Important groundwork has now been set for the future development of Hebertshausen: the Grassinger Emrich Architects office with Kübert landscape architecture was able to convince the jury of the urban design ideas competition.
Hebertshausen - The office of Grassinger Emrich Architects with Kübertlandschaftsarchitektur, Munich, emerged as the first winner of the urban development and landscape planning ideas competition at the jury session on Wednesday, which the municipality has announced for the 26 hectare central area in the middle of the village. Associated with this was a part of the implementation that was supposed to develop more concrete proposals for the area of old wood grinding.
The Munich office prevailed with its winning design against eleven competitors from Germany, Spain, Italy and Portugal. During the eight-hour meeting chaired by the Würzburg architect Professor Martin Schirmer, Grassinger Emrich's concept emerged as an “absolute front runner”, according to Schirmer in the press conference. As chairman of the jury, Schirmer stepped in at short notice for the Dortmund architect Kunibert Wachten, who, like two other members of the jury, had to cancel at short notice. The decision was "made with an absolutely unanimous result," emphasized Mayor Richard Reischl (CSU). Professor Schirmer calls the winning design a "stroke of luck for the community". The work gives "excellent answers" on many aspects.
Reischl was downright enthusiastic about the knowledge that the competition provided.
“Now we have a good idea of where we are headed.
A guideline for the coming decades has been found. "
The jury met for almost eight hours on Wednesday and evaluated all the submitted concepts using plans and models in several rounds.
The basis for this were criteria such as linking the new with the existing, varied non-monotonous living space, mixed use, a strategy for a low-car quarter, creative green spaces and, last but not least, economic efficiency.
The focus quickly turned to the winning design.
Schirmer emphasized that this provided the best solution both for the entire area and for the area of the old wood grinding shop planned as the first construction phase.
The urban design by Grassinger Emrich provides, among other things, for the Mühlbach, which currently runs largely underground, to be completely opened up for the competition area. As the “green backbone” from which attractive green corridors connect with the place. The idea of a village square, which is planned on Freisinger Strasse roughly opposite the sports hall, was also convincing. "It could even be that we start with the village square," said the mayor.
The jury liked the ideas for the old wood grinding shop, which should be tackled first. There, the dilapidated historical buildings are known to be torn down. The design by the Grassinger Emrich office "gives back a bit of history," says Schirmer. It was also seen positively that the desired commercial space was attractively developed in the southern area of the Amper, "not as a disdainful commercial area, but as a high-quality address". Conclusion: The winning design offers a structure "that looks simple, but gives the necessary leeway for the future."
The urban development competition was a premiere for the municipality of Hebertshausen.
Mayor Reischl therefore went to the jury session with "mixed feelings".
After all, there were concerns beforehand that the experts could “impose something” on the community.
In fact, arguments and considerations of the participating municipal councils were "taken seriously and not simply ironed out" during the consultation.
How does it go on in concrete terms?
The drafts were presented to the local council in a special meeting yesterday, Friday, and a public exhibition for the citizens is planned for August.
The next step is to commission the competition winner with the creation of a development plan for the area of the old wood grinding shop.
The old buildings there have to be torn down, contaminated sites that are probably worth millions of euros to be disposed of, and the land use plan has to be changed, said Mayor Reischl.
"It will be six to eight years before the first citizens live there."
30 architectural offices are interested, twelve designs are submitted
Over 30 architectural offices were interested in the urban planning competition.
Twelve designs from offices in Germany, Austria, Italy and Portugal were actually submitted.
The winning design by Grassinger Emrich Architects with Kübert landscape architecture, both Munich,
is endowed with prize money of 35,000 euros. The jury was made up of Professor Martin Schirmer from Würzburg, District Builder Georg Meier, Professor Christian Schiebel from the Government of Upper Bavaria, architect and urban planner Christina Simon-Philipp, and landscape architect Markus Schäf from Munich. Mayor Richard Reischl (CSU), District Councilor Marese Hoffmann (Greens), City Councilor Marianne Klaffki (SPD) and Energy Commissioner Karl Lorenz were present as material judges. Two members of each of the three municipal council groups as well as Michael Vogl as managing director of the municipal housing association Hebertshausen and the architect Thomas Wallner advised.
