The present state	On February 13, 2007, in a meeting chaired by architect Prof. Eckhard Gerber of Dortmund, the jury debated the twelve submitted designs. The project by David Chipperfield Architects was awarded first prize. More information can be found under Exhibition. The competition entries were exhibited at the Museum Folkwang from March 27 to April 9, 2007. The new building of the Museum Folkwang was inaugurated just in time for the celebration of Essen and Ruhr as Cultural Capital 2010. Museum Folkwang, January 2010
Competition sponsor	The City of Essen, through Geschäftsbereich 6 A
Site	The competition site is located between Goethestrasse and Bismarckstrasse, approx. 1 km south of Essen’s city center.
Competition task	The competition’s objective was the design of a new extension to the Museum Folkwang in the City of Essen. This task put high demands on esthetic, spatial and functional qualities, on the connection of the new building to the existing ones, on the integration with the extant urban situation, and on the economic conception and planning of construction and operation. The building's projected completion date was the end of 2009.
Procedure	Restricted architectural competition pursuant to the Rules for the Conduct of Competitions in Regional Planning, Urban Design and Construction (RAW 2004), par. 2.2, preceded by an open application procedure. The number of participants was restricted to twelve, three of whom were selected in advance by the sponsor. Due to the task’s complexity and the shortness of the time available for the design work, the competition was conducted as a cooperative, non-anonymous procedure with English and German as equal-footed working languages. In case of doubt however, the German version of the relevant document prevailed. The competition was conducted in consultation with the Architects’ Chamber of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Jury	The jury was composed of the following individuals among others: Architectural jurors: • Hans-Jürgen Best, Head of Planning Department of the City of Essen • Prof. Eckhard Gerber, Dortmund • Fritz Heinrich, Dortmund • Prof. Marcel Meili, Zürich • Manfred Osthaus, Bremen • Simone Raskob, Head of Environment and Construction Department of the City of Essen • Prof. Kirsten Schemel, Berlin/Münster Alternate architectural jurors: • Prof. Gesche Grabenhorst, Hannover • Rainer Norten, Gelsenkirchen Technical jurors: • Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Bertold Beitz, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation, Essen • Dr. Hartwig Fischer, Director of the Museum Folkwang, Essen • Dr. Volker Rattemeyer, Director of the Museum of Arts Wiesbaden • Dr. Wolfgang Reiniger, Mayor of the City of Essen • Dr. Oliver Scheytt, Head of Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Essen • Dr. Katharina Schmidt, Zurich Alternate technical jurors: • Prof. Ute Eskildsen, stellv. Director and Head of Photograph Collection, Museum Folkwang, Essen • René Grohnert, Head of German Poster Museum, Museum Folkwang, Essen • Dr. Thomas Kempf, Member of the Board of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation, Essen • Dr. e.h. Achim Middelschulte, Representative of Cultural Affairs, E.ON Corporation, Deputy Chair of the Board of Folkwang Museumsverein, Essen • Dr. Henner Puppel, Speaker of the Bord of National-Bank, Chair of the Board of Folkwang Museumsverein, Essen
Prizes and fees	The net amount set aside for the competition was 530,000 Euro (net). The following amounts were awarded: 1st prize: Euro 68,000 2nd prize: Euro 51,000 3rd prize: Euro 33,000 Two acknowledgments, each at: Euro 9,000 In addition, each competitor received 30,000 Euro as remuneration for submitting an entry that conforms with submission requirements.
Participants	The competition was held as a restricted, cooperative architectural competition preceded by an open application procedure. Twelve architectural practices and consortia were selected to participate: • Adjaye Associates, London (invited) • Bolles & Wilson, Münster • Architekten Brüning Klapp Rein, Essen • David Chipperfield Architects, Berlin/London • Gigon Guyer Architekten, Zurich (invited) • Hilmer & Sattler u. Albrecht, Berlin/Munich • Königs Architekten, Cologne • MVRDV, Rotterdam • SANAA, Tokyo (invited) • Schultes Frank Architekten, Berlin • Staab Architekten, Berlin • Zaha Hadid Architects, London A committee appointed by the sponsor composed of representatives from the sponsor and user, as well as two experts independent of the jury decided on the shortlist for competition participation. 217 applications for participation were received. Selection was made pursuant formal and professional criteria derived from the task presented in the competition brief. The selection was made in several stages.
Dates	Deadline for application October 27, 2006 Selection committee November 2, 2006 Confirmation of participation November 3, 2006 Distribution of materials November 7, 2006 On-site colloquium November 10, 2006 Online forum November 7 to 20, 2006 Participants colloquium December 7 and 8, 2006 Submission of entries January 23, 2007 Jury meeting February 13, 2007 Exhibition April 2007