Demographic development, historical embedding, mobility and use of natural space, activation of vacant properties and affordable housing for young people: five thematic approaches that were identified and selected by 15 students to analyze the role of the industrial wasteland “textile factory” in Hirschbach/Lower Austria during the winter semester of 2024. On January 29, 2025, the results will be presented in cooperation with the brownfield site dialogue, which is now being prepared as part of the project seminar “Yesterday an industrial site, today a vacant site and tomorrow…?”, and a webinar on the results is also the goal (led by Y. Franz and M. Heintel).