Kronsberg, Hannover, Germany

Abstract

In developing the new Kronsberg district, the City of Hannover sought to address a serious housing shortage in the 1990s and, at the same time, to present a comprehensive example of visionary urban planning and construction as its part of the EXPO 2000 World Exposition. Consistent with the exposition's motto, ``Humankind-Nature-Technology,'' the city wanted to apply ``all available knowledge of ecological optimization in construction and habitation, consistently and holistically throughout the area according to the principles of Agenda 21.''1 The city planned the district itself to become an exhibit.