Participation process for the Jena nature trail Participation process for designing nature trails for the Jena region

For the "Middle Saale Valley Nature Experience Region", three of the existing adventure trails (Napoleon Trail, Forest Trail, Ottonian Trail) were to be redeveloped in terms of attractiveness, authenticity and modernity. Weltenerbauer's task was to coordinate the various interest groups - Stadtforst, rooomAG and hochC - via a three-part workshop format.



The first step was to identify aspects that constituted "experiencing nature" for the participants. After setting the focus on the adventure trail, the various stations and elements that make up the trails were defined and located.



Building on this, the contents of the individual stations were examined in more detail during the second workshop: After working out and assigning the core target groups to the three trails, the focus was on defining a station and its content standards. The four types of nature station, human station, climate station and welcome point were localized and the individual components "information carrier", "action elements" and "structural/digital extras" were defined.



In the final workshop, the main focus was on finding a design. Gathering a general mood picture helped to create a personality for the experience region and the design of an atmospheric mood board served as the basis for the shape of the project.



The agenda also included finding a name (Natura Jenensis) and agreeing on a logo.