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Former Slaughterhouse to Cultural Hub, Fürstenfeldbruck
Aspiring to adapt a historic slaughterhouse into a new creative hub, this design competition was launched by the city of Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany.
Located on a 5.5k m² site in the southern centre of Fürstenfeldbruck, the project intends to transform the city’s former slaughterhouse, built in 1911 designed by Adolf Voll, into a new cultural and creative hub. The listed ensemble of historic buildings will be carefully renovated and repurposed to host spaces for artistic production, exhibitions, performances and community activities, establishing a vibrant hub for local culture.
The competition also calls for the design of a new atelier and workshop building within the same site. The development forms part of the city’s emerging Kreativquartier Fürstenfeldbruck, aspiring to create flexible spaces for cultural production, gastronomy and social events within a landscaped riverside setting. The architectural and landscape design competition invites interdisciplinary teams to devise a sensitive yet forward-looking response that celebrates industrial heritage while fostering creativity and innovation for the community’s future.
Location
Sector
Heritage / Culture / Urban Design & Planning
Intervention
Adaptive Reuse and new build
Website
Tender Portal
Tender Stage
Qualification for design competition
Deadline
04 Dec 2025
Project Value/Scale
€3 million (estimate)
Consultant Team
Architect
Landscape architect
Structural engineer
Building services engineer
Landscape architect
Structural engineer
Building services engineer
Submission Criteria
18 (6 pre-selected, 12 by lottery) participants will advance to the design competition.
1st Prize – €35k, 2nd Prize – €22k, 3rd Prize – €13k Honourable mentions – €8.5k each
Qualification Deliverables:
– Application form
– Professional registration certificates
– Joint venture declaration (if applicable)
– Subcontracting/reliance declarations (if applicable)
– Insurance declaration
– 1 reference of renovation for a listed historical building, completed after 2015
– 1 reference of landscape project with comparable scale and context
Design Competition Deliverables:
Architectural/Landscape Design (2-3 A0 boards):
– Site/Landscape layout plan (1:500 scale)
– Ground and typical floor plans, sections and elevations (1:200 scale)
– Roof plan (1:500 scale)
– Perspectives/visualisations
– Written design report (6 A3 pages)
– Section/elevation through landscape (1:200 scale)
– Material and planting palette
– Landscape concept statement (2 A3 pages)
– Physical model at 1:500 scale (optional)