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Shaping The New American Riverfront:
A Competition For Memphis
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başvuru tarihi:
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23.04.2003
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teslim
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23.04.2003
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Registration
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Submission
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Yarışma Özeti(Summary):
Tip
(Type):
Open, two-stage.
Kimler katılabilir
(Open to):
All.
Katılım ücreti
(Entry Fee):
US$75 (US$35 students)
Ödüller
(Awards):
$50,000 Prize Fund has been established. Each of up to five Finalists
chosen to proceed to Stage Two will receive an award of $2500 plus a $7500
stipend for the Stage Two work. The winner of Stage Two will be awarded the
right to negotiate a contract for professional services to design the project.
Juri (Jury):
Toni L. Griffin, William Morrish, Stanley Saitowitz and Martha
Schwartz
İletişim Bilgileri
(Contact):
David Meckel, FAIA
Website: www.memphisriverfront.com/designcompetition
Type: Open, two-stage
Registration Deadline: April 23, 2003
Submission Deadline: April 23, 2003
Open to:
All
Entry Fee:
US$75 (US$35 students)
Awards:
$50,000 Prize Fund has been established. Each of up to five Finalists chosen to
proceed to Stage Two will receive an award of $2500 plus a $7500 stipend for the
Stage Two work. The winner of Stage Two will be awarded the right to negotiate a
contract for professional services to design the project.
Jury: Toni L. Griffin, William Morrish,
Stanley Saitowitz and Martha Schwartz
The Riverfront Development Corporation in
Memphis is seeking design visions for the first major project--at the foot of
Historic Beale Street--in a comprehensive reshaping of the city's Mississippi
riverfront. This first project is named Beale Street Landing.
The first stage of the competition is
open to all. Five winners from stage one will be awarded cash prizes to develop
their ideas during an invited second stage. It is RDC's intention to select a
design team from the second stage to develop their proposal for implementation.
The project site is both physically and
culturally complex. A twenty-five-foot bluff rises from a once busy commercial
harbor to the old downtown, which, like many American waterfront cities,
historically turned its back on the mighty river that was its lifeblood. A new
master plan, developed by Cooper Robertson & Partners, will connect the city
to the river. "Shaping the New American Riverfront" initiates the
first major riverfront improvement and sets the tone for future development.
The program calls for the design of a
five-acre, waterfront public space celebrating Beale Street's termination at the
Mississippi River. We expect competitors to resolve the many functional
challenges of the site-the shifting landscape of a fluctuating Mississippi
River, the bluff that separates the city fabric from the riverfront, the need
for modern docking facilities. The winning proposal must go further, capturing
the unique qualities of the setting and bringing new vision and heightened
aspiration to the development of Memphis' built environment.
To this end, we encourage entrants to
develop visions that are strong enough to refocus the design dialogue in Memphis
onto the riverfront, a grand landscape on which the city has historically turned
its back.
Designs that activate the waterfront,
extend its use (day and night), and develop an authentic and potentially iconic
response to the site will best meet the goals of the sponsors and the
expectations of the community.
$50,000 Prize Fund has been established.
Each of up to five Finalists chosen to proceed to Stage Two will receive an
award of $2500 plus a $7500 stipend for the Stage Two work. The winner of Stage
Two will be awarded the right to negotiate a contract for professional services
to design the project.
For more information or to register,
contact:
David Meckel, FAIA
Website: www.memphisriverfront.com/designcompetition
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