The Museum's Architecture
Architecture
The Jury’s Decision
Ten prestigious firms from around the world were invited to develop design proposals for the Exilmuseum’s building. The jury announced the winner:
First Prize: Dorte Mandrup, Copenhagen
Second Prize: Diller Scofidio + Renfro New York
Third Prize: Bruno Fioretti Marquez, Berlin
Honorable Mention: SANAA, Tokyo
Honorable Mention: Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, Berlin/Madrid
The Architectural Competition
The Stiftung Exilmuseum organized the competition in coordination with the Berlin Senate Department for Urban Development and Housing and the district of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. The Exilmuseum Berlin plans to open its doors in 2025.
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1. Prize - View from Northwest Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter A/S, Copenhagen -
1. Prize - Inside View Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter A/S, Copenhagen -
1. Prize - View from the East Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter A/S, Copenhagen -
2. Prize - View from Northwest Diller Scofidio + Renfro, New York -
2. Prize - View from North Diller Scofidio + Renfro, New York -
2. Prize - Inside View Diller Scofidio + Renfro, New York -
3. Prize - View from North Bruno Fioretti Marquez, Berlin -
3. Prize - Inside View Bruno Fioretti Marquez, Berlin -
3. Prize - View from North Bruno Fioretti Marquez, Berlin
Competition Participants
Bruno Fioretti Marquez, Berlin
Diller Scofidio + Renfro, New York
Dorte Mandrup, Copenhagen
Kéré Architecture, Berlin
Nieto Sobejano Architectos, Madrid/Berlin
SANAA, Tokyo
Sauerbruch Hutton, Berlin
Staab Architekten, Berlin
URBANA, Dhaka
ZAO/standardarchitecture, Beijing
The Site
The site designated for the Exilmuseum was once home to the Anhalter Bahnhof. Today, only the ruins of the station’s main portico testify to the presence of Berlin’s largest railway terminus. In the years after the Nazis seized power, countless persecuted people boarded trains from this historic place in an effort to flee abroad. The site and its ruins powerfully symbolize the state of transit, of biographical rupture, and the act of setting forth into the unknown.
Exhibition of the Designs
Location: The foyer of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Berlin State Library)
Potsdamer Straße 33, 10785 Berlin
September 29–October 17, 2020
Admission: free and open to the public