DUT / 15 MINUTE ESTATES – 2024-2026

As a result of the successful application in the topic of DUT 15-minute city, the Department of Urban Planning and Design (Faculty of Architecture, BME) will participate in the 15minESTATES project based on international cooperation between 2024-2026.

For the development of sustainable mobility in modernist large housing estates (LHEs), the project 15minESTATES (aka 15-minute LHE) investigates the correlation between three key topics: (1) urban space, (2) mobility options and (3) users’ needs and opportunities. The aim of the project is to focus on large housing estates to create spatial strategies together based on the qualities and opportunities of the given site, to identify interventions that can help the transition to a sustainable and equal mobility environment.

The leader of the project is Riga Technical University (Rigas Tehniska Universitate).

Partners of the project (universities and research centres): Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Delft University of Technology (Technische Universiteit Delft), Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy of Sofia (Universitet po Architektura Stroitelstvo i Geodezija), Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (Leibniz-institut für Ökologische Raumentwicklung EV), HUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences (Csillagászati és Földtudományi Kutatóközpont);

Associated partners of the project (municipalities and civic organisations): Municipality of Budapest District XX Pesterzsébet, Cohousing Budapest Association, Stadt Halle (Saale) GB Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt, Kulturbühne Neustadt e.V., Riga City Council, Ziepniekkalna Apkaimes Biedriba, Gemeente Delft, Sofia Development Association, Sofia Municipality, Union of Bulgarian Spatial Planners.

Countries of the partnership: Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Switzerland and The Netherlands.

For further information, please visit the profect’s international website https://15minestates.eu/