E9_jury's report

JURY´S REPORT
european urbanity - sustainable city and new urban spaces
EUROPAN 9
utilisations. Taking into consideration the existing building stock that is
worth keeping and by including and/or developing existing green structures,
a multifunctional quarter should emerge, which enables an innovative,
new form of urbanity. Here, the structuring and design of the
public space as well the improvement of the functional and architectural
qualities in the necessary repair of the town is regarded as a substantial
factor for a sustainable, positive development of the town centre’s residential
and working environment.
WARSAW Czyste
The area under consideration includes a zone traditionally used by
industry, the railway and for residential purposes with a low concentration
of warehouses, production plants as well as retail trade, offices and
residential buildings. Green surfaces and a park stretch along the
expanse of Brylowksa Street. The old gasworks comprise several protected
buildings for which a new utilisation can be proposed. A good link
to the public transport system is guaranteed by the local street network
and the immediate vicinity of the railway station. The proximity to
Warsaw’s inner city offers adequate prerequisites for the development of
multi-functional utilisation options and for the creation of public spaces.
The aim is to develop a new residential quarter with a private atmosphere
and the creation of an attractive public space which integrates the
existing park and offers secure pedestrian footpaths to the neighbouring
quarters.
Local mutations – intensifying
SELB northern innercity
In the town of Selb, which is threatened by shrinkage and excessive
aging, a new structure for the northern town centre is to be provided
with residential and leisure qualities that include this aspect in their
design: the guarantee of mobility, barrier-free access as well as a harmonious
programme of cultural facilities are part of the urban construction
requirements. Particular value is placed on a comprehensive concept
for the open spaces, which links individual areas of the town with
one another and provides the town with new qualities for pedestrians. As
such, a coherent traffic concept, which makes economic and ecological
sense is to be developed for the area.
The architectural part of the design comprises both the conversion of
existing apartments in accordance with disabled-friendly standards and
the planning of new cost-effective residential building types which
enable, in an innovative way, barrier-free living to the same extent for
young families as for older people and the disabled. The design of the
residential surroundings and a differentiation of the exterior spaces are
an important component in the design task.
Oppotunities of public space – walking
BERLIN Südkreuz
The Südkreuz area is infrastructurally very well integrated into the
urban and regional context. The inner access to the area, however, is
insufficient, even pedestrian and cycle paths break off at the area’s
boundaries. The existing traffic surfaces (railway, car) only pass through
the area at the present time, the railway station is used by city train passengers
to change trains, but not as a final destination and it is hardly
used at all for intercity rail transport.
In order to do away with this island situation, a super-ordinate development
concept for access to the area is needed, one that includes both
the publicly-owned properties and the numerous private wasteland
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