Exhibition opened at the EU parliament in Brussels: Rebuilding the City – the Metropolises of Tomorrow

In the presence of numerous representatives of the European Parliament and the EU Commission, as well as architects and experts, the joint exhibition of IBA and HafenCity was opened yesterday under the title ‘Stadt neu bauen – Die Metropole von morgen’ [‘Rebuilding the City – the Metropolises of Tomorrow’]. The exhibition will the be going on an international tour. A year before the opening of the International Building Exhibition IBA in the year 2013, this exhibition is designed to attract visitors to Hamburg as well as stimulating an international dialogue on the question how cities can grow today with a view to creating the sustainable metropolis of the future.  

Brussels, 22 March 2012. Hamburg’s two major urban development projects, IBA and HafenCity, are currently giving a joint presentation at the EU parliament. The official start of the proceedings was on Wednesday evening, at the invitation of Hamburg’s Euro MP Birgit Schnieber-Jastram: ‘I am very pleased to have the opportunity of welcoming these two important urban development projects of the City of Hamburg to the EU parliament. Hamburg is a growing and dynamically developing city, as well as being a model for other European megacities to follow.’
The Chairman of the Management Board of HafenCity Hamburg GmbH, Jürgen Bruns-Berentelg, stressed that this European dialogue also stands to benefit Hamburg: ‘We would like to intensify discussion about the future of the city, and invite other cities to share their ideas with us – while at the same time keeping a lookout for the things we can learn from other international urban development projects.’ The Managing Director of International Building Exhibition IBA, Uli Hellweg, also spoke on the occasion of the exhibition opening: ‘The question is how the city of the future can grow sustainably. IBA offers a wide range of approaches to a solution, and we look forward to exchanging ideas with other European cities.’  

Current photographic materials from the exhibition opening in Brussels may be viewed and downloaded at the following link: iba-hamburg.eyebase.com
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