Real-World Lab · Frankfurt am Main · 2026–2031
Real-World Lab THE NEW FRANKFURT
Serial revitalization, housing, education and stable operation in existing buildings.
Partners
2,500
apartments by 2031
23
qualified buildings
up to
1,800
school places
6
years of implementation
The Real-World Lab
The future builds on existing structures.
THE NEW FRANKFURT is the Frankfurt framework in which serial revitalization of existing buildings is tested: time-limited, transparent and under real market conditions. Office to housing, energy retrofits, hybrid use, education and 3rd places. Tested on real buildings along Mainzer Landstraße.
- Office. Housing. 3rd Places.
- Insurability. Bankability. Operation.
- Recycling & reuse in existing buildings
The Parallel
What was successfully implemented 100 years ago is becoming possible again today.
1925–1930
0
apartments in 6 years
Ernst May and Ludwig Landmann created an urban program that set new standards. DAS NEUE FRANKFURT was on a par with the BAUHAUS in Berlin and Dessau: serial construction, standardized floor plans, normed planning and components, and an administration that organized speed.
2026–2031
0
apartments in 6 years
THE NEW FRANKFURT translates this logic into the present: revitalization of existing buildings along Mainzer Landstraße, apartments from offices, vertical densification, made financeable with digital twins, standardized conversion packages and transparency for banks, investors and administration.
Transformation
Three buildings. Today and tomorrow.
Large existing volumes become housing, social infrastructure and vibrant quarters.
Former Police Headquarters
A striking building with high visibility and signal effect. A bridge project for new usage concepts.
Mainzer Landstraße 351–353
Two office towers from 1972 in the Gallus district. Converted into affordable, beautiful housing with neighborhood spaces such as a daycare center or café on the ground floor.
Pollux
A defining high-rise from 1995 at the trade fair. Modular new mixed use with standardized components.
OPEN EXPO35 · FrankfurtRheinMain
We have everything. In 2035 we show it to the world.
THE NEW FRANKFURT is a real-world lab for serial revitalization of existing buildings, and the FrankfurtRheinMain region’s bid for the World Expo 2035, OPEN EXPO35, is on its agenda. The Expo does not start with a site, it starts with the first project: visible change in existing buildings.
Discover OPEN EXPO35Contact Persons
The people behind it.
Peter Pawelski
Initiator and Founder
Real-world lab architecture, owner dialogue, strategic partnerships, bankability approach and public positioning.
Maximilian Deutschmann
Co-Initiator
Technology, science and regulation in the real-world lab, concepts and speaker engagements.
Get Involved
Become part of THE NEW FRANKFURT.
Are you an owner, planner, engineer, bank, municipality or scientist? We are looking for partners who want to get actively involved.
THE NEW FRANKFURT is the Frankfurt legal and learning framework for serial revitalization of existing buildings.