| Current state | The prize winners of the design competition for the expansion of the Mercedes-Benz World in Stuttgart has been decided. After two stages, the architectural company REX, based in New York, convinced the 18-member jury with its overall concept and was elected as winner of the competition. |
| Promotor of the competition | Daimler AG
represented trough
Daimler Real Estate
Linkstraße 2
10875 Berlin
and
Marketing & Sales
Epplestraße 225
70546 Stuttgart |
| Prizes | I addition to a remuneration, a total amount of EUR 120,000 was awarded as prizes and has been distributed:
1st prize: Euro 60.000
2nd price: Euro 40.000
3rd prize: Euro 20.000 |
| Type of Procedure | The procedure was conducted with eight invited competitors being commissioned at a time. Three participants were asked to review their projects in a second stage. |
| Participants | 1st Stage
The following 8 architects have been invited.
| • | Barkow Leibinger
Berlin, Germany | |
• | Bottega + Ehrhardt
Stuttgart, Germany | |
• | Dietrich | Untertrifaller
Bregenz, Austria | |
• | diller scofidio + renfro
New York, USA | |
• | Dominique Perrault
Paris, Frankreich | |
• | haas cook zemmrich
Stuttgart, Germany | |
• | REX
New York, USA | |
• | Plasma Studio, London
Great Britain |
2nd Stage
The following 3 participants were selected for the 2nd Stage:
| • | Barkow Leibinger
Berlin, Germany | |
• | haas cook zemmrich
Stuttgart, Germany | |
• | REX
New York, USA |
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| Jury 1st stage | The assessment of the design study entries and their ranking will be performed by the jury, which was composed in the 1st stage of the individuals listed below.
Architectural jurors
| • | Ben van Berkel
Principal Architect UN Studio, Amsterdam | |
• | Prof. Manuel Scholl, Architect
Zurich / Los Angeles | |
• | Wolfgang Riehle
Architect, Reutlingen | |
• | Prof. Werner Sobek
Architect, Stuttgart | |
• | Prof. Matthias Sauerbruch
Architect, Berlin | |
• | Tim Ventimiglia
Architect, Berlin |
City of Stuttgart
| • | Dr. Wolfgang Schuster
Chief Mayor of Stuttgart | |
• | Andrea Münch
Bündnis 90/ DIE GRÜNEN, Stuttgart | |
• | Dr. Michael Kienzle
Bündnis 90/ DIE GRÜNEN, Stuttgart | |
| |
• | Alexander Kotz
CDU City Council Group, Stuttgart | |
• | Marita Gröger
SPD City Council Group, Stuttgart |
Daimler AG
| • | Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard
Member of the Board Manufacturing & Purchases MB Cars & Vans, Daimler AG, Stuttgart | |
• | Dr. Joachim Schmidt
MB Cars, Sales and Marketing, Daimler AG, Stuttgart | |
• | Prof. Dr. Thomas Weber
Member of the Board Group Research & MB Cars Development, Daimler AG, Stuttgart | |
• | Anders-Sundt Jensen
Head Brand Communication MB Cars, Daimler AG, Stuttgart | |
• | Andreas Renschler
Member of the Board MB Cars, Daimler AG, Stuttgart | |
• | Frank Lindenberg
Head Finance & Controlling MB Cars, Vans & Corporate, Daimler AG, Stuttgart | |
• | Dr. Edgar Krökel
Mergers & Acquisitions/ Corporate Real Estate, Daimler AG, Stuttgart |
Alternate architectural jurors
| • | Tobias Micke
Landscape architect, Berlin | |
• | Prof. Kirsten Schemel
Architect, Berlin |
Alternates of city of Stuttgart
| • | Matthias Hahn
Construction Councillor, City of Stuttgart | |
• | Benjamin Lauber
Bündnis 90/ DIE GRÜNEN, Stuttgart | |
• | Beate Bulle-Schmid
CDU City Council Group, Stuttgart | |
• | Dr. Günter Stübel
FDP City Council Group, Stuttgart | |
• | Jürgen Zeeb
Free Voters Council Group, Stuttgart |
Daimler AG alternates
| • | Martin Rentschler
Plant and Production Service, Daimler AG, Stuttgart | |
• | Jürgen Walker
Head Mercedes-Benz Stuttgart Subsidiary, Daimler AG, Stuttgart | |
• | Georg Weiberg
Product Development Daimler Trucks, Daimler AG, Stuttgart | |
• | Michael Bock
Head Mercedes-Benz Classic, Daimler AG, Stuttgart | |
• | Dr. Stephan Geier
RD Operations, Daimler AG, Stuttgart | |
• | Heike Jooss
Division Controlling MBC/HQ & MB Museum GmbH, Stuttgart | |
• | Hugo Daiber
Managing Director Daimler Real Estate, Berlin |
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| Jury 2nd stage | The assessment of the design study entries in the 2nd stage and their ranking was be performed by the jury, which was composed of the individuals listed below.
Architectural jurors
| • | Ben van Berkel
Principal Architect UN Studio, Amsterdam | |
• | Prof. Manuel Scholl, Architect
Zurich / Los Angeles | |
• | Wolfgang Riehle
Architect, Reutlingen | |
• | Prof. Werner Sobek
Architect, Stuttgart | |
• | Prof. Matthias Sauerbruch
Architect, Berlin | |
• | Tim Ventimiglia
Architect, Berlin |
City of Stuttgart
| • | Fritz Kuhn
Chief Mayor of Stuttgart | |
• | Andrea Münch
Bündnis 90/ DIE GRÜNEN, Stuttgart | |
• | Dr. Michael Kienzle
Bündnis 90/ DIE GRÜNEN, Stuttgart | |
• | Alexander Kotz
CDU City Council Group, Stuttgart | |
• | Marita Gröger
SPD City Council Group, Stuttgart |
Daimler AG
| • | Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard
Member of the Board Manufacturing & Purchases MB Cars & Vans, Daimler AG, Stuttgart | |
• | Ola Källenius
Member of the board MB Cars, Sales and Marketing Daimler AG, Stuttgart | |
• | Prof. Dr. Thomas Weber
Member of the Board Group Research & MB Cars Development, Daimler AG, Stuttgart | |
• | Dr. Jens Thiemer
Vice President Marketing Communications MB Cars, Daimler AG, Stuttgart | |
• | Prof. Dr. h.c. Gordon Wagener
Design Daimler AG, Stuttgart | |
• | Frank Lindenberg
Head Finance & Controlling MB Cars, Vans & Corporate, Daimler AG, Stuttgart | |
• | Dr. Edgar Krökel
Mergers & Acquisitions/ Corporate Real Estate, Daimler AG, Stuttgart |
Alternate architectural jurors
| • | Tobias Micke
Landscape architect, Berlin | |
• | Prof. Kirsten Schemel
Architect, Berlin |
Alternates of city of Stuttgart
| • | Matthias Hahn
Construction Councillor, City of Stuttgart | |
• | Benjamin Lauber
Bündnis 90/ DIE GRÜNEN, Stuttgart | |
• | Beate Bulle-Schmid
CDU City Council Group, Stuttgart | |
• | Dr. Günter Stübel
FDP City Council Group, Stuttgart | |
• | Jürgen Zeeb
Free Voters Council Group, Stuttgart |
Daimler AG alternates
| • | Martin Rentschler
Plant and Production Service, Daimler AG, Stuttgart | |
• | Jürgen Walker
Head Mercedes-Benz Stuttgart Subsidiary, Daimler AG, Stuttgart | |
• | Sven Ennerst
Product Development Daimler Trucks, Daimler AG, Stuttgart | |
• | Michael Bock
Head Mercedes-Benz Classic, Daimler AG, Stuttgart | |
• | Wendelin Wolbert
International Procurement Services, Daimler AG, Stuttgart | |
• | Heike Jooss
Division Controlling MBC/HQ & MB Museum GmbH, Stuttgart | |
• | Hugo Daiber
Managing Director Daimler Real Estate, Berlin |
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| Organization and Preliminary Examination | Drees & Sommer
Obere Waldplätze 13
70569 Stuttgart
und
[phase eins].
Cuxhavener Straße 12-13
10555 Berlin |
| Exhibition Concept | Triad Berlin Projektgesellschaft mbH
Marburger Straße 3
10789 Berlin |
| Experts | Urban design and planning law
| • | Dr.-Ing. Detlef Kron
City Manager, Head of Department of Urban Planning and Redevelopment, Stuttgart | |
• | Susanne Scherz
Department of Urban Planning and Redevelopment, Head of Traffic and Infrastructure | |
• | Susanne Wehle-Faiß
Department of Urban Planning and Redevelopment, Urban Planning Neckar, Stuttgart |
Traffic planning
| • | Dr. Jürgen Karajan
Geschäftsführer, Karajan Ingenieure, Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, Stuttgart |
Sustainability
| • | Dr. Peter Mösle
Geschäftsführer, Drees & Sommer, Stuttgart |
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| Schedule | | Preliminary meeting of the jury | July 2, 2012 | | |
Launch of the Competition | July 11, 2012 | | |
Online forum | July 11, 2012 to Octber 17, 2012 | | |
Interims presentation | September 10, 2012 | | |
Submission of plans | November 19, 2012 | | |
Submission of models | November 26, 2012 | | |
Jury meeting 1st stage | February 11, 2013 | | |
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Briefing of phase 2 participants | March 2013 | | |
Jury meeting 2nd stage | January 31, 2014 |
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