
REIMAGINE THE ELBPHILHARMONIE
Architecture Competition
Brief
Reimagine - Through one drawing
Sometimes ONE drawing is enough to spark a revolution! Not through detail or precision, but through imagination. A single image can challenge what architecture is, question what it serves, and propose what it could become.
In this challenge, we invite you to reimagine the Elbphilharmonie through one powerful architectural drawing a section, a perspective, a collage, or even a hybrid of all three. The aim is not technical perfection or realism. Instead, we’re looking for a bold concept, an emotional idea, a question made visible.
What if this iconic building responded to climate instead of style?
What if it evolved with the city?
What if it was built from light, from earth, from memory?
What if the facade wasn´t just iconic but intelligent? Adaptive. Sustainable.Alive.
Keywords
Sustainability - Materials- Facade - Adaptability
Winners
FIRST PRIZE
REIMAGINE THE ELBPHILHARMONIE
Sanne Reinaerts - Mira Himmelmann - Anthony Hans Widjaja - Yanelle Schwarz - Nikolay Marinov
Germany
SECOND PRIZE
THE PHILARMONIC
Diana Zotova - Larisa Kurlyckina - Astrakhantseva Anastasia - Ermilina Milana
Russia
EDITOR CHOICE PRIZE
THE CITY STAGE
Alexia Chiscan
Romania
TOP10

ELBPHILHARMONIE
Parth Jain - Zixuan ZhangIndia

HARBOUR SKIN
Joseph DoldenUnited Kingdom

GREENHOUSE
Cornelia Solleder - Peter BednerGermany

ELBPHILHARMONIE
Olga TarchilaRomania

WHAT IF ?
Sanand MaddipatiIndia

ELBPHILHARMONIE
Baris ParlatangillerTurkey

WHAT IF ELBPHILHARMONIE HAD A SOUL ?
Ahmet Emin CebirTurkey

REIMAGINE THE ELBPHILHARMONIE
Sanne Reinaerts - Mira Himmelmann - Anthony Hans Widjaja - Yanelle Schwarz - Nikolay MarinovGermany

THE CITY STAGE
Alexia ChiscanRomania

THE PHILARMONIC
Diana Zotova - Larisa Kurlyckina - Astrakhantseva Anastasia - Ermilina MilanRussia
OUR JURY
Each jury is carefully selected, bringing together professionals whose expertise directly relates to the focus of the competition.
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Maged ELBANNA
Architect, Computational Designer and AI specialist
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Lucia Oberfrancová
Research assistent & teacher at Hochschule Wismar
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Liam Hayward-Mills
Architectural project manager & designer
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Luis Loaiza
Associate & Landscape Architect EDSA, inc.
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Mariam Korachy
Founder of Mariam Korachy Architects
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Martín André Gaibor Sánchez
Architectural designer & Budget Control Analyst