Egon Eiermann Award 2019

The project deals with a highly relevant theme of densification and finds an answer to this question with a new space above an unattractive and monofunctional industrial area within the multicultural borough of Berlin-Neukölln. The area is a fringe zone which gains a completley new second layer on the first floor with a good mix of different uses from living to working and recreation spaces, so the area should become more diverse. The participant(s) created an utopical idea of densifying a city but developed it in a very practical way, somehow reminding on the works of Yona Friedman. It looks like a work in process with constantly changing zones within the modular structure and it is therefore highly adaptable for the dynamic city developement of Berlin. The jury points out the ambitious and inclusive design: the participants deal with construction and scale in a adequate way and present the big amount of ideas within the elaboration.