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25.05.2025 – Successful start in the Living Lab Lokstadt
Last Sunday, the big neighbourhood brunch took place at Lokstadt. The atmosphere was fantastic! Despite the occasional rain, the neighbourhood put their heart and soul into setting the 50-meter-long table: they baked, cooked, decorated, ground the finest coffee (thanks to B51!) and served the best Prosecco (thanks to Delinat!). The brunch tavolata was really something to be proud of.
After the brunch, the Living Lab Lokstadt campaign kicked off with a diverse scavenger hunt through the neighbourhood. Participants had the chance to find out more about the Living Lab Lokstadt and register to take part in the current exciting campaigns. Young and old alike were able to get creative in Christa Rogger’s studio and design their own linoleum prints. On the roof terrace, Rudolf Stadelmann gave exciting insights into the history of Lokstadt and Lorena Rechsteiner challenged participants to put their CargoVelo skills to the test. For the little adventurers, there was a sweat-inducing handicraft course, lovingly designed by Lilo Kasser together with Gusto d’Oro. Anyone who needed to mend an item of clothing or was looking for fashion inspiration could visit the PILA fashion manufactory.
We from the ZHAW were able to have many enriching conversations with the residents of the neighbourhood on this day. Together, we discussed the future of Lokstadt – about well-being, sustainable mobility and the use of energy. It’s great to see how much commitment and interest can be felt here on site.
A big thank you goes to the Stadtlokt Kollektiv for the great organization of this day and the Quartierverein Brühlberg-Tössfeld for their support – without your commitment this special start to the Living Lab Lokstadt would not have been possible!
We would like to thank everyone who attended and look forward to many more exciting encounters in the Living Lab Lokstadt!
15.01.2025 – The time has come in mid-May 2025
To kick off the event, we are organizing a scavenger hunt through the various buildings at Lokstadt. Participants can take a look behind the scenes at BigBoy, Krokodil, Tender etc., master challenges at various stations and find out what’s behind the Living Lab Lokstadt. At the same time, the residents can get to know each other better and spend an exciting afternoon in the neighbourhood. To plan this, we met with the residents of Lokstadt on January 15, 2025.
Would you also like to help organize this event in your neighbourhood? Do you like to be creative, do all sorts of ideas come to mind when you hear Lokstadt scavenger hunt or do you know someone who knows someone who … you know …
Then get in touch with us!
30.11.2024 – Survey on cargo bikes
During two weeks in November 2024, we investigated the interest of Lokstadt residents in a CargoVelo service. We talked to existing providers of cargo bike rental services at Lokstadt as well as to the residents themselves and tried to understand how useful they find this type of transportation and how they can incorporate it into their everyday lives. We are using this information as the basis for a CargoVelo campaign in the fall of 2025, in which we want to investigate whether this type of transportation could be a possible alternative to car use in urban traffic.
31.12.2023 – Workshops with residents
Workshops were organized with the residents of Lokstadt on two evenings in January 2023. The workshops served to identify the needs of the residents and the areas in which they see potential for more sustainable lifestyles. Together with the residents, we analyzed problems in a total of five areas and developed possible solutions. A total of 16 exciting ideas emerged from the workshops with stakeholders and residents. 
In particular, it emerged that there is a desire for better offers and opportunities to use bicycles and that there is generally a great desire for more interaction between residents. This could be in the form of swapping/loaning items or joint activities, events and meeting spaces.
Workshops with residents & stakeholders
The kick-off with the Lokstadt stakeholders took place in December 2022. On the one hand, the workshop served to get to know each other and identify roles. On the other hand, initial ideas for interventions in Lokstadt were collected.
In January 2023, workshops were organized with the residents of Lokstadt on two evenings. The workshops served to identify the needs of the residents and the areas in which they see potential for more sustainable lifestyles. Together with the residents, we analyzed problems in a total of five areas and developed possible solutions. A total of 16 exciting ideas emerged from the workshops with stakeholders and residents. In particular, it emerged that there is a desire for better offers and opportunities for using bicycles and that there is a great desire for more interaction between residents. This could be in the form of swapping/loaning items or joint activities, events and meeting spaces.
The intervention ideas from the workshops were then evaluated by the ZHAW researchers based on the following criteria: Prioritization of residents, effectiveness in terms of energy orCO2 reduction, support for sustainable lifestyles, relevance for research and feasibility in the Lokstadt. The last criterion of feasibility was assessed together with the stakeholders.
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