A site of around 100 hectares will become vacant right in the centre of Stuttgart, yielding excellent prospects for the capital of Baden-Württemberg.
The city has deleted 60 hectares of residential building areas on greenfield sites from its land-use plan (for example Rohrer Weg and Birkacher Feld), because housing can be built on the present track sites, which will no longer be required.
The Stuttgart 21 project provides the historic opportunity of enlarging Schlossgarten and Rosenstein parks by a further 20 hectares and making them accessible from all sides.
In future, Rosenstein park will lead directly into the new Rosenstein district. The districts in the northern part of central Stuttgart, some of which currently have only poor access, will be linked up again.
The city has already bought up sites to ensure that socially balanced districts can develop independent of the interests of investors, for example with the help of grant programmes for families.
The additional 20 hectares of public parks will create a new quality of local recreation and serve as additional “green lungs” for the people of Stuttgart.
The city will prescribe binding specifications to ensure that all buildings satisfy high ecological standards. In other words, the buildings should not use any fossil fuels and should be built with recyclable materials.
The Stadtbahn and S-Bahn lines will provide excellent public transport links for the new districts. Environment-friendly mobility also includes a system of dedicated cycle tracks through the district.
The new library in the future Mailänder Platz is scheduled to open in mid-2011. Construction began in November 2008.
The city of Stuttgart will become part of the European West-East development corridor. This is the central growth corridor in the heart of Europe. The central location will raise the value of this area as a business location. Investments in new buildings create new jobs.
New jobs will be created in the service sector. The workplaces will have optimum connections to local public transport and the long-distance rail network.
For the younger generation, the greater importance of Stuttgart’s central location in the heart of Europe means:
The framework plan