The contest organised by Berlins Senate Department for Urban Development, Building, and Housing seeks concepts for careful peripheral development in limited parts of the airfield which has been used as an important public park following conversion by McGregor Coxall in 2010.Open to teams of architect, urban designers and landscape architects the competition aims to pomote discussion around the potential redevelopment of parts of the 400ha airfield in the context of Berlins deepening housing crisis and has already been met with criticism from campaigners.The call for concepts comes ten years after a referendum vetoed proposals for partial development of the site based on competition-winning proposals by Sutherland Hussey Harris (SHH) and landscape architect Gross Max.AdvertisementAccording to the brief: When flight operations at Tempelhof Airport ceased in 2008, the area of the former Tempelhof Airport was closed to the public for two years.When it was opened in 2010, one of the most important inner-city open spaces in Berlin was created, which has since served the Berlin population as a sports, recreation and leisure area as well as an important social space.The area has been protected from change since 2014 by the law for the preservation of Tempelhofer Feld, which was passed by a majority of Berliners in a referendum. Since the referendum, new challenges have arisen for Berlin.Against this background, the governing coalition in the state of Berlin has agreed, and the House of Representatives has approved, with the guidelines of government policy, to initiate a new city-wide debate on the future of Tempelhofer Feld.Constructed in 1927 and expanded during the 1930s, the iconic eagle-shaped airport was shut down in 2008 and transformed into a 400-hectare public park. The former airport was used as an emergency refugee camp in 2016.AdvertisementSutherland Hussey Harris and landscape architect Gross Max won a competition to masterplan its overhaul in 2011. The high project which included peripheral urban development and a 60-metre artificial mountain housing a climbing school was however vetoed following a public referendum in 2014.In 2016, Berlins senate held a competition for a 4.3 million overhaul of Tempelhof Airports former air traffic control tower as part of plans to gradually open large parts of the building and its roof surfaces to the public.Judges for the latest contest will include the urban planner and architect Tim von Winning, the Zrich-based landscape architect Maren Brakebusch, and the Berlin architect and professor Petra Kahlfeldt.The competition features a 317,500 prize fund and its official language is German. Up to 20 shortlisted teams will be invited to participate in the design phase following an open call for applications.Competition detailsProject title Tempelhof FeldClient Berlins Senate Department for Urban Development, Building, and HousingContract value TbcFirst round deadline 4pm local time, 15 January 2025Restrictions TbcMore information https://ovf.wettbewerbe-aktuell.de/de/wettbewerb-43859#