Viele Restaurants müssen sich entscheiden: Setzen sie auf eine grosse, teure Infrastruktur an Top-Lage, oder auf eine Geisterküche, die sie sich teilen? Dies sagt GDI-Forscherin Marta Kwiatkowski in der SRF-Sendung «10 vor 10».

"During lockdown, when people were actually missing public spaces, they still chose not to use the traditional retail spaces. Because they’re not considered to be high quality public spaces anymore," says Kristian Villadsen, partner at urban strategy firm Gehl, in an interview.

Für ältere Menschen könnten Micro-Apartments eine Chance sein. In der SRF-Sendung «Treffpunkt» spricht GDI-Researcher Stefan Breit über die neue Wohnform und wie sie als Gegentrend zur Konsumgesellschaft gesehen werden kann.

Schliessende Kaufhäuser und leere Schaufenster in Fussgängerzonen sind nicht erst seit der Corona-Pandemie ein Problem. Die Geschäfte in den Innenstädten müssen sich neu erfinden. Im Gespräch mit dem «Deutschlandfunk» zeigt GDI-Forscherin Marta Kwiatkowski die Alternative auf.

In Paris, the preservation of a manifold  retail landscape is a public task. Semaest, a company commissioned by the city, buys shop premises and rents them out to small retailers at favourable rates. Semaest director Emmanuelle Hoss explains here and at the GDI Retail Summit how she is protecting the shopping districts of Paris from desolation.

We need to create cities where the most comfortable and simple lifestyle is also the healthiest and most sustainable, says Kristian Villadsen, partner and director at the renowned Danish architectural firm Gehl Architects. At the GDI Retail Summit and here in this interview, Villadsen reveals how the city's retail sector can reinvent itself after Covid-19.

Thomas Sevcik is co-founder of the think tank arthesia and one of the masterminds behind the Autostadt project in Wolfsburg. At the GDI Retail Summit and here in this interview, he talks about the changing shopping behaviour of the middle classes, the role of retail in the city and the dematerialisation of consumption.

In cities, proximity prevails, but the pandemic requires physical distance. How can this dilemma be solved? And how will the public space change? GDI researcher Marta Kwiatkowski identifies six topics that will shape the post-coronavirus city.

The fight against Corona becomes a life with Corona. A new lifestyle is born. In order for concerts, trade fairs and football matches to take place again, organisers and industry must also take unpopular measures, writes GDI researcher Detlef Gürtler.

It is not yet certain how consumers will behave in the "New Normal" after the peak of the crisis. What is clear is that ideas and developments are already emerging in the retail sector that would not have existed without the pandemic. Three examples.

Agglomerationen würden dynamischer als die Kernstädte, der öffentliche Raum der Kernstädte hingegen immer mehr zum Repräsentationsraum. In einer Studie erklären GDI-ForscherInnen diese These.

Biologist Paul Myers has one objective: he wants to change our relationship to food. He says traditional production methods are no longer sustainable in an increasingly urban society. Myers' alternative lies in the middle of the city, under the soil.