City of Chemnitz once again successful in city centre competition "Ab in die Mitte - Die City-Offensive Sachsen"
Project entry "Light our Vision" receives prize money totalling 20,000 euros
The city of Chemnitz has once again won a prize in the city centre competition "Ab in die Mitte - Die City-Offensive Sachsen". This year, the project entry "Chemnitz Festival of Lights 'Light our Vision' - Chemnitz shows itself in a new light" convinced the jury. The project received prize money totalling 20,000 euros for coming 3rd in the competition.
As an annual event lasting several days, the "Light our Vision" light festival is intended to attract thousands of guests to various locations and, above all, to the hidden potential of Chemnitz city centre. The first edition, which took place from 21 to 23 September 2023, was a great success. The festival stretched from Düsseldorfer Platz through Stadthallenpark via Brückenstraße, on to the SIB building behind the Karl Marx Monument and the car park behind it, all the way to Theaterplatz and the main railway station. The Festival of Lights calmed traffic on Brückenstraße and brought the vision of a promenade from the city centre via Theaterplatz to Brühl and the railway station to life. In future, the city centre is to become more of a focal point and further areas are to be used.
Linda Hüttner, architect and managing director of Gunter Hüttner + Co. GmbH, and Claudia Fischer, interior designer at the Saxony Chamber of Architects, as well as the Baukultur für Chemnitz e. V. association with the support of numerous Chemnitz companies and organisations, are the initiators and implementers of the project.
Under the motto "20 years of 'Ab in die Mitte! Strengthening networks - shaping transformation", the Free State of Saxony, together with partners from the private sector, was looking for outstanding ideas and concepts that would give new impetus to urban renewal. The basic idea of the competition is to bring more life and therefore more visitors to Saxony's city centres and town centres. This year, a total of 40 Saxon municipalities took part with 45 projects.