104 Applications from 45 Countries

The Gottfried Böhm Scholarship closed its entries. A total of 104 architects and urban planners from 45 countries and six continents have submitted applications by the application deadline on 31 May. Candidates from the most diverse cultural, political and geographical contexts - ranging from Australia and Zimbabwe to the USA, from Egypt, Italy and India to Canada and the Ivory Coast - submitted diverse and exciting ideas for the design of urban spaces in Cologne.

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With this scholarship, the City of Cologne and its sponsors want to honour the Pritzker Prize winner, who died in 2021. Inspired by the work of Gottfried Böhm, the scholarship focuses on the interactions between architecture and urban planning. The initiator and patron is Cologne's Lord Mayor Henriette Reker. The scholarship is organized and supervised by the Verein der Freunde und Förderer der Technischen Hochschule Köln e.V. (Association of Friends and Sponsors of the Cologne University of Applied Sciences).

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Since December, postgraduate architects and urban planners have had time to apply for the residency scholarship initiated in 2023. It offers the scholarship holder twelve months to develop their own urban planning project for Cologne and the region - with financial backing, creative freedom, professional support and a workspace in the heart of the city. In a multi-stage process, the jury will decide who will be awarded the next Gottfried Böhm Scholarship. The scholarship is scheduled to start in October 2025.

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The following jurors will decide in mid-September who will be the scholarship holder of the second round of the Gottfried Böhm Scholarship:

• Prof. Paul Böhm, architect, Faculty of Architecture at Cologne University of Applied Sciences
• Christl Drey, architect and urban planner, Chairwoman of the House of Architecture Cologne
• Susanne Fabry, Chairwoman of the Association of Friends and Sponsors of the Cologne University of Applied Sciences e.V.
• Bernadette Heiermann, architect BDA, research assistant at RWTH Aachen University
• Eva Herr, Head of the Cologne Urban Planning Office
• Prof. Dr. Stefan Herzig, professor emeritus and former president of the Cologne University of Applied Sciences
• Kaspar Kraemer, architect BDA, member of the Association of Friends and Sponsors of Cologne University of Applied Sciences e.V.
• Klaus Küppers, Branch Manager NRW of PANDION Real Estate GmbH
• Jürgen Minkus, Architect BDA, Chairman of the Cologne Design Advisory Board
• Julien Kinnart, Office of the Mayor of Cologne, Planning and Building Officer
• Prof. Carola Wiese, Architect BDA, Faculty of Architecture at Cologne University of Applied Sciences