The Tempelhofer Feld design competition was announced recently on the European Union tenders website by the State of Berlin, represented by the Senate Department for Urban Development, Building and Housing. The competition is an open, two-phase, urban and open space planning ideas competition for Tempelhofer Feld with the competition language will be in German. Communication with participants takes place exclusively via the online.
Aim of the competition
The open ideas competition serves to develop creative and innovative designs that should reflect a range of sustainable uses with or without careful peripheral development. An important basis for the competition announcement are the results from the dialogue workshops, two of which have already taken place. The aim is to obtain different designs that exploit the potential of Tempelhofer Feld and at the same time do justice to the diverse interests of the Berlin population
The two-phase competition is aimed at architectural and urban and open space planning offices that are to develop conceptual designs for the future of Tempelhofer Feld. The number of offices will be reduced to about 20 for the second competition phase.
Eligibility
It is hard to discern who is eligible, but assume from what we can read of the translation of the german announcement that the competition is limited to those who reside in the European Union who are registered as you are required to meet various EU directives. Please refer to the EU tender announcement.
Jury
Prof. Petra Kahlfeldt, architect, Berlin (expert judge)
Camilla van Deurs, architect, Copenhagen (expert judge)
Tim von Winning, urban planner and architect, Ulm (expert judge)
Prof. Dr. Iris Reuther, urban planner and architect, Bremen (expert judge)
Maren Brakebusch, landscape architect, Zurich (expert judge)
Peter Veenstra, landscape architect, Rotterdam (expert judge)
Christian Junge, architect and urban planner, Berlin (deputy expert judge)
Doris Grondke, architect and urban planner, Kiel (deputy expert judge)
Monika Thomas, architect, Hamburg (deputy expert judge)
himo Weitemeier, architect and urban planner, Osnabrück (deputy expert judge)
Prof. Ulrike Böhm, landscape architect, Berlin (deputy expert judge)
Dates
Phase 1
Inquiries until November 25, 2024 | 12:00 noon
Dispatch of inquiry protocol December 3, 2024
Submission of competition works January 15, 2025 | 4:00 p.m.
Jury meeting February 21/22, 2025
Phase 2
Dispatch of revision recommendations March 5, 2025
Questions until March 14, 2025 | 12:00 p.m.
Questions colloquium March 25, 2025
Dispatch of the questions protocol March 31, 2025
Submission of competition works May 7, 2025 | 4:00 p.m.
Jury meeting June 20/21, 2025
Dialogue workshop 3 July 12/13, 2025
Exhibition opening September 2025
Prizes
A total of €317,500.00 (net) is available for the prize group and expense allowances for the participants in the second phase. The following distribution of the competition sum is planned: Expense allowances (up to 20 works in the 2nd phase) €150,000.00 Prize group (approx. 5 equally ranked prizes of €27,500.00 each) €137,500.00 Recognitions (max. 3 recognitions of €10,000.00 each) €30,000.00 | The jury can unanimously decide on a different distribution or form other prize groups.
Since this is an ideas competition, there is no intention to implement the submitted concepts. There are also no plans to further process submitted or selected/award-winning concepts. Receiving an award does not entail a promise of a contract.
Find out more from the European Union tender website (German)