The "Dortmund Hamm Unna 2020 Architecture Prize" has been decided

Great joy at the old PHOENIX West steelworks site: the PhoenixWERK office ensemble, planned, realized and since spring 2020 the new company location of SHA Scheffler Helbich Architekten GmbH, has received the coveted “Dortmund Hamm Unna 2020 Architecture Award” together with two other projects. A total of 27 projects from the region took part in the competition and were criticized by the jury.

“We are very proud,” says Christoph Helbich, Managing Partner of SHA. “This really is a great endorsement of our work,” adds Birgit Helbich, partner at SHA. The couple, together with Immira Grundstückverwaltung, are the builders of the first two components. In the long term, three more buildings will be constructed on the site, including a parking garage by next spring. This will complete the neighborhood in line with demand.

The jury’s assessment of the PhoenixWERK was as follows:

“Existing spatial edges are complemented in a striking urban design. The space created in this way does justice to the new use and allows the history of the area to be recognized. The design language of the industrial architecture is also reflected in the materials and façade. These qualities are continued in the floor plans and the detailing of the interior.”

Structural change at Phoenixplatz

Christoph Helbich continues: “We wanted to counter the existing historical and partly listed buildings – the blast furnace, the Warsteiner Music Hall and Schalthaus 101 – with a compact development. The result is an urban mix of work, events, gastronomy and local recreation that elevates Phoenixplatz to a lively district center.”