NEW ŽIŽKOV CENTRE

The aim of the announcer is to create a residential complex of approximately 1,200-1,300 dwellings with variable commercial spaces in the parterre in the streets of Olšanská and Jan Želivský and further, according to the concluded contract with Prague 3, the establishment of kindergarten, which subsequently the investor free of charge transfers into the ownership of the city district.

The announcer emphasizes the creation of a valuable public space with greenery next to the intersection of the Olšanská and Jan Želivský streets and park green in the street of Jan Želivský and on the south side of the site (towards the cemetery).

The objective of the competition is an architectural proposal of a residential area called NEW ŽIŽKOV CENTRE, and its surroundings. It is a private investment by CENTRAL GROUP and is not subject to public procurement mode. The site is 39 471 m². Buildings can only be designed on the space of 24 803 m2 defined in the land use plan as TI (information transfer device – technical infrastructure), for which the investor has filed an appeal to change its main use to SV (general combined use). The plot includes another SV area in immediate vicinity of existent development and a non-developable area of ZMK (urban and landscape greenery). These should be designed as public space and greenery.

The aim is to design new residential buildings of approximately 106 000 m2 of gross floor area (GFA) which roughly corresponds with the volume of existing development on the plot. The investor perceives utmost use of the GFA as optimal.

Contestants are required to propose two versions:
One should respect the limiting height of present structures, i.e. 78 m (“Lower Version”), the other can include structures higher than 78 m (“Higher Version”). The Higher Version should consist of high-rise buildings of unique architecture in the form of more volumes comprising a complex, rather than a soliaire building

Bekanntmachung

• In phase 1 a participants submit an application - a PDF portfolio including references and a description (possibly basic sketches) of the concept is to be submitted electronically, the deadline is 31 October 2018, 5 p.m. CEST.

• 8 competitors will be selected for phase 2 of the workshop.

• Phase 2 requires participants to submit 8 panels (2 versions x 4 panels), and a design workbook in hard copies, the deadline is 28 February 2019, 5 p.m. CET.

• Phase 2 includes author presentation of designs in front of the jury • Phase 2 design expenses compensation is 300 000 CZK per team.

• The jury will select designs to rank first, second and third with the Lower Version, and first, second and third for the Higher Version

• On the basis of the workshop, the investor intends to commission a contract worth up to 10 000 000 CZK