Competition results
EU-wide, two-stage, open, anonymous design competition followed by a negotiation process for awarding general planning services for the project ‘Expansion and Redesign of the Gusen Memorial’
On 16 and 17 June 2025, a jury met to rank the submissions in the EU-wide competition for the expansion and redesign of the Gusen Memorial, which has been running since September 2024. The two-stage, open, anonymous competition was organised by the Burghauptmannschaft Österreich in cooperation with the Mauthausen Memorial.
The submissions provide designs for the overall landscape planning, architectural design and urban development of several plots of land on the site of the former camp, based on a previously developed master plan. This master plan was drawn up over the course of an eighteen-month participatory process involving a wide range of stakeholder groups. This project will significantly expand the existing Gusen Memorial, creating a place of remembrance and education for the future.
At the end of January, the jury met to select eight design proposals from all submissions during the first stage of the competition. In the second stage, these shortlisted concepts were revised and further developed to address additional tasks, then evaluated and ranked by the jury. In the next phase, the Burghauptmannschaft Österreich and the Mauthausen Memorial will enter into negotiations with the first placed team.
All submissions for the second stage of the competition can now be viewed here.
A presentation of the appointed planning team and its design is scheduled for the autumn in the Gusen / St. Georgen region, following the successful completion of the negotiation procedure.
The team at the Mauthausen Memorial, the Burghauptmannschaft Österreich and the jury extend their sincere thanks to all competition participants in the first and second stages for their valuable contributions to shaping a vision for the future memorial site.
1. Place / querkraft Architekten ZT GmbH in collaboration with Kieran Fraser Landscape Design e.U. / Vienna
Competition project team:
Julia Hosner, Michael Voit, Johanna Sieberer, Catherine Zesch
Participating consultants:
Kieran Fraser Landscape Design e.U., Sabine Dreher (Liquid Frontiers), Peter Sandbichler, L-Bau-Engineering GmbH, TB Obkircher OG, Werkraum Ingenieure ZT GmbH
2. Place / Gerber Architekten GmbH / Dortmund
Participating consultants:
Bollinger und Grohmann ZT GmbH, Welatech GmbH, Dr. Pfeiler GmbH
3. Place / HOFRICHTER-RITTER Architekten ZT GmbH / Graz
Competition project team:
Frederik Baldasty, Gerhard Schweitzer, Franz Stiegler, Christian Rauch
Participating consultants:
Bildermehr, Renderings, Paul Frick, Ausstellungsconsulting, Richard Dank, Peter Mandl ZT GmbH, Martin Stampfl, freiland Umweltconsulting ZT GmbH Matthias Schuster und Katarzyna Theissl
Commendations in alphabetical order
Recognition / Lam Architektur ZT GmbH / DI Thomas PROKSCH, Büro LAND IN SICHT / DI Elmar Hess / Graz / Vienna / Graz
Competition project team:
Arch. DI Nicole Lam, DI Thomas Proksch, Arch. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Till Lensing, DI Christian Buresch, DI Daniela Walder-Weissberg
Participating consultants:
SK Planung GmbH, Rosenfelder & Höfler Consulting Engineers GmbH & Co KG
Recognition / mia2 Architektur ZT GmbH / DI Isolde Rajek, rajek barosch landschaftsarchitektur / Linz / Vienna
Competition project team:
Christian Stelzer, Petra Rager, Askar Daurbekov, Aron Seereiter, Constantin Nusser
Participating consultants:
pbp Architekten Patzelt Barth + Partner zt-gmbh, Dipl.Ing. Helmut Schiebel Ziviltechniker Ges.m.b.H.
Recognition / Dr. Arch. Alexander Pedevilla / Dr. Arch. Armin Pedevilla / faktorgruen Landschaftsarchitekten bdla Beratende Ingenieure Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB, Dipl-Ing. Landschaftsarchitekt Martin Schedlbauer / Bruneck / Bruneck / Freiburg
Competition project team:
Alexander Pedevilla, Jonathan Brügmann, Michael Rollmann, Armin Pedevilla, Martin Schedlbauer, Ricardo Patings
Participating consultants:
gbd ZT GmbH, Ingenieurbüro Pratzner Ges.m.b.H., ING-B Ingenieurbüro GmbH
Recognition / Schoener und Panzer Architekten BDA GmbH / Leipzig
Competition project team:
Fabian Panzer, Michael Schoener, Malte Zimmermann, Johanna Bunte, Till Pulst
Participating consultants:
Rudolph Langner – Station C23 – Architekten und Landschaftsarchitekten PartG mbB, FCP Fritsch, Chiari & Partner ZT GmbH, tgaplan ing. schartmüller gmbh, S & P climadesign GmbH, S & P energydesign e.U.
Detailed information
Recognition / Schuberth und Schuberth ZT-GmbH / Mettler Landschaftsarchitektur GmbH / Vienna / Berlin
Competition project team:
Competition documents