Experiment City - Perspectives and impulses for urban space design

As an epilogue to the Coll:B am Hof event series, internationally renowned architects and urban planners reflect on the potential that temporary initiatives, design, and architecture hold for the city. They take a fresh look at public spaces in Innsbruck and beyond. What potential lies in urban structures and how can we activate it? Planners and users alike are confronted with this question and the possibilities offered by architecture and urban planning to design public space in the interests of a socially and ecologically sustainable future on a daily basis. The space in which we move determines our everyday life. This makes it all the more important to actively participate in shaping our living spaces. With the Urban Blooms project, Innsbruck Tourism and Snøhetta have been creating a testing ground for the transformation of public spaces since 2024. Launched as a participatory pop-up installation, the project now travels through Innsbruck's public spaces, continuously questioning the status quo of our urban realities. What impulses can temporary interventions such as Urban Blooms provide, and how can they initiate lasting solutions to make our cities livable and enjoyable for everyone? To mark the tenth anniversary of Snøhetta Studio Innsbruck, Snøhetta founder Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, urban planner Daniela Allmeier from Vienna, and urban planner Kristian Skovbakke Villadsen from Copenhagen discuss the future of public space and its untapped potential.