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Ideas competition for sanatoriums and nursing homes

Stand: 10.12.2024

Documentation of the ideas competition for a place of remembrance and future in a sanatorium and nursing home

Competition documentation

The documentation presents the results of the urban development and open space planning ideas competition for the Erlangen sanatorium and nursing home with all the competition entries in full.

Background

Against the background of National Socialist "racial hygiene", medical crimes were also committed against mentally handicapped and mentally ill people in Erlangen and in the districts of Middle Franconia and Upper Franconia. The Erlangen sanatorium and nursing home was a central location for this. Today, it is estimated that a total of over 2,000 patients were actively and passively murdered at the sanatorium and nursing home during the National Socialist era. There were also many forced sterilizations. Many of the victims and perpetrators at the time came from the city of Erlangen and the districts of Middle Franconia and Upper Franconia.

Ideas competition

To this day, there is still no central, appropriate and powerful memorial to the events. In order to fill this gap, the city of Erlangen, the district of Middle Franconia and the district of Upper Franconia launched an interdisciplinary, urban and open space planning ideas competition in 2022. The task of the ideas competition was to propose a framework for a future place of remembrance and future for the Erlangen sanatorium and nursing home. The participants were asked to show how the historical site of the sanatorium and nursing home and the wider urban area of Erlangen could be used to raise awareness of the events and make history visible in a suitable way.

The following were involved in the process and the jury

  • District of Middle Franconia
  • District of Upper Franconia
  • University Hospital Erlangen
  • Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
  • State Building Authority Erlangen/Nuremberg
  • Forum Memorial and Future Place of the Erlangen Sanatorium and Nursing Home.

Results

Many impressive entries were submitted, showing a wide range of good ideas and making it clear that it is not only about spatial and architectural design, but also about a processual examination of the theme of a place of remembrance and future. The numerous and exciting proposals make it clear how many important perspectives the topic has and offer an overall view of the future place of remembrance and future of the sanatorium and nursing home.

The jury for the ideas competition awarded three prizes and two commendations in July 2023.

The prize winners are:

  • a 2nd prize - competition entry by
    dressler mayerhofer rössler architects and urban planners, Munich
    liebald + aufermann landschaftsarchitekten, Munich
  • a 2nd prize - competition entry by
    Studio Sebastian Klawiter, Pasing
    STUDIO LEK Architekt:innen, Munich
  • 3rd prize - competition entry by
    m8architekten Christian Winter Mia Winter, Munich
    Sofia Hartwig Landscape Architecture, Stuttgart
  • Recognition - competition entry by
    studio2020 Matzat Henkel, Berlin
  • - Recognition - competition entry by
    Engineering office for civil engineering Ralf Breunel, Plauen

Current status

On July 27, 2023, the city council of Erlangen welcomed the result of the ideas competition and decided that the recommendations of the jury will be taken into account in the further process.

The conceptual design of the memorial and future site is currently being further developed on the basis of Prof. Dr. Skriebeleit's framework concept and the competition results.

Current information can also be found at www.erlangen.de/gedenkort.

Competition documentation brochure

pdf, 8 MB

Competition documentation for the Erlangen sanatorium and nursing home as a place of remembrance and future

Competition documentation Place of remembrance and future Sanatorium and nursing home in Erlangen. Open two-phase interdisciplinary urban design and open space planning open space planning ideas competition.

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