­Multiple awards for students in the Chemnitz inside urban planning competition

Five prizes for TU Dresden students in the urban planning competition "Chemnitz Inside - upgrade and connect"

Students from the Faculty of Architecture at TU Dresden have won five out of seven prizes in the urban planning competition "Chemnitz Inside - upgrade and connect". The projects were supervised by Prof. Melanie Humann, Gudrun Deppe and Simon Korn at the Chair of Urbanism & Design.

In addition to the winning design, which cleverly placed a sports hall in the center of Chemnitz, a special prize was also awarded that did not include any buildings. In this respect, the jury's decision reflected the current debate about the buildability of city centers against the backdrop of the climate crisis.

A total of 38 entries were submitted by 11 universities for the competition.

1st prize for "CORT.CULTURE.CAMPUS"

Annalena Fritsch, Johanna Illgen and Lea Müller (TU Dresden)

Special prize (2nd prize) for "Stadtsauna"

Anne Laicht, Leonie Jahn, Carla Herrero Mendez (TU Dresden)

3rd prize for "Seitenwechsel"

Lea Knuth, Vivien Galdirs (TU Dresden)

One recognition each went to

Jennifer Enke, Luisa Lange,

Ghazal Malekzada(TU Dresden)

for "Chemnitz Inside" - Using topography, designing the urban landscape

and to Arvid Uhlig (TU Dresden) for

"Thinking together"

Two further awards went to Nuremberg UAS and Anhalt University of Applied Sciences.

The award ceremony took place on 27.09.2025 as part of the Capital of Culture program "Light our Vision". The works can still be seen in the Chemnitz Open Space until October 3.

We congratulate all award winners!

Opening hours of the Chemnitz Open Space as part of the exhibition

01.-03.10.2025: 14:00-20:00 hrs