TRANSFORMATION OF ZWICKAUER STREET IN CHEMNITZ, GERMANY: PARTICIPATORY PROCESS AS BASIS OF DESIGN SOLUTION

Abstract

Тhe importance of human action and social interactions in the formation of certain spaces are perceived and interpreted through the example of citizen participation in the process of urban planning in the city of Chemnitz in Germany. The paper is engaged in analyzing the current frame of a city in Eastern Germany and the desire of its residents, visitors and city authorities to create an atmoshere in which space communicates with people, which is shaped and developed on the basis of human initiative, and in turn provides peace and a pleasant place for people to live. The question is what are the conditions that need to be met in order to establish such harmony, and whether the introduction of citizen participation expresses their basic right - the right to the city.