Grüntuch Ernst Wins Porsche Tower Competition

John Hill
28. de maig 2015
1st Prize: Grüntuch Ernst Architekten (All images courtesy of Porsche Design)

The Porsche Design Tower is billed as "Europe's first branded building," with features that include fully furnished "Porsche Design Suites," exclusively designed boutique apartments, and an "unusual multi-level car park with electric charging stations and car-sharing oppor­tunities." From the twenty architecture firms in the closed competition, which included six invited firms (five completed designs, their entries highlighted at bottom), the jury* selected one winner and three runners-up:
 

1. Prize (Prize money € 100,000)
Grüntuch Ernst Architekten, Berlin, Germany

2. Prize (Prize money € 62,500)
blauraum architekten, Hamburg, Germany

3. Prize (Prize money € 50,000)
Meixner Schlüter Wendt, Frankfurt, Germany

4. Prize (Prize money € 37,500)
Behnisch Architekten, Stuttgart, Germany

Per the announcement, "The start of construction and sales launch is planned for the beginning of 2016. The project will be completed by the beginning of 2018."

*Jury members included Michael Frielinghaus (Friedberg, Germany), Kees Christaanse (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) and Karin Schmid (Munich, Germany), land­scape archi­tects, represen­tatives of the city of Frank­furt, the Porsche Design Group and from the com­pe­tition initiators P+B Planen und Bauen.

1st Prize: Grüntuch Ernst Architekten

2nd Prize: blauraum architekten
3rd Prize: Meixner Schlüter Wendt
4th Prize: Behnisch Architekten

Invited: 3XN
Invited: Delugan Meissl Associated Architects
Invited: Neutelings Riedijk Architecten
Invited: NMDA - Neil M. Denari Architects
Invited: Stefano Boeri Architetti

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