- wa-ID
- wa-2025281
- Tag der Veröffentlichung
- 09.11.2018
- Aktualisiert am
- 01.08.2019
- Verfahrensart
- Offener Wettbewerb
- Zulassungsbereich
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Andere
- Teilnehmer
- Keine Teilnahmebeschränkung
- Auslober
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Nature Conservation Agency
Republic of Latvia - Koordination
- Bee Breeders (former HMMD Group), Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Bewerbungsschluss
- 26.04.2019
- Abgabetermin
- 11.06.2018
- Bekanntgabe
- 11.07.2019
Verfahrensart
Offener Ideenwettbewerb
Wettbewerbsaufgabe
Das Naturschutzamt Lettlands hat sich mit den Bee Breeders zusammengetan, um das 45-jährige Bestehen des Gauja-Nationalparks - des mit 90.000 Hektar größten Nationalparks des Landes - zu feiern, indem es Architekten und Designer herausforderte, Vorschläge für eine Fußgängerbrücke zum Eingang des Parks einzureichen. Die Fußgängerbrücke soll als architektonisches Wahrzeichen dienen und die bestehende Sammlung von 500 kulturellen und historischen Denkmälern, darunter mittelalterliche Burgen und Städte, ergänzen.
Competition assignment
The Nature Conservation Agency of Latvia paired up with Bee Breeders to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Gauja National Park - the country's largest national park at 90,000 hectares - by challenging architects and designers with submitting proposals for a footbridge marking the park's entry. The footbridge is intended to serve as an architectural landmark that adds to the park's existing collection of 500 cultural and historical monuments, including medieval castles and towns.
Offener Ideenwettbewerb
Wettbewerbsaufgabe
Das Naturschutzamt Lettlands hat sich mit den Bee Breeders zusammengetan, um das 45-jährige Bestehen des Gauja-Nationalparks - des mit 90.000 Hektar größten Nationalparks des Landes - zu feiern, indem es Architekten und Designer herausforderte, Vorschläge für eine Fußgängerbrücke zum Eingang des Parks einzureichen. Die Fußgängerbrücke soll als architektonisches Wahrzeichen dienen und die bestehende Sammlung von 500 kulturellen und historischen Denkmälern, darunter mittelalterliche Burgen und Städte, ergänzen.
Competition assignment
The Nature Conservation Agency of Latvia paired up with Bee Breeders to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Gauja National Park - the country's largest national park at 90,000 hectares - by challenging architects and designers with submitting proposals for a footbridge marking the park's entry. The footbridge is intended to serve as an architectural landmark that adds to the park's existing collection of 500 cultural and historical monuments, including medieval castles and towns.
Gauja National Park Footbridge
Organizer
Bee Breeders
Architecture Competition Organizers
Kowloon, Hong Kong
beebreeders.com
Official partners
Nature Conservation Agency
Republic of Latvia
www.daba.gov.lv/public/eng
The Competition
Spanning over 917 km2, the Gauja National Park in Vidzeme is the largest national park in Latvia, a country known for its low population density and vast areas of natural forests. The park takes its name from the Gauja River Valley and was one of Latvia’s first national parks, established in 1973, but with a history of tourism supposedly dating back to the 19th century.
With so many national parks in Eastern Europe, the Gauja National Park stands out for its varied landscape, featuring slopes, springs, valleys, caves, as well as the sandstone and dolomite cliffs that are one its biggest tourist attractions, all located within close proximity. Full to the brim with diverse wildlife and plant species, it is also home to more than 500 historic and cultural monuments such as castles, manors, churches, watermills, and windmills.
The Gauja National Park Footbridge competition is sourcing designs for a footbridge to serve as a symbolic entrance to the park in honor of its 45th anniversary. As the footbridge would be suspended over a road, it must be high enough for trucks and buses to pass underneath it. It must also be capable of bearing the weight of high volumes of pedestrian foot traffic, and should feature welcome and goodbye signage as well as park information stand.
Participants are tasked with thinking about the buildability of their designs, and ensuring that they correspond with the context of the national park and being welcoming to visitors, while at the same time displaying innovation and the potential to become an internationally recognized landmark.
Competition Type
Open Ideas Competition
Admission Area
International
Participants
Competition is open to all. No professional qualification is required.
Design proposals can be developed individually or by teams (4 team members maximum).
Correspondence with organizers must be conducted in English;
All information submitted by participants must be in English.
Schedule
Closing date for registration: 26 April, 2019
Closing date for project submission: 11 June, 2019 (11:59pm GMT+0)
Announcement of the winners: 11 July, 2019
Prizes
Total Prize Fund: US $6,000
1st Prize: US $3,000
2nd Prize: US $1,500
3rd Prize: US $500
BB Student Award: US $500
BB Green Award: US $500
6 Honorable Mentions
More information and documents at
gaujafootbridge.beebreeders.com
Organizer
Bee Breeders
Architecture Competition Organizers
Kowloon, Hong Kong
beebreeders.com
Official partners
Nature Conservation Agency
Republic of Latvia
www.daba.gov.lv/public/eng
The Competition
Spanning over 917 km2, the Gauja National Park in Vidzeme is the largest national park in Latvia, a country known for its low population density and vast areas of natural forests. The park takes its name from the Gauja River Valley and was one of Latvia’s first national parks, established in 1973, but with a history of tourism supposedly dating back to the 19th century.
With so many national parks in Eastern Europe, the Gauja National Park stands out for its varied landscape, featuring slopes, springs, valleys, caves, as well as the sandstone and dolomite cliffs that are one its biggest tourist attractions, all located within close proximity. Full to the brim with diverse wildlife and plant species, it is also home to more than 500 historic and cultural monuments such as castles, manors, churches, watermills, and windmills.
The Gauja National Park Footbridge competition is sourcing designs for a footbridge to serve as a symbolic entrance to the park in honor of its 45th anniversary. As the footbridge would be suspended over a road, it must be high enough for trucks and buses to pass underneath it. It must also be capable of bearing the weight of high volumes of pedestrian foot traffic, and should feature welcome and goodbye signage as well as park information stand.
Participants are tasked with thinking about the buildability of their designs, and ensuring that they correspond with the context of the national park and being welcoming to visitors, while at the same time displaying innovation and the potential to become an internationally recognized landmark.
Competition Type
Open Ideas Competition
Admission Area
International
Participants
Competition is open to all. No professional qualification is required.
Design proposals can be developed individually or by teams (4 team members maximum).
Correspondence with organizers must be conducted in English;
All information submitted by participants must be in English.
Schedule
Closing date for registration: 26 April, 2019
Closing date for project submission: 11 June, 2019 (11:59pm GMT+0)
Announcement of the winners: 11 July, 2019
Prizes
Total Prize Fund: US $6,000
1st Prize: US $3,000
2nd Prize: US $1,500
3rd Prize: US $500
BB Student Award: US $500
BB Green Award: US $500
6 Honorable Mentions
More information and documents at
gaujafootbridge.beebreeders.com