Yarışmalar-Competitions

Yarışma Özeti(Summary):
International Architectural Competition to select a lead architect to develop a framework plan and at least one building

Tip (Type): 

Kimler katılabilir (Open to):

Katılım ücreti (Entry Fee):
£50.00 

Ödüller (Awards):
Each finalist will receive £1500 (up to six will be selected)
The winning practice will receive £20,000 (this will represent an advance on fees)

Juri (Jury):
Ken Shuttleworth Foster and Partners
Amanda Baillieu Editor, RIBA Journal
Walter Menteth RIBA assessor
John Merry Leader, Salford City Council
Malcolm Sykes Director of Development Services, Salford City Council
Bryan Gray Chairman, NWDA
Miles Anderson Director of Asset Transfer, English Partnerships
Steve Douglas Head of Feasibility & Planning,Tesco Stores Limited
Nick Johnson CABE Representative (North West) Director of
Development, Urban Splash
Tom Bloxham Chairman, Urban Splash
Jonathan Falkingham Chief Executive, Urban Splash

İletişim Bilgileri (Contact): 
E-mail: [email protected].

International Architectural Competition to select a lead architect to develop a framework plan and at least one building

Are you interested?
Following on from its selection as lead developer, Urban Splash and Salford City Council are looking to select a talented and ambitious practice to develop a framework plan for a new mixed use urban neighbourhood and at least one building for this unique four acre site on the edge of Manchester City Centre. The site is an opportunity to create an exciting waterside urban environment with links to the City Centre.

What we're after

The Process
This is an open, design-based competition suitable for architects and other designers.

You Will Be Judged On
Ability to surprise and delight us
Your approach to design
Your ideas on how we can get the best out of the site
The Second Stage

Following submission of designs up to six practices will be shortlisted and asked to attend an interview to present their proposals, answer questions and show some of their previous projects. One of the six will be selected as an outright winner.

Information required:
Competitors will be required to submit three A1 panels describing their strategic response to the site, looking at how a mixture of uses might be combined and how to create a really attractive place for people to live. Your past projects and/or design philosophy will be important.

Date for entries:
The submission deadline is Friday 12th December 2003.

Prizes:
Each finalist will receive £1500 (up to six will be selected)

The winning practice will receive £20,000 (this will represent an advance on fees)

The Judges:
Ken Shuttleworth Foster and Partners
Amanda Baillieu Editor, RIBA Journal
Walter Menteth RIBA assessor
John Merry Leader, Salford City Council
Malcolm Sykes Director of Development Services, Salford City Council
Bryan Gray Chairman, NWDA
Miles Anderson Director of Asset Transfer, English Partnerships
Steve Douglas Head of Feasibility & Planning,Tesco Stores Limited
Nick Johnson CABE Representative (North West) Director of
Development, Urban Splash
Tom Bloxham Chairman, Urban Splash
Jonathan Falkingham Chief Executive, Urban Splash

What next:
Get a full brief, including CD-Rom, short film and further information about Urban Splash bycompleting a registration form which is available from [email protected].  (Please put 'REGISTRATION FORM-SPRINGFIELD' in the subject heading). The completed form should be sent with your cheque for £50.00 (inc. VAT) made payable to 'RIBA Competitions' to 6 Melbourne Street, Leeds, LS2 7PS.

A word from the council:
Salford has an international reputation for successful urban regeneration. Over the last twenty years the City has been transformed as it has tackled the social, economic and physical problems resulting from previous industrial decline. At the heart of the Greater Manchester conurbation, Salford today boasts a multi-million pound arts and theatre complex at The Lowry, a thriving university, and some of the most popular residential properties in Greater Manchester.

Over the past ten years the regeneration of the run down terminus of the Manchester Ship Canal, through £500 million of investment, has created a world-class business and cultural area of Salford Quays. The project led to the fastest drop in unemployment within the Greater Manchester area and the creation of one of the most sought after residential areas in the north west.

More recently, regeneration has been focused on other parts of Salford including the Chapel Street area. In December 1996 the City Council and English Partnerships jointly commissioned international economic development and planning consultants, EDAW Limited, to prepare a Regeneration Strategy to secure the physical, economic and social renewal of this historic core of the City. Chapel Street's overriding strength is its close proximity to Manchester City Centre and the major opportunities that arise from this regional centre location.

Since the formal launch of the Strategy in 1998, the Chapel Street area has seen private and public investment totalling over £150 million in a range of projects undertaken through a series of integrated programmes. 

Greater Manchester's first five star hotel was opened on Chapel Street in April 2001. Designed by Consarc Architects for Rocco Forte Hotels, the Lowry Hotel sits next to Trinity Bridge. The City Council, through a joint venture company, was instrumental in the commission of renowned architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava to create a new footbridge linking Chapel Street to the City Centre.

The bridge spans the River Irwell, which gives the hotel and adjoining developments an attractive city centre riverside location. The quality of the water has improved dramatically over recent years and is now home to a variety of fish and wildlife.

The redevelopment of the site at Trinity Way/Springfield Lane, with its own extensive river frontage, is a key priority for the Council. Urban Splash was recently selected as preferred developer following a national selection competition and was chosen because of its track record and ability to deliver innovative urban regeneration solutions. The Council wants to create a landmark project that will build on the success of the Chapel Street Regeneration Strategy and act as a catalyst for the regeneration of the wider Central Salford area.