E9_jury's report

JURY´S REPORT
european urbanity - sustainable city and new urban spaces
EUROPAN 9
Report
of the meeting of the trinational jury on 11/12 January 2008 in Berlin
The meeting started on Friday 11 January, 2008 at 10.00 am
Mr Kleine, deputy chairperson of EUROPAN Germany greets those present and
apologises for the
chairperson, Ms Sandeck, who very much regrets that she is unable to take
part in the jury meeting due to illness. Mr Kleine explains the significance of
the EUROPAN competition for young architects in the whole of Europe and the
specialness of this year’s trinational jury meeting, in which not only the projects
submitted for the German locations, but also the projects for Warsaw in
Poland and Gyór in Hungary are to be judged. Throughout Europe, EUROPAN 9
saw more than 1,750 projects submitted at 73 different locations; in Germany,
there were 137 proposals for a total of seven locations, in Warsaw 19 and in
Gyór 21 projects.
In September and October 2007, in an initial jury phase, special committees
met at the individual sites and decided on a preliminary selection from among
the projects submitted. Members of the jury were represented in each of the
special committees. Mr Kleine explains, that it is the jury’s task to assess the
43 pre-selected works independent of the location involved. He points out that
the awarding of the prizes and runners-up prizes must be decided based on the
quality of the works, however, he also clearly states that it is EUROPAN
Germany’s wish that prizes and runners-up prizes be awarded at all of the
sites.
Mr Kleine reports on the Cities and Juries Forum that took place in Catania/
Sicily at the beginning of December 2007 where the problems faced at each of
the sites was discussed comparatively using the pre-selected projects in thematic
groups together with projects at other European sites. He suggests that
the individual members of the jury who took part in the special committees and
workshops in Catania bring the aspects talked about there into the present discussion
as part of the information-gathering round.
The competition works are arranged in this report according to the thematic
groups, keeping to the same order, these have been hanged up as an exhibition
to be viewed:
Extensions in question – limiting
ROSTOCK Fishermen and tanner‘s quarter
Local mutations – infiltrating
BABENHAUSEN Stadteingang Ost
GYÓR Sziget
STRAUBING Völkl-Gelände
WARSZAWA Czyste
Local mutations – intensifying
SELB Nördliche Innenstadt
Opportunities for public space – walking
BERLIN Südkreuz
DONAUWÖRTH Parkstadt
SPREMBERG Georgenberg
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