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Timeline

Registration deadline: December 24th, 2020
Submission deadline: March 26th, 2021
First Stage Completion: January 18th– 19th , 2021
Winners will be selected: 12th – 30th April 2021.

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Introduction

On November 24th, the Committee for Architecture and Urban Planning of Moscow kicked off an open international competition for architects. The participants will be developing the concepts of architectural solutions for houses under the program of renovation of the housing stock in Moscow.

Architect bureaus and consortia (creative associations) having similar projects in their portfolios and the relevant competencies are invited to participate in the competition.

Objective

Open international competition will be held in two stages.

The first stage will be completed on January 18-19, 2021, when, as part of the qualifications-based selection, the jury members will select the teams that will be admitted to the second stage and will be involved in the development of the concepts. Each team will be able to get several sites out of the 31 proposed for development and elaborate concepts for each site. The expert council determines which sites and how many of them will be available for the contestants.

The teams will work on the projects from January 21 to March 26, 2021. The winners of the competition will be selected from 12 to 30 April 2021.

The tasks of the competition include identification of the main types of volume-spatial elements of residential buildings of renovation blocks; formation of a “library of facade solutions”; determination of the principles of interaction of facade solutions and public spaces; cost-effectiveness of the solutions.

The jury and the expert council include representatives of the public and authorities, experts in the field of architecture, economics, marketing, real estate and urban planning.

The purpose of the competition is to form a high-quality urban environment and create an attractive appearance of residential buildings in the capital city. The competition was initiated by the Committee for Architecture and Urban Planning of Moscow and organized by the Genplan Institute of Moscow.

Jury

The participants will be chosen by the jury board of the competition, led by:

Sergei Kuznetsov, Chief Architect of Moscow.

Prizes

Each team will be rewarded 1 million rubles, including VAT, as compensation for the expenses for the developed concept per one design site.

After the competition is over, the winners will refine the architectural and artistic concepts jointly with the subordinate organizations of the Moscow Committee for Architecture and Urban Planning and take part in project implementation.