18 сентября 2020
The results of the International Competition for the Architectural Landscape Design Concept for the Tuchkov Buyan Park were announced in Saint Petersburg
The results of the International Competition for the Architectural Landscape Design Concept for the Tuchkov Buyan Park were announced on September 18, 2020. The idea developed by Studio 44 (Russia, Saint Petersburg) in consortium with WEST 8 (The Netherlands, Rotterdam) was recognized as the best conception by an international jury. JV Vogt (Switzerland, Zurich) in consortium with Herzog & de Meuron (Switzerland, Basel) and Khvoya (Russia, Saint Petersburg) have become the finalists.
"This competition is very important for us. During the last 2 days we were conducting the meeting of the international jury which were represented by the experts from Russia, Italy, France, Germany, USA, Switzerland and Great Britain. The organisation of the final jury’s meeting was unprecedentedly complex — it was held in online and offline format at the same time. Nevertheless, all jury members had equal access to competition’s materials. According to the requirements of the International Union of Architects (UIA) special attention was focused on confidentiality of competitors' works. None of experts and jury members didn’t have information about names of the bureaus while the meeting, they evaluated all the concepts under numbers," — said Denis Leontev, CEO of Strelka KB.
Preparation for the competition began in September 2019. The contest was developed on behalf of the Government of the Russian Federation. It was initiated by the Government of Saint Petersburg. The DOM. RF Foundation is the organizer of the competition. The operator is Strelka KB, an urban consultancy.
"This was a hugely successful and well-run competition. The brief was excellent and encouraged thoughtful work on the part of all the participants. Most especially, I felt that the discussions were extremely balanced, bringing together international expertise and local knowledge in a very transparent and collegial way. The conversations and evaluations of all the jury members reflected a professionalism that was encouraged and supported by the organization of the competition procedures," — commented Lawrence Barth, Professor of Urbanism at the Graduate School of the Architecture Association and member of the Jury.
You can find the information about the competitors' concepts including renders, plans and videos via this link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1Bit9Usj3hcwAbqwe1PyIX7FgmmqPVXDu
"This competition is very important for us. During the last 2 days we were conducting the meeting of the international jury which were represented by the experts from Russia, Italy, France, Germany, USA, Switzerland and Great Britain. The organisation of the final jury’s meeting was unprecedentedly complex — it was held in online and offline format at the same time. Nevertheless, all jury members had equal access to competition’s materials. According to the requirements of the International Union of Architects (UIA) special attention was focused on confidentiality of competitors' works. None of experts and jury members didn’t have information about names of the bureaus while the meeting, they evaluated all the concepts under numbers," — said Denis Leontev, CEO of Strelka KB.
Preparation for the competition began in September 2019. The contest was developed on behalf of the Government of the Russian Federation. It was initiated by the Government of Saint Petersburg. The DOM. RF Foundation is the organizer of the competition. The operator is Strelka KB, an urban consultancy.
"This was a hugely successful and well-run competition. The brief was excellent and encouraged thoughtful work on the part of all the participants. Most especially, I felt that the discussions were extremely balanced, bringing together international expertise and local knowledge in a very transparent and collegial way. The conversations and evaluations of all the jury members reflected a professionalism that was encouraged and supported by the organization of the competition procedures," — commented Lawrence Barth, Professor of Urbanism at the Graduate School of the Architecture Association and member of the Jury.
You can find the information about the competitors' concepts including renders, plans and videos via this link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1Bit9Usj3hcwAbqwe1PyIX7FgmmqPVXDu
