Over the past two decades, building culture has increasingly caught the attention of the architectural and planning professions. The building culture is to be understood in the broadest sense as the sum of all cultural, economic, technological, social and ecological factors influencing the quality and process of planning and construction. While the revitalisation and promotion of building culture is central to discussions on urban areas, these are generally ignored in regard to rural areas. This article aims to provide an overview of how building culture has been promoted in Germany’s rural areas, thereby contributing to international research on this topic. The paper adopts a general descriptive approach in examining the promotion of building culture in rural Germany. It provides background knowledge on institutional promotion and demonstrates the diverse approaches implemented in representative villages as best practices examples. The German experience confirms that the promotion of building culture is a meaningful and effective measure to help revitalise rural areas. Moreover, the three selected rural municipalities show how stakeholders from civil society are increasingly involved in measures to implement and promote building culture in the local context.

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在德国乡村地区促进建筑文化

在过去的二十年中，建筑文化越来越引起建筑和规划专业的关注。从最广义的意义上讲，建筑文化是影响规划和施工质量和过程的所有文化，经济，技术，社会和生态因素的总和。虽然振兴和促进建筑文化是关于城市地区讨论的核心，但在农村地区却通常被忽略。本文旨在概述在德国农村地区如何促进建筑文化，从而为有关该主题的国际研究做出贡献。本文采用一般描述性方法研究德国农村地区建筑文化的推广。它提供了有关机构促进的背景知识，并展示了在代表性村庄中实施的各种方法，作为最佳做法的例子。德国的经验证实，促进建筑文化是有助于振兴农村地区的一种有意义和有效的措施。此外，三个选定的农村市政当局表明了民间社会的利益相关者如何越来越多地参与在当地背景下实施和促进建筑文化的措施。