Cluj-napoca city planning

02.07.2019

PRESS RELEASE ON THE RESULTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOLUTIONS COMPETITION

DEVELOPMENT OF THE CLUJ-NAPOCA CETĂȚUIA

INTERNATIONAL SOLUTIONS COMPETITION FOR THE URBANDESIGN OF THE "CETĂȚUIA" URBAN ENSEMBLE IN CLUJ-NAPOCA

Monday, July 1, 2019, 14:00,

Urban Culture Center - Casino, Cluj-Napoca (Central Park "Simion Barnuțiu")

Between May 28 - May 30, 2019, the jury of the projects entered in the International Competition of Solutions for the urban ensemble "Cetățuia" in Cluj-Napoca, a competition officially launched on April 5, 2019, took place. The competition is organized by the Romanian Order of Architects (OAR), promoter Cluj-Napoca City Hall.

On Monday, July 1, 2019, starting at 14:00, the Center for Urban Culture - Casino, Cluj-Napoca (Central Park "Simion Barnuțiu") hosted the press conference to announce the winners.

PRIZES AWARDED

First Prize: design contract with an estimated value of

1.476.149 RON, excluding VAT

Second Prize: 70.000 RON

Third Prize: 45.000 RON

Following the jury's deliberations, the winning projects were selected, namely:

FIRST PRIZE - Project no. 59 - CH2020 - Metapolis Architects BVBA, Atelier Mass, Ana Horhat

Main author: Atelier Mass, Ana Horhat, Metapolis Architects

Co-authors: -

Collaborators architecture: -

Specialty collaborators: -

"The jury appreciated this project for its coherent discourse and sensitive contemporary narrative for landscape design. In this approach, the Cetatuia Hill is the main actor and the team shows a deep understanding of natural solutions, morphology, vegetation and hydrology." - Jury appreciation

Main authors: arch. Vlad Sebastian Rusu, arh. Octav Silviu Olănescu, arh. Anamaria Cornelia Olănescu, arh. Miruna Moldovan, arh. Andra Vlădoiu

Co-authors: -

Specialty collaborators: Landscape - eng. peis. Alexandru Cotoz, ing. hort. Valentin Sebastian Dan

Structure - eng. Ovidiu Rusu

"The jury appreciated this project for the overall zoning concept and the clear inventory, which is coherent and well defined. The project preserves and enhances the historic layers. The intervention shows that every detail has been very well thought out and therefore the justification for the approach is consistent." - Jury appreciation

Main authors: MOSSFERN & MVAA

Co-authors: -

Specialized contributors: -

"The jury praised the poetics of the concept in this project for its seductive narrative discourse, grounding and theoretical understanding. The overall concept presents a cultural approach and the texts explain the intentions very well." - Jury appreciation

The award procedure is a single-phase solutions competition, the aim of which is to award the design contract for this objective, open in Romania, the countries of the European Union, the European Economic Area and the Swiss Confederation.

The competition is organized in accordance with the Rules of Competitions of the International Union of Architects - UIA - and the provisions of the International Recommendations for Competitions in Architecture and Town Planning adopted at the UNESCO General Conference of 1956, revised on 27 November 1978, in compliance with the provisions of the legislation in force on the award of public procurement contracts.

After the press conference, a series of short professional presentations by jury members took place from 17:00:

  1. The architectural or urban planning competition, the Cluj example - arh. Iulia Stanciu
  2. Landscape resilience & climate change adaptation - arh. peisag. Miriam Garcia
  3. National legislation on green spaces in Romanian cities - landscape architect Diana Culescu
  4. Ecoregionalist architecture - arh. Köllő Miklós
  5. Urban landscape of Cluj - arh. Eugen Pănescu
  6. Green spaces in Cluj, from "abandonment" to assumption by urban actors - anthropologist Laura Panait
  7. Kids and the city - arh. peisag. Hermann Georg Gunnlaugsson
  8. Risks of success - arh. Ligia Subțirică

COMPETITIONJURY

  1. Miriam García García
  2. Köllő Miklós
  3. Eugen Pănescu
  4. Iulia Stanciu
  5. Ligia Subțirică
  6. landscape designer Diana Culescu
  7. landscape architect Hermann Georg Gunnlaugsson

8.Anca Virginaș

9.anthropologist Laura Panait

The competition joins a series of architectural competitions organized in Cluj-Napoca, a series that started in November 2016 with the Three Ages Tower competition, followed by the Ethno Park Cluj competition, Rethinking Someș, the Railway Park, the Kogălniceanu Urban Planning competition and the New Cluj County Council competition.

For announcements and news about the competition and to access the full gallery of the winning projects we recommend you to visit the official competition website:

https://www.oar.archi/ro/concursuri/amenajare-cetatuia

and in English on:

https://www.oar.archi/en/concursuri/cetatuia-hill

We also invite you to follow the official Facebook page of the Romanian Order of Architects:

https://www.facebook.com/OARNational/

or OAR Competitions:

https://www.facebook.com/oar.concursuri/

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Press Contact:

Iulia CUCU

e-mail: concursuri@oar.archi

tel: (+4)0730.092.092.199

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