Expert opinion process for the urban development of the city centre
Winning design by lohrer hochrein landschaftsarchitekten und stadtplaner gmbh
The city of Chemnitz has commissioned four planning teams consisting of urban planners, architects, landscape architects and traffic planners to develop ideas for the further urban development of the city centre as part of an appraisal process. Offices from Chemnitz as well as from all over Germany were invited to take part. The results were available at the beginning of June 2015.
The teams presented their results in two planning workshops. After an intensive discussion, the panel of experts chaired by Prof. Heinz Nagler recognised all the entries for their valuable proposals for the further development of the city centre. The first prize was unanimously awarded to the office:
- lohrer . hochrein landschaftsarchitekten und stadtplaner gmbh, Munich/ Magdeburg in partnership with
- löhle neubauer architekten bda, Augsburg and
- ambrosius blanke verkehr.infrastruktur, Bochum.
The winning design was convincing in all respects. Particularly noteworthy are the proposals for increasing the pedestrian frequency of the Straße der Nationen and the focus of future structural development on the residential and retail functions. The work presents sensitive and high-quality proposals for overcoming the barriers of Brückenstraße and Bahnhofstraße as well as for a development that accentuates the respective location in terms of scale and urban space.
Presented and discussed
From 6 August to 4 September 2015, the City of Chemnitz presented all four designs and the results of the expert opinion process in an exhibition on the ground floor of the Johannisplatz 8 park and office building.
Numerous visitors to the exhibition, as well as those who took part in a panel event, were interested in the urban planners' designs.
Background information
The expert appraisal process resulted in a framework plan that was intended to clearly present the municipality's development intentions to citizens and investors and create planning certainty:
Questions and answers
Numerous visitors to the exhibition, as well as those who took part in a panel event, were interested in the urban planners' designs and asked questions. These are taken up here.