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Competition:Plovdiv Central Square
Turkey Architecture News - May 04, 2014 - 15:14 3944 views
The Municipality of Plovdiv (Bulgaria) and One Architecture Week invite worldwide architects to participate in an open international competition for concept design. The competition is to outline the future of the Central Square in Plovdiv—an emblematic location where most of the significant historical periods of the city overlap. A solution for their untroubled co-existence is yet to be found.
Who can participate?
The competition is international and anonymous. Eligible for participation are Bulgarian and foreign architects or teams with at least one member who is an architect and in legal capacity to practice architectural design.
How will winners be selected?
The winners will be selected in two stages of evaluation.
Stage 1: The international jury distinguishes 3 finalists
Stage 2: Following a public discussion, the Municipality of Plovdiv selects the final winner among the 3 finalists.
How to participate?
Participation in the competition is free. No preliminary registration is required. Projects should be submitted online via special form on this website which will be accessible between 14 June and 20 June 2014.
Prizes?
The three finalists will receive financial rewards as follows:
First prize: 20 000 BGN (~10 000 EUR)
Second and third prizes: 10 000 BGN (~5 000 EUR)
Timeline
| 11 April 2014 | Competition announced |
| 11April–20 June 2014 | Projects development. Questions and answers. The answers to the frequently asked questions will be published here. |
| 14–20 June 2014 | Project submission |
| 21–23 June 2014 | Technical committee |
| 24–27 June 2014 | Expert committee |
| 28–29 June 2014 | International jury meeting. Announcement of the 3 finalists. |
| 30June–14 July 2014 | Public discussion of the finalists. Final winner selection. |
| 15 July 2014 | Final winner announced. |
The Aim
Central Square is a difficult place ridden with problems. Most of the historical and architectural layers of the city intersect right here – archaeological excavations, a socialist Party House, a Modernist and later renovated post office, ? park from the late 19th century and a number of transport conflicts.
The aim of the competition goes beyond renovation of the square and its adjacent areas. The challenge is to provide a strategy for harmonizing all these layers into an actively functioning, attractive and distinctly contemporary space.
Competition projects should propose:
- Ideas for the preservation, exposure and socialization of the archaeological cultural heritage
- Reorganization of the public space
- Development of urban design elements, green areas and paving
Jury
Architect Saša Begovic, 3HDL, Croatia
Architect Jeroen Zuidgeest, MVRDV, the Netherlands
Architect Elena Arguirova, Olivier Gahinet Architecture, France
Architect Ilko Nikolov, Chairman of the Municipal Council of Plovdiv
Architect Roumen Roussev, Chief Architect of the Municipality of Plovdiv
Architect Ljubo Georgiev, One Architecture Week
Architect, Bulgaria
> via plovdivsquare.com