News	The two offices both awarded second prize in the design competition were contracted to revise and develop their design proposals on the basis of the jury's comments. Evaluation of the proposals took place on March 20, 2013 in Berlin. The evaluation committee awarded first prize to the office LOVE architecture and urbanism ZT GmbH. View of the future 50Hertz Headquarters from Heidestrasse
Competition sponsor	50Hertz Transmission GmbH Eichenstraße 3A 12435 Berlin
Task	The competition task was to design a new headquarters for the transmission network operator 50Hertz in Berlin, Germany.
Site	Site plans and photos of the property can be accessed at Information.
Procedure	The procedure was a restricted competition preceded by an open application process following the guidelines in the Richtlinien für Planungswettbewerbe 2008 (RPW 2008), § 3 Abs. 2. The competition was anonymous. The competition language was German.
Participants	Following the announcement in the Official Journal of the European Union, eleven architecture offices and four alternates were selected to submit proposals. Selection was based on technical and professional criteria, proof of requisite professional qualifications and the declaration of execution of planning services of phases 2 to 9 following § 33 HOAI or similar specifications for a project with a total construction budget of 5 million euro or more (KG 300 and 400 or similar) as well as planning services of phase 1 to 5 following § 33 HOAI or similar specifications for a project with a total construction sum (KG 300 and 400 or similar) of 10 million euro net. Seven architecture offices were invited by the competition sponsor in advance of the open application procedure. • Hadi Teherani Architects GmbH, Hamburg • Henning Larsen Architects, Copenhagen • Kleihues + Kleihues Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH, Berlin • KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten GmbH, Berlin • Max Dudler, Berlin • Müller Reimann Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH, Berlin • NO.MAD Arquitectos. S.L.P., Madrid Eleven other participating offices were selected by lottery. • alexa zahn architekten, Vienna • Anton Meyer Architekt, Dachau • Atelier Thomas Pucher ZT GmbH, Graz • Dietrich | Untertrifaller Architekten ZT GmbH, Bregenz • GHC Planungsgesellschaft mbH, Munich • h.s.d.architekten, Lemgo • Lothar Jeromin Architekt, Essen • LOVE architecture and urbanism ZT GmbH, Graz • Molestina Architekten, Cologne • Sauerbruch Hutton Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH, Berlin • wwa wöhr heugenhauser architekten, Munich
Participation eligibility	Eligible to participate were the seven architecture offices invited by the competition sponsor as well as the eleven other offices selected on the basis of the EU-wide application procedure and subsequent lottery. Legal entities were required to name a legal representative responsible for the competition services. Legal representatives as well as the declared authors of the competition submissions must fulfill the requirements made on individual persons participating in the competition. Eligible are individual persons who are at the time of the competition publication legally certified architects in their home countries. In cases where the professional title of architect is not legally regulated, a university title or similar evidence of qualification is adequate as long as the requirements stated in the Guideline 2005/36/EG (EU-professional qualification guidelines) are met. Legal entities are eligible to participate when they fulfill the requirements listed in § 4 Abs. 1 of the RPW.
Prizes and honorable mentions	The competition sponsor earmarked 220,000.- euro for prize money, honorable mentions and fees.
Jury	The jury evaluates the submitted proposals and decides on the award of prizes. The members of the jury are: General jurors • Boris Schucht, Chairman of the Management Board, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH • Hans-Jörg Dorny, Personnel Director, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH • Dr. Lutz Pscherer, Chairman of the Works Council, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH • Regula Lüscher, Senate Building Director and Permanent Secretary, Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment, Berlin • Carsten Spallek, District Councilor for Urban Development, Construction, Economics and Public Policy, District Berlin-Mitte • Henrik Thomsen, Head of CA Immo Berlin, CA Immobilien Anlagen GmbH Alternate general jurors • Dr. Dirk Biermann, Geschäftsführer Märkte und Systembetrieb, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH • Dr. Katharina Herrmann, Leiterin Personal, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH • Andrea Ludwig, Mitglied des Betriebsrats, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH • Manfred Kühne, Head of Urban Development Department, Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment, Berlin • Kristina Laduch, Head of the City Planning Department, Berlin-Mitte District Office • Ingeborg Breithaupt, Project Head Europacity, CA Immobilien Anlagen GmbH Expert jurors • Prof. Markus Allmann, Architect, Munich • Prof. Stefan Behnisch, Architect, Stuttgart • Prof. Almut Grüntuch-Ernst, Architect, Berlin • Stefan Plesser, Architect, Braunschweig • Prof. Kirsten Schemel, Architect, Berlin • Prof. Gernot Schulz, Architect, Cologne • Prof. Jürgen Weidinger, Landscape Architect, Berlin Alternate expert jurors • Prof. Gisela Glass, Architect, Berlin • Tobias Micke, Landscape Architect, Berlin • Heiko Schiller, Building Services Engineer, Hamburg Technical appraisers • Uwe Herzfeld, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH • Olivier Feix, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH • Dominik Spannheimer, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH • Lutz Schulze, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH • Annalie Schoen, Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment, Berlin • Werner Schlömer, Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment, Berlin • Sebastian Schille, Drees & Sommer • Benedikt Scholler, Drees & Sommer Advanced Building Technologies
Competition management	Competition coordination and execution was managed by: [phase eins]. Eichelmann Hossbach Lehmhaus Cuxhavener Straße 12-13 10555 Berlin www.phase1.de
Schedule	Application deadline 31 August 2012 Selection and lottery procedure 7 September 2012 Notification of selected participants 11 September 2012 Design period 15 October 2012 to 20 December 2012 Online Forum 15 October 2012 to 31 October 2012 Participants' Colloquium 25 October 2012 Jury meeting 31 January 2013