Bauhaus Museum Dessau. Prize winners announcement

09/09/2015. [1/3] [Dessau-Roßlau] Germany
metalocus, CELIA RODRÍGUEZ, LEONOR MARTÍN

On September 3, the jury in the design competition for the Bauhaus Museum Dessau deliberated awarding two first prizes including a Spanish studio. The third and fourth prizes have gone to Zurich and Toronto respectively.

Bauhaus Museum Dessau competition. First prize. Project by González Hinz Zabala.

Bauhaus Museum Dessau competition. First prize. Project by González Hinz Zabala.

Site plan. Bauhaus Museum Dessau competition. First prize. Project by González Hinz Zabala.

Bauhaus Museum Dessau competition. First prize. Project by Young & Ayata.

Elevation and section. Bauhaus Museum Dessau competition. First prize. Project by Young & Ayata.

Inside view. Bauhaus Museum Dessau competition. First prize. Project by Young & Ayata.

Floor plan. Bauhaus Museum Dessau competition. First prize. Project by Young & Ayata.

Bauhaus Dessau Museum Competition Jury. Photograph © Bauhaus Dessau Foundation.

Members of the two first prizes. Left Roberto González Peñalver of González Hinz Zabala,to de right Michael Young of Young & Ayata.

After a long day of discussion, the jury of the Bauhaus Museum Dessau voted by a majority, except for one dissenting vote, to give the first place to two designs, the New York based studio Young & Ayata and Gonzalez Hinz Zabala from Barcelona.

“The typology of the museum architecture cannot be defined clearly. The vertical is over - a new theme is flexibility. However, the new development has no clear direction. The two first prizewinners are very diverse. It will be a chance to start the discussion in the international public and with experts. To be the beginning of the New, Dessau and the Bauhaus are ideal places. This is exciting.”, said Chris Dercon, Director of the Tate Modern in London and one of the material prize jurors.

Claudia Perren, Director and CEO of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation and building contractor, feels confirmed about the decision for an open competition. “We consciously decided for an open, anonymous announcement, to offer young offices and international architects a real chance. They have used their chance. The first prizewinners form New York and Barcelona and the other prizes are all international ones. This is a first-class competition.”

Equal first place.-

Architects.- Gonzalez Hinz Zabala (Roberto González Peñalver, José Zabala Rojí, Anne Katharina Hinz, Arnau Sastre and Cecilia Rodriguez), Barcelona, Spain.
Landscape architect.- Roser Vives de Delás, Barcelona, Spain.

Architects.- Young & Ayata (Michael Young, Kutan Ayata), New York, USA.
Landscape architect.- Misako Murata, New York, USA.

Third place.-

Architects.- Berrel Berrel Kräutler AG (Maurice Berrel), Zurich, Switzerland.
Landscape architect.- ASP Landschaftsarchitekten AG (Florian Seibold), Zürich, Switzerland.

Fourth place.-

Architects.- Ja Architecture Studio (Nima Javidi), Toronto, Canada.
Landscape architects.- JA Architecture Studio (Behnaz Assadi), Toronto, Canada.

Contracts were also awarded to the following firms.-

Architects.- Raummanufaktur (Edin Saronjic, Alexander Scholtysek), Darmstadt, Germany.
Landscape architects.- Franz Reschke Landschaftsarchitektur, Berlin, Germany.

Architects.- Nussmüller Architekten ZT GmbH (Inge and Stefan Nussmüller), Graz, Austria.
Landscape architect.- Robert Kutscha, Graz, Austria.

Architects.- Steiner, Weißenberger Architekten (David Steiner, Karl Weißenberger), Berlin, Germany
Landscape architect.- Jens Henningsen, Berlin, Germany.