Frei-Otto-Park in Siegmar: vote on design underway
There are three options for erecting a pavilion
Until Sunday, 22 January, there is still the opportunity to vote on the future design of the Frei Otto Park in the Siegmar district. Various design options have been discussed and developed to make the park more playable, usable and enjoyable. These variants will now be put to a public vote. In any case, the plan is to install new street furniture alongside information objects that draw attention to Frei Otto's life and work. Citizens will also decide whether a permanent or temporary pavilion will be erected.
Votes can be cast online via the City of Chemnitz's participation portal. Alternatively, votes can also be cast on a paper questionnaire, which is available in the second and third calendar week during opening hours at the Rabenstein Citizens' Service Centre (in the Rabenstein Centre, Oberfrohnaer Straße 64). This is open on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8.30 am to 12 noon and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1.30 pm to 6 pm. In order to avoid multiple entries, participants must identify themselves.
What should take place in the individual urban areas during the Capital of Culture year 2025? And above all, where can something take place? The City of Chemnitz approached citizens' platforms and local councils during the Capital of Culture application phase. They were asked to think together with the people in their areas about where events could take place in the Capital of Culture year 2025, which places would characterise their area and what structural conditions would need to be created for this.
Various ideas were also collected and discussed in the Chemnitz West area. At a public citizens' forum, the Frei-Otto-Park in Siegmar was chosen. As one of the most important architects of the 20th century, Frei Otto (born 1925 in Siegmar, died 2015) designed, among other things, the roofing of the main sports arena at Munich's Olympic Stadium.