Happiness is on the street and children know best where to find it. Especially in inner cities, public open spaces are necessary for children to unfold and develop, because housing often offers little space and private green spaces are usually not available.

The Faculty of Design at the Hochschule Niederrhein invites children aged 9-13 to discover favorite places in their city and develop them for their city. The workshop will take place as part of the urbanorama festival. The festival for poetic urban moments is a contribution of the Faculty of Design of the Hochschule Niederrhein to the 650th anniversary of the city of Krefeld. www. urbanorama-festival.de

Wednesday, June 28, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Roof terrace at Südbahnhof, Saumstrasse 9, 47798 Krefeld. Participation is free, but limited to 20 children. Please register by 25.06. A midday snack will be provided free of charge.

For the morning, we invite 9 - 13 year olds in a children's workshop to discover their city and dream its development further. After a brief input on poetic city moments, children will go out and document what catches their attention. Based on this, they create models of their individual 'urban reveries'. In the afternoon, design students prepare these for an exhibition.

The exhibition will be shown in the early evening from 6 pm. Against this backdrop, we will discuss with experts how the city could or should be developed for children and young people. How can we sensitively participate for this? Which spaces and offers are of particular importance for children and young people?

The workshop will be led by:

• Anke M. Leitzgen - expert in building cultural education for children and youth.
• Nicolas Beucker - Prof. for public & social design at The Hochschule Niederrhein
• Katrin Blewaska, Maike Richter - design students at the Hochschule Niederrhein

In the evening Nicolas Beucker will discuss with

• Anke M. Leitzgen - expert in building culture education for children and young people
• Claudia Terporten, urban planner at the city of Krefeld
• Georg Dammer, founder and director of Werkhaus e.V.
• Anna Brass, director, theater pedagogue and actress
• Katrin Blewaska- student of design at The Hochschule Niederrhein

https://urbanorama-festival.de/veranstaltung/diskussionsrunde-urbane-traeumereien/