Freiladebahnhof Ost Leipzig
Project information
submitted by
Gabriele Gagliardi
Co-Authors
Enrik Finn Apitz, Tim Bieling, Adele Bastian, Bruno Vincent Bartos, Clemens Brauburger, Elly Breuer, Julius Tom Cramer, Pau Drexler, Maximilian Donnerberg, Carolina Grauke, Denis Gatalski, Adele Bastian, Anne-Sophie Charlotte Heinrich, Fritz Fröhlich, Helena Katharina Sophie Hertting, Jacob Alexander Gabriel, Tim Horlbeck, Daniel Maurice Kleine-Kraneburg, Tom Leo Kailing, Peter Laser, Lea Klafack, Leo Balthasar Lenzner, Ken Nikaido, Nandi Mateo Müller, Celia Noack, Jadwiga Maria Schurr, Ferdinand Paul Wilhelm Raabe, Lilly Rudolph, Annika Wunder, Ada Elena Graciela Sturm, Marlene Stahl, Jonas Benedikt Storm, Helene von Stuckrad, Amelie Viktoria Grund, Carla Marlena Graßhoff, Lucien Aristide Louis Devadder, Camille Sophie Lilli Thomé, Sadaf Malverdi Dastjerdi, Simon Jonas Vogt, Zarife Irem Pirlanti
Mentors
Prof. Steffen de Rudder, Gerda Seidelmann, Gabriele Gagliardi, Jonas Malzahn
Faculty:
Architecture and Urbanism
Degree programme:
Architecture (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)),
Urban Planning (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.))
Type of project presentation
Final project
Semester
Sommersemester2025
- Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 8 - Hauptgebäude / Main Building
(Raum 206)
Available during summaery opening hours
Project description
East of Leipzig Central Station, there is a hidden place between the tracks and old warehouses. This area once housed freight tracks, warehouses, coal trading, and transport businesses. Today, many buildings stand empty, and grass grows between the railway ties on scattered vacant lots. The city of Leipzig aims to develop this site, which is strategically located between the station and the Parkbogen Ost – a future green corridor planned to extend to Lene-Voigt Park. To the east lies a vibrant residential neighborhood, popular especially with young people, located along the busy Eisenbahnstraße that leads directly to the square at the tip of the project site.
Leipzig has a high demand for centrally located housing and workspaces, and the so-called Freiladebahnhof Ost offers ideal conditions. A mixed-use neighborhood is planned, combining living and working, green areas, and sports facilities. Everything is close by: tram, train station, shops, green spaces, schools, and sports grounds – a great example of sustainable mobility based on the 15-minute city model, now being implemented in Paris.
Each of the 15 projects addresses the central tension of contemporary urban design in its own way: on the one hand, affordable living and working space is needed; on the other hand, unsealed green spaces are essential to effectively cope with the consequences of the climate crisis.