North Head Quarter Center
With the "Nordkopfquartier Mitte", a modern and sustainable urban quarter with retail, gastronomy and culture, office and residential space as well as technology and creative workshops is to be created on a six-hectare site from Wolfsburg's main railway station via the Bahnhofspassage to Porschestraße. A new mobility hub is to be developed in the station area and additional supply options and services for commuters and travelers are to be accommodated. The new quarter is to have a high building density with various building blocks and qualified open spaces.
In June 2023, the Wolfsburg City Council gave the go-ahead for the development of the district by approving the "Nordkopfquartier Mitte" development plan, and the planners expect the resolution to be passed by the end of 2024. The city of Wolfsburg is creating the necessary framework conditions for future investors with a development plan. Initially, three variants for the urban development will be developed as the planning basis for the development plan. Based on these alternatives, important aspects of urban development can then be considered from different angles. These include mobility, open spaces, design, mixed use and building structure.
BraWoCity
In June 2023, the Wolfsburg City Council decided to draw up the "Nordkopfquartier Ost" development plan, giving the go-ahead for an urban redevelopment with partial preservation of the existing building fabric with additional new buildings and a high point. The aim of the planning is to strengthen the connection between the main railway station, DOW and Porschestraße. A mixed use is currently planned for the quarter. This envisages mainly office and residential uses on the upper floors as well as high-traffic and high-impact uses on the first floors of Porschestraße. As the investor, Volksbank BRAWO launched a two-stage urban planning competition for teams of architects and landscape planners for this mixed-use district development. The decision on the zoning plan is scheduled for the second half of 2024. As various buildings have already been demolished, an attractive interim use is being sought for the transitional period.
BraWoArkaden
Based on the location of the current Schillergalerie, the investor Volksbank BRAWO wants to create a new anchor for retail, restaurants, offices and various residential concepts between Schillerstraße, Goethestraße and the middle section of Porschestraße. This urban development upgrade is intended to make the pedestrian zone more attractive and thus revitalize the city centre in the long term. In October 2020, Wolfsburg City Council passed the resolution to draw up the "Porschestraße - Mittlerer Bereich/nördlich Goethestraße" development plan. The resolution on the articles of association is currently being prepared.
South Head Center
The Berlin project developer Jürgen Peters, who owns "Porschestraße 102 GmbH und Co. KG", has been revitalizing the Südkopfcenter since 2020. New retailers, a fitness studio and gastronomy have already been settled. Apartments are also part of the portfolio. The building complex at the southern end of the pedestrian zone has been renamed the "Museums-Arkaden" because it is opposite the art museum.
Ratsgymnasium and Pestalozziallee
The main building of the traditional Ratsgymnasium, Wolfsburg's oldest, will be partially demolished and rebuilt at a cost of around 25.8 million euros, and the existing building will be renovated. A further almost two million euros has been approved for improved IT equipment. Because of its prominent inner-city location, both the outdoor facilities facing Pestalozziallee and the schoolyard areas to the south are to be redesigned according to plans drawn up by the sassGlaesser & Co. Landschaftsarchitektur GbR consortium, Berlin, together with KuBuS freiraumplanung GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, and will in future optimally link all new and old parts of the building. Its completion will mark the end of the school modernization process that has been ongoing since 2010.