E9_jury's report

JURY´S REPORT
european urbanity - sustainable city and new urban spaces
EUROPAN 9
BERLIN
DONAUWÖRTH
SPREMBERG
the loop: “First of all the event, then the way there. Events must be the initial
impulse. The path then follows faster as an urgent desire”.
MM 777 “Over the Train“
This project stands out due to its radicalness. The existing complex situation is
contrasted with a simple and convincing spatial intervention, a straight line
links the Gleisdreieck station to the Südbahnhof railway station in the form of a
bridge construction over the railway tracks.
It thus includes a previously inaccessible space and opens up a new view of the
city and the existing division is set in scene and artistically exaggerated. Due to
the up and downswing of the bridge, different spatial situations emerge over
the city and under the trees, something that offers potential as a daytrip destination
for tourists. The aim expressed in the idea is unfortunately not fulfilled
by the proposed bridge design.
The jury criticised the schematic presentation, the starting and finishing points
seem arbitrary, the connection to the existing bridges has to be reworked and
the construction has to be made more precise.
Altogether a fascinating idea that draws attention to the hidden potential of the
railway ditches and wasteland and opens up perspectives which are absolutely
worth following up on.
DW 628 recharging space
The main theme of the work is the integration of a central ‘spine’ which, as a
north-south oriented pathway system that links up open spaces, connects the
various residential areas of Parkstadt with one another and convincingly interlinks
the public utilisations and places. The integration of the topography in
this strategy leads to interesting open space situations. The problematic intermediate
space between the existing residential towers is activated using
various utilisation proposals, the ground floors are opened up towards this area
and are given a community utilisation The concept of “recharging space” offers
an informal and flexible guiding idea for the activation of the public space in
Parkstadt, Donauwörth.
LB 369 bridge & door
The clearly structured conceptual approach, which is developed logically from a
precise analysis, a clear description of the problem in the form of assumptions,
an urban construction concept, right up to selective architectural/open space
planning interventions, was judged positively.
The analysis does not limit itself to existing urban construction-spatial defects,
but also brings in cultural aspects. In the following, a story is told in which a
dialog is created between a constructed environment and its users.
The urban construction concept is convincing, despite seeming arbitrary in
some places, and parts of the fairground meadow, such as the children’s farm
in particular, are viewed with some criticism.
The four selected elements along Bahnhofstrasse fulfil their task as transition
points and link up the town park. The spatial break that cuts through Bahnhofstrasse
is cleverly overcome and, using infrastructural and plastic design interventions,
new pathways are created and new open spaces made accessible. The
railway station area is structured functionally, Bahnhofstrasse finds its logical
end point, the old railway station building is relieved from its function through a
connecting, roofed over extension and is open for new social, cultural and private
commercial utilisations. Using an elegant pedestrian bridge, the way
which Bahnhofstrasse cuts through the high plateau is overcome, and the existing
green strips above the town are connected to one another. The elements
proposed for the town park, such as the vineyard and passageway, are based on
actual historical elements, the proposed visual relationships (once again) open
up new views of Spremberg’s townscape. The proposed cone in the Georgen-
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