Tour with construction and environmental head Kolmer shows progress and visions of the new Darmstadt district district
On Friday, June 13, 2025, the district group Bessungen der Grünen Darmstadt undertook a tour of the resulting Ludwigshöhviertel. They were accompanied by construction and environmental director Michael Kolmer, who explained the sustainable urban development project on site. The event was well attended and offered exciting insights into one of the currently largest and most ambitious new construction projects in Darmstadt.
The head of the district presented central aspects of the district: a high proportion of around 40 percent with sports and playing areas, a car-arm mobility concept with neighborhood garage, sharing offers and direct public transport connection as well as consistently sustainable planning. Among other things, this includes geothermal energy, facade and roof greening, a sponge city concept for rainwater infiltration and an integrated local heating solution.
The development was made possible by an innovative traffic concept, since the adjacent nodes are already very busy. The city also set new ground in the citizen participation: Citizens from all over Darmstadt were involved in the planning process by lottery procedures.
The neighborhood is intended to offer a variety of living space - including funded apartments - supplemented by an educational campus in wooden construction, play streets, natural areas and retreats for animals. Even an old fence is preserved - as a protective measure against wild boars. A total of 854 residential units are planned, 61 percent of which are already built or under construction. Around 3000 people will live in the Ludwigshöhviertel in the future. The basis for the socially balanced structure is the so -called "Darmstadt key".
According to the Greens, it turns out that the Ludwigshöhviertel is developing into a lively, future -oriented and livable city district.
(Darmstadt - Red/Greens)
Contribution picture: Environment Director Michael Kolmer in conversation with Zoé Zimmermann, Jens Willenbockel and Martin Duyster on which the landscape staircase (from left). Photo: Stefanie Scholz
