гонорар для финалистов - £10 000; победитель будет участвовать в реализации проекта
организатор:
Malcolm Reading Consultants
ссылки:
The Ross Pavilion
Конкурс проводится с целью выбора лучшего решения по обновлению эдинбургского парка Принцес-Стрит-Гарденс. Участники должны будут спроектировать павильон, который планируется построить на месте концертной площадки Росс. Состязание пройдет в два этапа. Команды, прошедшие квалификационный отбор, займутся непосредственно разработкой проектов и получат шанс поучаствовать в масштабной реновации парка, бюджет которой – 25 млн фунтов.
пресс-релиз:
Currently the fastest-growing city in the United Kingdom, Scotland’s capital welcomes over four million visitors a year, nearly eight times its resident population. This sophisticated influx is drawn by Edinburgh’s cultural and historical attractions, universities, and festivals, including the world’s largest arts festival, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Edinburgh’s civic realm has always been one of its strengths, but as competition between world cities intensifies and city residents increasingly value public green spaces, so it has become a priority for both the public and private sectors. Accordingly, the Ross Pavilion International Design Competition focuses on regenerating and renewing an emblematic site at the heart of West Princes Street Gardens, which is presently occupied by the Ross Bandstand. This nationally-important space, perfectly positioned below Edinburgh Castle in the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh UNESCO World Heritage site and adjoining the city’s most famous shopping street, is ‘a place for people’. For much of the year a tranquil space in the lively city, it is also the seasonal focus for some of Scotland’s most high-profile events and celebrations, notably Hogmanay and the Edinburgh International Festival’s closing fireworks concert.
This two-stage international competition is seeking an outstanding team for the £25m Ross Pavilion and Gardens project to design a new landmark Pavilion to replace the Bandstand; design a visitor centre with café; and to subtly update and improve the surrounding landscape. The initiative is intended to create a flexible contemporary venue, which is sensitive to context and historic setting, and where both residents and visitors can engage with a variety of cultural events all year round.
In its design and quality, the new Pavilion should be of the highest order: able to hold its own, and of its time, but respectful of the Castle and the historic setting; inspiring imaginative cultural programming, while raising the overall aesthetic and sensory experience of the Gardens. The design should be an original of international quality and significance creating an image that will, over time, come to be associated with Edinburgh.
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