics, visions and options for the Augsburg Railway Park
13:00 Lunch break
14:00 Statements from politicians with: Dr. Ulrich Ferber (MEP), Volker Ullrich (MdB), Cemal Bozoğlu (MdL), Andreas Jäckel (MdL)
14:30 Working groups
15:45 Coffee break
16:00 Closing round with discussion and statements
17:00 End

Sunday, November 14: Presenting
13:00 Arrival
13:15 Preparing the presentation with workshop participants
14:00 Feedback from participants and contributors
15:00 Coffee break

Public part
15:30 Admission for the public presentation, welcoming of guests of honor and press
16:00 Presentation of the results
16:45 Farewell and acknowledgements
17:00 End

EXPERTS AND INSTITUTIONS FROM CULTURE, POLITICS, BUSINESS AND SCIENCE

Markus Ferber, MEP
Cemal Bozoğlu, Member of Parliament
Andreas Jäckel, Member of the Bundestag
Gregor Lang, City Councillor
Angelika Lippert, District Chairwoman of the Free Voters
Manuel Sontheimer, JuSo
Jürgen Enninger, Consultant for Culture, World Heritage and Sport City of Augsburg
Marcella Reinhardt, Regional Association of German Sinti and Roma Swabia e.V.
Leslie Mandoki, musician and contemporary witness
European Office with Europe Direct Augsburg
Regio Augsburg Wirtschaft GmbH
berlinHistory e.V.
Augsburg Railway Park Development Association
Railroad Park Augsburg gGmbH
Armin Götz, IGE Rail Travel
Vera Winzinger, urban planner
Otmar Sailer, Architect
University of Augsburg
Luise Loué, artist
Uli Florl, radio presenter
Further representatives and experts are currently being invited. Status 1.12.2021

MODERATION

Wolfgang Hauck
Markus Hehl
Anke Neudel
Luise Loué
Maggie Jane
Uli Florl

PRESS ARTICLE

20.10.2021 Augsburger Allgemeine Citizens can have their say at a major future workshop for the railroad park

23.10.2021 Lok Report future workshop in the Augsburg railroad park

25.10.2021 STAZ Helping to design exhibitions in the Bahnpark

03.11.2021 Lok Report Zukunftswerkstatt Bahnpark Augsburg provides ideas for further conception of the permanent exhibition

15.11.2021 Augsburger Allgemeine What the railroad museum in the Augsburg Railway Park should look like in the future

19.11.2021 Lok Report Kick-off for a “Quartier am Bahnpark Augsburg”

22.11.2021 STAZ What the railroad park could look like

29.11.2021 Augsburger Allgemeine How the Augsburg Railway Park aims to become the focal point of the district

DURATION

The project will run from October 2021 to February 28, 2022.

EVENTS

The future workshop will take place on October 30 and 31 and November 12, 13 and 14, 2021.

PARTNER

Railroad Park Augsburg gGmbH

Logo Bahnpark Augsburg

PROMOTION

“The project is funded by the special program of the Socioculture Fund is part of the NEUSTART KULTUR program of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) in the Federal Government’s economic stimulus package.”