Utilizing Vacancies – Sustainable Renovation – Preserving Alpine Building Culture – Strengthening Town Centers

15–19 September 2025 | Tyrol, Trentino, South Tyrol

The Week of Inner Development 2025, part of the SUSMAT project, showcases how we can make our villages and towns fit for the future. The focus is on the use of vacant buildings, renovation of existing structures, sustainable construction and renovation, the preservation of Alpine building culture, and vibrant town centers.

If you want to learn how old buildings can be transformed into new living spaces, how regional building materials can be combined with modern planning, and how municipalities can make use of funding opportunities, this is the right place for you.

Why Inner Development? – Shaping the Future within Existing Structures

Inner development means: using existing buildings and land sustainably instead of sealing new areas.

• Renovating and meaningfully transforming vacant buildings
• Strengthening regional building culture
• Using sustainable materials such as wood or hemp
• Revitalizing town centers and securing quality of life

Inner development contributes to climate protection, resource conservation, and social innovation.

Contents & Focus of the Week of Inner Development

The event series combines practice, theory, and exchange:

• Excursions to best-practice examples in Tyrol, Trentino, and South Tyrol
• Expert lectures and discussions on sustainable construction, renovation, and inner development
• Funding opportunities and financing tips for municipalities and builders
• Exchange and networking with architects, craftsmen, mayors, and engaged citizens

Program & Registration

• Monday, 15/09/2025 – Excursion Puster Valley & Belluno
• Thursday, 18/09/2025 – Expert Event Mölten
• Friday, 19/09/2025 – Excursion Vinschgau

The detailed program you can find on the german and italian sites. A shared bus will be available for the excursions, taking participants to the various stops and returning to Bolzano.

> To participate, please register HERE by 12/09/2025 (only german and italian).

 

Target Group – Who Should Participate?
The Week of Inner Development is aimed at everyone who wants to make our towns and villages future-proof:

• Mayors, municipal council members, and administrative staff
• Architects, planners, craftsmen, and construction managers
• Representatives of initiatives, associations, and regional development projects
• Citizens interested in sustainable building culture and lively village centers

Inner Development in South Tyrol and the Alpine Region – Building the Future Together

The Week of Inner Development 2025 makes one thing clear: inner development is more than just construction. It is a collaboration of architecture, craftsmanship, politics, and society – and it creates places where people love to live.

 

 

Co-financed by the European Union as part of the Interreg VI – A Italia-Austria 2021-2027 cooperation programme.