the triple nutation on the country how can the rest of the world how what can be done for the people and how can india bring the situation under control as special edition of d w news on the coronavirus crisis in india starts april 30th at 11 u.t.c. on d.w. . from empty offices and shops to healthier buildings and more green open spaces the coronavirus pandemic is up ending our city centers and we'll look at the opportunities this might bring for urban renewal and also coming up. cityscapes as arts german artist you want it was fun bismarck used carefully crafted steel and cement to create his noise stopped a revival of demolished ruhr valley architecture. welcome to the show well

depending on where you live your experience of the covert 900 pandemic will of course be different but i for one can't remember the last time that i went to a cafe or a restaurant or even spent a moment in the shopping district simply because we don't go there anymore with everything closed and most commerce now taking place online well as a result vast stretches of the city have literally pled out and this raises a lot of questions. once the current crisis is over we'll ask cities become more green than gray when we only work or will we continue to live there. could empty stores be revived with completely new functions. architect kristoff believes the current course is an opportunity to bring diversity to city centers.

the current crisis is actually a catalyst to deal now with the shopping precinct all over germany because change is going to come there's a reason why they're in such a sorry state or differences in shopping precincts like this one in frankfurt were already in financial difficulty before the crisis struck but since the pandemic shoppers tourists and commuters have stayed away whilst online retail and home offices. retail spaces are now shuttered the demand for office space is also decreasing shopping and business districts of. the more new from the functionality is the definite development destroys the city the european city thrives on social and functional diversity a street like this needs people living and working and doing business. all. together with mike yusef from the frankfurt city council

plans to transform the room a whole neighborhood in the city center it still takes some imagination to envisage the new district the plan includes a generous green area and will serve a range of purposes at the moment it's a commercial and it's ministry to area but the idea is to build $20000.00 apartments close to schools retail sports facilities and commercial estates the aim is to diversify and place more importance on avenues parks and courtyards in this respect the future room a horse will be reminiscent of late 19th century urban planning we don't want to just recreate that period we want to take the qualities that make up those districts and are very popular and implement them here that's what drives us. people who live in small city apartments need green spaces but how can this work in

the inner city how can we create affordable housing space is in short supply and simple tenuously preserve green spaces. and joining me to hash this out is my colleague mike a clear welcome mike and i'm just wondering do we have any answers to some of those questions is there hope that our inner cities cities could become more livable in the. thing there is absolutely hope because what should we do with all this emptiness and in the cities and not only in the bigger ones also in the smaller towns they have the situation is even worse but at this point the owners of these large store surface stores are still in limbo they're still not willing to lower the rents this is the situation now. town planners and architects. right now. already working on creative solutions also full pocking carriages for example there

we have a good one in new and back in bavaria space was missing they had to build something new so they decided to use the roof of a car park and now we have one of the most beautiful cannot gardens in town with a huge garden hopefully we see right now and a big wall to protect the children of course has been planning in the past that was always more like traffic management traffic will disappear with the commerce of course and it's terrible for all those people who losing their jobs now but it's also an opportunity a very good chance for the communities to reclaim more space ok but you know as we heard in the report i mean this idea of diversity in the city center is bringing the people back into the inner city that's really what typical cities in europe have always been about in the past and yeah you're right we had it all by the last

of the last decades and gained over crowded expensive cities disastrous traffic and gentrification of course. everything was focused on consumption but i think it's always in the mix and a very good functioning neighborhood is the one with kindergarten senior hopes with small shops get a response restaurants and all in a small distance and what we have now despite the pandemic we still have is a housing market housing market that's out of control that's of course not only the case for inner cities but that's also the same for these suburban shopping complexes absolutely the shopping centers the huge small don't have much of a future here in europe we see the nation and the united states they know the problem very very well they have a couple of debt malls and shopping centers and their reasons for being in calif. gornja they are currently repurposing one there will be shops and offices

still also apartments culture and spa facilities so what's you know with what we know now what's stopping us from repurpose ing all of these empty buildings as fast as possible really. yet here in germany for example we have a very difficult building regulations. those regulations were written in the time of course when space was not of issues and of course nobody was talking or even thinking of home offices so there's a clear line between living and commercial space but hopefully this will change very soon well obviously hope is a good thing we've got lots of it and it'll be interesting to see where we are a year from now and thanks very much for those insights micah kluger because of course the transformation of urban centers for the future leads perfectly to the idea of learning from the buildings of the past german our history was fun

bismarck's his project noise start recreates demolished structures from germany's ruhr valley area for a new kind of reckoning with the architectural choices through the ages. a miniature city on the move. not architectural models but own sculptures of buildings. 21 striking buildings typical of the industrial region for. bismarck the journey from berlin is part of the project there are bunkers schools swearing and many residential towers typical of the 19th sixty's and seventy's high rise buildings with names like goliath and giants all the originals have long since been demolished dynamite shoot down. the city. destination is. a major center of the steel

industry and europe's largest in the land ports. it's an unusual cargo frank john even though it weighs tons. the structures are perfectly positioned in the new home at the juice book nord landscape park which has been part of the trail since 2010. the sculptures reflect into our still history. is india. public buildings that once belonged to this industrial landscape because they were built for the people who worked in industry here even the churches as work numbers increased so did the construction of churches and now they are empty maintaining to churches is more expensive then to mauritian them. so these decisions were

made for financial reasons. and china the top. team from the burning studio is responsible for the detailed work on the 1st song. and for ensuring their foundations are precise millimeters matter everything has to fit perfectly. going on a building here the north and the put its own front on the employer these are not exact images they are our interpretations we try to capture the aura it's not a precise downscale version there is abstraction certain details remain others are left out when translating into other materials you also have to change things a bit of. business and then after 10 days of construction noise start is

finished the sculptures are intended to provoke debate. a suit kind of architecture we need in 50 years 50 years ago we thought we needed this but now we don't do we need them was it a mistake to tear them down these questions are always relevant they never get old and ideas about what is beautiful and what is constantly changed to. the graveyard of a vision of the future these downscale buildings are testimony to term atic structural change in the rule region. and to finish up here's our grab of some of the other culture news in brief beginning with news of one of pop's biggest female stars dozens of britney spears friends demonstrated outside a los angeles courthouse on tuesday to end the pop star's conservatorship case which in 2008 led a california court to place her under

a unique legal guardianship largely governed by her father will spears's request to speak directly to the court has been granted for june 23rd. and the best series and programs have been nominated for this year's bafta t.v. overlords in britain with steve mcqueen's and fellow g. film series entitled small acts about the lives of west indian immigrants in a london all of the 19 sixty's to the 1980 s. the. film series leading the way with 15 nominations of course bins where the t.v. has been helping many of us to weather continued coronavirus lockdowns so that's a good chance to see how the chips will fall there and will be interesting and maybe even catch up on a series or 2 now on that note it is time for me to sign off so all the best from

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why not learn with him. to suss it simple are mine on your mobile and free. t.w. zeal and in course. german maybe see. this week on the world stories. italy has seen fewer births during the pandemic singing is helping cover 19 patients in the u.k. we begin in china in a city that stands for strong liquor bow-tie the brandy is considered the most valuable brand of alcohol and it acts as a lubricant when conducting business and requesting favors. or normally expose this

crime and corruption cases now the investigative journalist is on his way to china's most famous treaty. one day you can already smell the alcohol here which over the southern chinese town of multis also the name of the liquor produced here the multi distillery is china's most valuable company worth more than the country's biggest back china's political elite is partially to it and us some of the butlers cost several 100 euros you says they are the perfect gift to greeks the week you know just how corrupt officials prefer mount time because they only drink the most expensive brands. this alcohol is the most expensive and their love for it lets the prices rise even more jaguar meets along. the lake effect or it takes up large swaths of multi-ton and many more are trying to profit from the big main within sight of the state owned giant is the distillery

a family business. customers and people in the industry know that there's a limit to the production capacity of matar so that's where we come in the government lets us follow the lead of the market company and profit from them that brings in some wealth to us people here of what. his company uses the same distilling techniques to grain is ferment it in earth it's the pits give it a pungent aroma him innocent of soy sauce many people outside of china find it hard to swallow. the mashes fermented in a dry state during the distillation process steam passes through the mash and releases the arc of. the lung says the liquor mostly to individuals as well as companies that produce special editions for weddings and company and a verse reveals. the intimate relationship between china's communists and the spicy liquor began in the 1930 s.

when communist troops hid in the area from their nationalist and sarees dollar deal . after they came to power they turned the factory into a state owned enterprise. so it could provide them with. job i think it's appropriate at the factory. and the owner who refused to hand over reason business was executed for. these close links to the ready lead have called whose attention he's been tipped off that model type also produces in a neighboring town a violation of the rules on geographic origin so he goes to take a look. he finds the company is constructing vast production facilities there. near england and nobody cares what they do here and it's as if the government agencies which should control him don't exist.

it's another piece of evidence for the book he is planning to write and china's most valuable company. in italy has one of the lowest birth rates in all of europe and it has been steadily declining for more than a century now the coronavirus pandemic is causing many italians to think about putting off having children. but children's playground eerily quiet the numbers are out italians are having far fewer babies during the pandemic. they too have had to put their family planning on hold more in engine chancel just bought a new home in a suburb of baghdad a big step for the young couple and everything is ready for the next. quest that i mean this will be the children's room that has yet to be set up we want to put in one or 2 beds depending on the size of the we also have some space downstairs which

could become another room for the children. when i thought i had. been chance and moreno were. getting married last summer before there but they had to postpone because of the pandemic and having kids before marriage for the 2 devout catholics was not an option quoted only on naked ass though not from me but out there for us marriage means union and creating a family of our own marriage home family and children moving was supposed to be after the wedding but we had to switch on a little. while the individual reasons differ the situation is emblematic for hundreds of thousands of couples across the nation wanting to have children. it is too early to determine with certainty what exactly is causing italian numbers to drop even further says sociologist giuliani villainy the pandemic is likely affecting couple sex life but more importantly financial security seems to be the

driving factor in the decision not to have kids. i think to italia a young capos are becoming much more economic rationale that then emotional and convinced that it's important to have another child so there may be more worried about the future of children buying a house postponing marriage while working full time for the moment chance with morena have a lot on their plate but that hasn't changed their wish to start a family of their own as soon as the time is right. in the u.s. more than half of all adults have now received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine this is why some venues in new york are able to open their doors to audiences again. new yorkers are finally getting

the opportunity again to pursue one of their favorite pastimes standing in line. at the i'm really excited to see the become the city again as we always knew it. it's pretty pretty exciting but you can feel the feel the energy ok they're not actually excited about queuing up but rather that after a year of zoo meetings and elbow bumps they're about to see a live show at one of the city's most iconic entertainment venues the comedy cellar in manhattan this greenwich village. the comedy cellar is hosted nearly all the trades greats over the decades but like most venues it's been shuttered for more than a year now it's open again but at just 33 percent capacity in accordance with new york's regulations no coded 1000 test is required to enter and neither are masks when seated the club's owner is cautiously optimistic the venue will stay open now for good so i don't expect things to turn bad now they're back saying he will very

very quickly i think it's going to be ok. i hope it's ok you know if it's not i hope they'll shut us down again you know they should do what they need to do despite rising case numbers the risk of aerosols and virus variants the comedians in the audience breathed a sigh of relief and yeah there will be jokes about the pandemic. i for the comedians for me if i thought of to talk about this stuff. to just say what i was going through and then i think for the audience it's not just them but identifying interrelating about is one level and that's huge too but also just being with other people physically being around people or on your peers and some social setting that itself is as important and gradually there are more and more places for new yorkers to do that restaurants are allowed to host patrons indoors at half capacity most of the city's museums have been open for months and now major sports venues are also

welcoming fans again. as tourists are returning to new york a so-called vaccination passport could be an important tool to bring back major attractions like broadway most theaters here are saying they won't reopen until all seats can be filled they're hoping sometime in the fall or winter. but for now it's spring and new yorkers are enjoying their newfound freedom in the sun after a year in isolation. august in the u.k. are also struggling to to pandemic restrictions but an example in london shows how some are making the most of the situation and opera singer is helping people heal from the long term cope with 19 with breathing and singing exercises. knowing

bubbles to help with. susie doing basic training. she has developed special greeting exercises patience and for some of them it's a bit too hard work at the moment but what it does is it just allows your voice a little bit of a chance to unpressed. she says it's thanks to susie that she feels well again and is able to take a few hobbies just a year ago she was suffering from a lung infection and needed oxygen 3 months on i remember feeling so fatigued breathless. i mean literally from my bed to the bathroom i would just get breathless. shiba never dreamed that of little people seeing us from the english national opera would be the ones to help a brief arm stand to show the height in weekly zoom sessions participants learn to

relax and improve that posture and most of fold to breathe and just hove that from men we think a lot about breathing down because if you're breathing you're taking in lots of that and i actually tend not to be expanding the so just giving people tools to slow things down and give them an environment is really out of. this. now being part of a group is hugely important. and . i could have never imagined coming out of that all by myself so it's been a huge support system for me it's like my family now we had i guess you can say a common purpose to get better and more beautiful way to single. out

and heal them at the same time sound. shiba dreams of singing on a real opera stage together with others like and that dream could come true pain was as soon as school beat restrictions allow international opera plans to stage if very special. for the patients. brief to see the. the uh. uh.

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