The International Union of Architects has endorsed an urban regeneration project linking the Italian city of Gorizia with the Slovenian city, Nova Gorica, and creating a shared central area to be known as Europe Square – Piazzale Della Transalpina and the hub EPICenter. The single stage, combined project and ideas competition, will be conducted according to the UNESCO Regulations for international architecture design competitions, as an anonymous, open procedure.

As part of a campaign for the title of 2025 European Capital of Culture (ECoC), the Municipalities of Nova Gorica and Gorizia, under the umbrella of the EGTC GO and with the endorsement of the UIA, have organised a joint programme to celebrate and develop the economic and cultural infrastructure of this unique area in the centre of Europe, at the crossroads of tradition and modernity. The principal goal of the project is to unify the historically fragmented district in front of the railway station known as Europe Square / Piazza Transalpina, to improve the quality of life for its inhabitants and to foster economic development, tourism and investment. The estimated cost of the project is 7.500.000,00 Euros.

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The competition is thus divided into two parts:

- Area 1 - Project proposals for the design of Europe Square / Piazzale della Transalpina and the transcultural hub EPICenter

- Area 2 - Ideas proposals for the remodelling of the border zones from Solkan/Salcano to Rožna dolina / Casa Rossa

Jury

The international jury includes Roger Riewe (Austria), Saša Randić (Croatia), Helle Juul (Denmark) UIA representative, Polona Filipič (Slovenia) and Giovanni Fraziano (Italy). Deputy jurors are VojkoPavčič (Slovenia) and Nathalie Rozencwajg (United Kingdom), UIA alternate juror.

Prizes

The total prize money for the competition is 48.000,00 EUR. The jury will allocate three prizes which will receive the following amounts:

1st prize 25.000,00 EUR

2nd prize 15.000,00 EUR

3rd prize 8.000,00 EUR

The jury may decide to award up to 3 honorary mentions to projects of special interest.

Eligibility

This competition is open to all architects of the world and all legal entities which are entitled to practise in their country of residence.

Language

The official language of the competition is English.

Calendar

25 February 2020: Launch, registration opens and documentation available here

19 March - 2 April 2020: Questions and Answer Period

6 April 2020: Registration deadline

17 April 2020: Deadline for Questions

22 June 2020: Deadline for Submissions

1-4 July 2020: Entry Evaluation

8 July 2020: Announcement of results

Registration

The competitor must register for the competition by sending a request, indicating the name and e-mail address to which the information relating to the competition is to be sent, to the following email address: [email protected]. The Competition manager will give the participant a CODE. This CODE is necessary to register on the public procurement portal in anonymity. The participant will receive a temporary password to access the public procurement portal.

Using this password, that can be changed to a new and definitive one, the competitor will access the portal for the transmission of the project proposal.

For clarifications regarding the technical and operational procedures, contact technical assistance at the following email address: [email protected].

For further information, see the competition website.

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