The project group “Fifth Dimension Project” is part of an international, interdisciplinary research project which creates and sustains win/win learning partnerships between universities and local community institutions through participatory design. Working in small teams, students tap into global resources and create part of these resources themselves. They take part in an international network and act on the local level through community-building. Our community partners in Augsburg are the Mittleschule Königsbrunn Süd and Holbein Gymnsium ( see www.5ddaugsburg.de)