Awards award in Berlin: Students on a voluntary basis for monument protection!

Awards award in Berlin: Students on a voluntary basis for monument protection!

Altes Stadthaus, 10178 Berlin, Deutschland - On June 17, 2025, the ceremonial award of the State Monument Office in Berlin will take place in the old town house in Berlin. This is done for the fifth time. The event is made by the Senate construction director Prof. Petra Kahlfeldt and the state conservator Dr. Christoph Rauhut led and is public. The admission begins at 5 p.m., while the award ceremony is at 5:30 p.m. Interested parties can find out more from Stephanie Otto on the phone number (030) 90259-3722 or by email to stephanie.otto@lda.berlin.de.

A total of 16 work was submitted, which deal with the diverse range of topics of the Berlin monument landscape. This includes archaeological studies, methodological questions and usage ideas for listed buildings. The focus of the submitted work is particularly on the historical infrastructure of Berlin from the 19th and 20th centuries, which includes housing estates, swimming pools, water towers, railway structures and subway stations. The excellent students who have particularly worked out with their work are expected.

excellent work

The jury has selected three outstanding work, which are endowed with 1,000 euros each. This work is:

• Friederike Brückner (Free University of Berlin):
  Topic: Archaeological remains of clothing from a Nazi compulsory warehouse on Tempelhofer Feld.
  jury quote: important contribution to evaluating the excavations.
• Nammyoung Hong (Technical University of Berlin):
  Topic: Parkeuenbahn Wuhlheide - Bauforscherische and Baufmalkdichernische Exam.
  jury quote: informative building and usage history, detailed inventory.
• Luis Hagemann and Maximilian Jos Tivadar (Berlin University of Applied Sciences):
  Topic: circulatory shed.
  jury quote: Contribution to the circular economy in construction.

insight into the study award

The study prize is the first of its kind in Germany and has been awarded since 2021. The aim of promoting and appreciating employment at universities and universities with the Berlin monument landscape. Students of all universities and universities of applied sciences at home and abroad can participate, without restriction to certain disciplines or specialist areas. It is important to be the thematic orientation of the theses that must be completed and evaluated in the period from January 2022 to February 17, 2024.

Bauzeitung reports that the applications for the study award 2024 have already started and that ends on February 16, 2024. The price for outstanding bachelor and master's theses will continue to be awarded in the future, which deal with relevant topics of Berlin's monument preservation.

The variety of the Berlin monument landscape, which ranges from modern settlements to old village centers, is reflected in the submitted work. emphasize the official information from the State Monument Office that the employment of the monument landscape comprises various forms, including building and city historical research, monument-friendly renovations as well as participation and placement offerings. The study award promotes this important examination of the history and the preservation of Berlin monuments.