ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION EPK - DRAVA RIVER 2012

The Municipality of Maribor, together with the Union of Architects of Maribor and under supervision of UIA and ZAPS (Slovenian Chamber for Architecture and Spatial Planning), calls for :
The international, public, anonymous, single-stage architectural ideas competition for the arrangement of the river Drava area in the central part of the city. The aim of the competition is to acquire the most suitable proposal/outline scheme for the central stage of the European Capital Of Culture - Drava river 2012, Maribor and for urban regeneration of the city in the next twenty years.

The design solution is divided in three competition areas (GROUPS):

1. The embankment of river Drava between the Water tower and the Judgment tower on the left bank, and the natural Embankment of the river in the area between the Studenška brv (footbridge) and the railway bridge on the right bank of the river;
2. The most suitable design project solution of a footbridge across the river Drava;
3. The most suitable design project solution for the new building of the Maribor Art Gallery.

JURY

GROUP 1 and GROUP 2:
Members: Roger RIEWE(AUT), Andreas RUBY(GER), Saša BEGOVIĆ (CRO), Aleš VODOPIVEC (SLO), Ana KUČAN (SLO), Uroš LOBNIK (SLO), Stojan SKALICKY (SLO)
Substitute members: Andrej ŠMID (SLO), Luciano LAZZARI (ITA)
GROUP 3:
Members: Hrvoje NJIRIĆ (CRO), Peter L. WILSON (AUS), Jürgen Hermann MAYER (GER),
Christoph GRUNENBERG (UK), Stojan SKALICKY (SLO), Matevž ČELIK (SLO), Marko STUDEN (SLO)
Substitute members: Uroš LOBNIK (SLO), Vojko PAVČIČ (SLO)

TIMETABLE

Announcement of the competition
18.11.2009
Registration opening and entry fee payment
from 18.11.2009
Competition start – documentation download
from 12.12.2009
Registration closing
04.01.2010
Deadline for competition entry submission
26.02.2010
Jury meetings
11.03.-21.03.2010
Announcement of the results
24.03.2010

PARTICIPATION

Architects from all countries, of which national architects’ associations are members of the UIA, can take part in this competition. The language to be used in Competition entries is English language.

REGISTRATION

Registration takes place exclusively on-line at the competition web site:
http://www.mb-arhitekti.si/
The registration fee, non refundable, is 150 EUR.

PRIZES

GROUP 1: Competition prize fund / 53,000.00 EUR, as follows:
1st prize 30,000.00 EUR, 2nd prize 15,000.00 EUR, 3rd prize 8,000.00 EUR

GROUP 2: Competition prize fund / 53,000.00 EUR, as follows:
1st prize 30,000.00 EUR, 2nd prize 15,000.00 EUR, 3rd prize 8,000.00 EUR

GROUP 3: Competition prize fund / 70,000.00 EUR, as follows:
1st prize 40,000.00 EUR, 2nd prize 20,000.00 EUR, 3rd prize 10,000.00 EUR
Total prize fund: 176,000.00 EUR. All amounts stated are gross amounts.