Jenseits urbaner Wissenszentren: Co-Working-Spaces in ländlichen Räumen in Baden-Württemberg

Abstract

Co-working spaces are discussed as a spatial answer to the flexibilization of work processes and at the same time primarily as an urban phenomenon; however, co-working spaces are not only understood as a possibility for mobile working but also as an opportunity to strengthen spatial development. Not all types of co-working spaces can equally set impulses for developments outside the co-working space itself. Co-working spaces with a high degree of public accessibility are particularly predestined to support neighborhood, urban and regional development. Three types of co-working spaces are differentiated: those that are characterized by openness and accessibility, those that revolve around the closed circle of users of the co-working spaces themselves, and those that represent a hybrid of the other two types. Using the example of Baden-Württemberg, this article deals with the question of which type of co-working spaces are more likely to be found in core cities and in the regional interdependency area of large cities. It also looks at what type can be found outside of large city regions in rural areas and which form of opening can be observed in co-working spaces outside large city regions.