The selection process
After the application deadline 31.08.2023 the jury of experts appointed by the association decided to award Ermelinda Di Chiara with the scholarship. Criteria included general professional qualifications, personal qualifications, previous experience with urban planning and architectural topics, and the creativity and relevance of the proposed project idea.
Jury of the Gottfried Böhm Scholarship
Prof. Paul Böhm
Architect BDA, Faculty of Architecture, Technischen Hochschule Köln
Christl Drey
Architect and urban planner, Chairwoman of the House of Architecture Cologne
Susanne Fabry
Chairwoman of the Association of Friends and Sponsors of the Cologne University of Technology e.V.
Bernadette Heiermann
Architect BDA, research assistant at RWTH Aachen
Eva Herr
Head of the Cologne City Planning Office
Prof. Dr. Stefan Herzig
President of the Technische Hochschule Köln
Kaspar Kraemer
Architect BDA, Member of the Association of Friends and Sponsors of the Cologne University of Technology e.V.
Klaus Küppers
NRW Branch Manager of the PANDION Real Estate GmbH
Jürgen Minkus
Architect BDA, Chairman of the Cologne Design Advisory Board
Claire Verroul
Office of the Lord Mayor of Cologne, Planning and Building Officer
Prof. Carola Wiese
Architect BDA, Faculty of Architecture, Technischen Hochschule Köln
The scholarship benefit
The scholarship holder receives:
- a one-year residence scholarship: living & working in Cologne,
- free accommodation,
- a monthly scholarship amount of 2,500 euros,
- a workspace for free use in a professional environment in the field of architecture,
- a professional tutor during the one-year residency.
Work in a creative environment
During the one-year residency scholarship the scholarship holder can work among others in the Forum of the Foundation for Art and Building Culture right in the heart of Cologne. Here you feel the pulse of the city. The Forum offers a place to work, to exchange ideas about and to present architecture.
If an outside view of the city and the region is important or a place of peace and contemplation, the scholarship holder can retreat to the foundation's Cubity studio house for a few days by arrangement.
»A building is for
space and a framework
frame of its dignity. «
Duties of the scholarship:
Acceptance of the scholarship obliges the scholarship holder:
- to be present in Cologne for at least 280 days during the residency,
- regularly participate in exchange meetings with the tutor (at least 6 dates during the residency year),
- to meet with stakeholders and interest groups on the Gottfried Böhm Fellowship and around the topic of the planned work during his/her residency,
- to present the interim results of his/her work to representatives of the expert jury eight weeks before the end of the fellowship,
- to publicly present and discuss the final results of his/her work in the last month of the residency scholarship,
- to grant the Verein der Freunde und Förderer der Technischen Hochschule e.V. (Association of Friends and Sponsors of the Cologne University of Technology) unrestricted publication rights to his/her work, but not exclusively. Otherwise, the copyright and publication rights remain unrestrictedly with the scholarship holder.