Out Now! URBAN–RURAL CO-VISIONING: HOW TO SHAPE REGIONAL FUTURES TOGETHER

URBAN–RURAL CO-VISIONING: HOW TO SHAPE REGIONAL FUTURES TOGETHER is a dynamic and visually engaging short film emerging from the Urban Rural Assembly research project. Using footage from two contrasting yet similar regions — Huangyan, China and Nordhausen, Germany — the film introduces a five-step approach to co-visioning sustainable regional futures.

Blending video collages, animated graphics, maps, and interviews with local stakeholders and project collaborators, the film serves as a practical, globally adaptable guide for practitioners, academics, and administrators. Each step of the co-visioning process is illustrated with real-world examples, offering viewers both inspiration and a clear methodology for initiating their own collaborations at the urban-rural interface.

With its international perspective and grounded methodology, the film encourages new dialogues between urban and rural areas, positioning co-visioning not just as a technique, but as a vital framework for shared regional development in a rapidly changing world.

Film by Fred Plassmann, 2024

camera Nordhausen
Andres Castoldi and Fred Plassmann (OFFscreen)

camera Huangyan
Laura Henneke, Elena Valter, Lukas Pappert, Anke Hagemann, Gaoli Xiao (Habitat Unit, TU Berlin), and Haoxun Zhang (Zhejiang University)

concept
Finnja Willner, Fred Plassmann (OFFscreen), Lukas Pappert, Laura Henneke (TU Berlin), and Maria Frölich-Kulik (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar)

text
Lukas Pappert, Laura Henneke, Elena Valter (Habitat Unit, TU Berlin), and Maria Frölich-Kulik (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar)

illustration titles
Anita Kruezi (OFFscreen) and Gaoli Xiao (Habitat Unit, TU Berlin)

graphics
section 1.24: Mateusz Rej Urban Design and Strategy collages 6.13 and 6.23: Yuliya Navatskaya all other graphics by URA Research Project

voice-over
Hatice Demircan

post production
Finnja Willner, Stefan Bilakowski, and Fred Plassmann (OFFscreen)

production
OFFscreen MODERN