ISEK Alpen

The municipality of Alpen on the Lower Rhine (population 12,700), like many villages and small towns, is facing the challenges of rural depopulation and demographic displacement. In 2016 Alpen organised an urban development competition in order to tempt the residents to remain. During a participation process with various workshops and presentations, an integrated urban development concept was formulated – in dialogue with the residents. Of the six competing teams the concept presented by FELIXX + De Zwarte Hond was the most convincing. This concept comprises a modular system of small and medium measures that can be implemented gradually as sub-projects.