ApproachSince the end of 2021, the Foundation of the Peaceful Revolution has been moderating the process transparently and with the broadest possible participation of citizens and experts. Various boards have been and continue to be involved in the various coordination processes.
JuryThe jury is an independent consultant to the promoter and is composed of the persons listed below:



Expert Jurors:
Prof. Danica Dakić, artist, Professor for film and video at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, Düsseldorf
Ulrike Kremeier, art historian, Director of the Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art, Cottbus
Shermin Langhoff, Director of the Maxim Gorki Theater, Berlin
Nhi Le, journalist, speaker, presenter, Hamburg
Marc Pouzol, landscape architect, Berlin
Kjetil Thorsen, architect, Oslo
Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich, art historian and cultural scientist, Leipzig




Deputy Expert Jurors:
Prof. Anne Femmer, architect, Visiting professor at the Institute for Architecture and Urban Design at the UdK Berlin, Berlin/Leipzig
János Kárász, landscape architect, Vienna
Greta Taubert, author and journalist, Leipzig
Prof. Can Togay, author, director, multimedia artist, Felsőörs

General Jurors:
Markus Franke, Saxon State Ministry for science, culture and tourism (SMWK), Dresden
Burkhard Jung, Mayor of the City of Leipzig
Dr. Anna Kaminsky, Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship, Berlin
Thomas Krüger, President of the Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn
Dr. Thomas Lindner, Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media of Germany, Bonn
Dr. Barbara Steiner, Director and board member of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Dessau

Deputy General Jurors:
RR Dustin Hoffmann, Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media of Germany, Berlin
Dr. Skadi Jennicke, Mayor and Councillor for Culture of the City of Leipzig, Leipzig
Thomas Dienberg, Mayor and Councillor for Urban Development and Construction
Linda Kelch, Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn
Dr. Sabine Kuder, Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship, Berlin
Dr. Franziska Kuschel, Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship, Berlin
Gordian Meyer-Plath, Saxon State Ministry for science, culture and tourism (SMWK), Dresden
Franciska Zólyom, Gallery for Contemporary Art GfZK, Leipzig
Technical ExpertsTechnical Experts are accredited experts in their discipline. Among others are represented

Parliamentary groups in the city council (Die Linke, Bündnis90/Die Grünen, CDU, AfD, SPD, Freibeuter)
Departments of Culture and Urban Development and Construction of the City of Leipzig
LFED monitoring body
Mitte District Advisory Council
Expert Forum on Art in Public Spaces and on Buildings
Design Forum of the City of Leipzig
Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig
Leipzig City History Museum
Winners of the open space competition for Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz square
Selection CommitteeA selection committee selected the participants in the competition. Its members are:

Dr. Mark Escherich, Architectural history, monument and heritage expert Bauhaus University Weimar
Kaye Geipel, architectural critic, curator of urban planning topics, Berlin
Ludivine Gragy, landscape architect, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Michael Hofmann, Professor of Cultural Sociology (retired), Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Kathrin Luz, PR agency owner in the field of art, architecture, Cologne
Henrike Naumann, artist, Berlin
Britta Peters, Artistic Director of Urbane Künste Ruhr, Bochum
Selection GroupThe task of the selection group was, on the one hand, to appoint the selection committee and, on the other, to appoint the expert jury. The selection group consisted of:

Dr. Uta Bretschneider, Forum of Contemporary History Leipzig - Foundation House of the History of the Federal Republic of Germany, Leipzig
Anke Hannemann, City of Leipzig, Department of Strategic Cultural Policy
Lydia Hempel,, Managing Director Landesverband Bildende Kunst Sachsen e.V., Dresden
Stephan Becker, BauNetz editorial office, Berlin
Competition ManagementThe competition is organized by [phase eins]. on behalf of the Foundation of the Peaceful Revolution.