Re-Gen Gorizia , Görz / Italien

 

TerraViva launches RE-GEN GORIZIA, a new international competition that challenges architects, designers and urban planners to reimagine the Sant’Anna district as a model of urban regeneration, where green infrastructure, slow mobility and community shape a new vision of contemporary living...

 

Prizes up to 22.000 € will be awarded to the winners, selected by an international jury including German Fuenmayor (Piuarch), Luca Mezzorana (Comune di Gorizia), Olivia Gori (ECÒL) and Anna Cabrera Hens (Barcelona City Council) , among others.

 

At the meeting point between Italy and Slovenia, where cultures, languages and histories intertwine, the city of Gorizia is preparing for a new chapter in its urban evolution. The competition invites participants to rethink the Sant’Anna district - one of the largest residential areas in the town - as a new model of contemporary living.

 

Designers will be asked to elaborate a masterplan capable of redefining the district’s identity: reconnecting fragmented spaces, rethinking accessibility and enhancing the system of parks and open areas through sustainable and inclusive design strategies.

 

• 1st Prize: 12.000€

• 2nd Prize: 5.000€

• 3rd Prize: 3.000€

• 5 Golden Mentions: coupon for a free membership

• 10 Honorable Mentions: coupon for a free competition

• 30 Finalists: published on Terraviva channels

 

Participants will be required to present a comprehensive vision for the Sant’Anna district, proposing strategies to regenerate public spaces, improve connections between urban sectors, and reorganise the internal road network by reducing car-dedicated surfaces in favour of wider sidewalks, cycling paths and pedestrian areas.

 

The proposal should integrate slow mobility, green infrastructure and social spaces into a coherent system that ensures safe, accessible and continuous movement across the site. Green areas should be enhanced through new plantings, urban gardens, shaded spaces and an ecological network linking major parks with the surrounding urban fabric.

 

The objective is not to define a single formal outcome, but to propose a strategy capable of making Sant’Anna a more accessible, connected and inclusive neighbourhood – a place where regeneration becomes an opportunity to build a new idea of the city!

 

Three A1 panels (59,4 x 84,1 cm - horizontal) and a brief text describing the proposal (500-750 words).

 

German Fuenmayor (Milan, Italy) | Piuarch

Luca Mezzorana (Gorizia, Italy) | Comune di Gorizia

Olivia Gori (Florence, Italy) | ECÒL

Alberto Cervesato (Udine, Italy) | UNIUD

Anna Cabrera Hens (Barcellona, Spain) | Barcelona City Council

Fabio Naselli (Tirana, Albania) | Epoka University

Nasrin Mohiti Asli (Rome, Italy) | Orizzontale

Matteo Pettinaroli (Milan, Italy) | Needle Agopuntura Urbana

 

• Competition Opening: November 18th

• 89 € “Early” Registrations: Nov 18th - Jan 30th, 2026

• 109 € “Standard” Registrations: Jan 30th, 2026 - Mar 20th, 2026

• 139 € “Late” Registrations: Mar 20th, 2026 - Apr 17th, 2026

• Submission Deadline: April 17th, 2026

• Winners Announcement: May 18th, 2026

 

 

The competition is open to students, architects, designers, artists, engineers, urban planners, makers and creatives of all kinds. Participants can compete individually or in teams.

 

 

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