Start and objectives
The process to update the Integrated Development Concept for the City Center (IEK 2026) began in the summer of 2024 with a kickoff meeting followed by a tour of the city center with the commissioned planning firm Urbanista from Hamburg. After receiving the existing and currently developing concepts for the downtown study area, Urbanista began an analysis of the current situation.
The goal of the process was to develop an updated concept—taking into account the social challenges and trends of recent years—that would serve as a roadmap for the forward-looking further development of Mainz’s downtown area.