Competitions round-up
Image: Bratislava Winter Harbour Image by Marek Velček
Despite geopolitical shocks, fluctuating fuel prices and a general sense of economic uncertainty – the world’s appetite for architecture, design and urban planning competitions remains surprisingly healthy.
Big-hitter international competitions currently open for entries include the mixed-use transformation of Bratislava’s Winter Harbour for which applications are being accepted until 25 May.
Overseen by the Metropolitan Institute of Bratislava, the contest is the first step in assembling a fully integrated urban district replacing an inaccessible 65ha swathe of the city’s waterfront.
Another perfect challenge for largescale brownfield regeneration experts is the City of Odense’s ideas competition to transform Denmark’s 274,000m² former Odense University Hospital into a new ‘green, sensory and dynamic’ urban district. The deadline for applications is 1 May.
Elsewhere, Montenegro’s Ministry of Spatial Planning, Urbanism and State Property has announced a contest for a new residential block on a 6,065m² site close to the Tološka Forest within the university district of the capital city, Podgorica. Applications are due by 17 April (so be quick!)
Global sports practices may be interested in a single-stage contest being held by the City of Zagreb for a €224 million redesign of the Maksimir Stadium, home of Dinamo Zagreb and main venue for the Croatian national football team. Submissions are open until 24 June.
Transport specialists with offices in the United States could try their luck with the US Department of Transportation’s new Beautifying Transportation Infrastructure Challenge. Open until 13 May, the contest seeks concepts elevating transport systems ‘to a level of aesthetic beauty that reflects the promise of the American people’. Sounds very Trumpian.
For arts and cultural specialists, Lithuania’s coastal resort of Palanga has meanwhile launched an open architecture competition for a new art gallery. Open for applications until 21 May, the Palanga Art Gallery contest will create a new space for local and international culture intended to enhance and respect the setting of the unique woodland settlement on the Baltic Sea.
Elsewhere the Centre for Central European Architecture is holding a contest to transform a former 1985 library within the planned 1970s coal-mining settlement of Most, in Czechia, into a new creative hub. Applications to the SuperMost – SuperStudio contest are open until 24 April.
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