Overview
- A 27‑member jury unanimously chose the team of Schulz und Schulz with Haberland Architekten and POLA Landschaftsarchitekten to reconstruct the synagogue at Joseph‑Carlebach‑Platz.
- The design closely references the prewar landmark and features a roughly 40‑meter glazed dome plus brick ancillary buildings for administration, a café, a liberal prayer space, community rooms, a library and new housing.
- Project leaders emphasize openness to the neighborhood with public uses and no perimeter fencing, while planning measures address security and access.
- Officials say the next steps include technical detail planning and the procurement of specialist planners, followed by the coordinated demolition of a WWII high bunker on the site.
- No construction start date or total budget has been set, though federal funds have already supported feasibility work and the competition, and a dispute persists over the liberal community’s non‑participation.