Competition for Centre for Promotion of Science in Belgrade

The Serbian Ministry of Science and Technological Development launches a competition for the design of a Centre for the Promotion of Science in one of the districts of New Belgrade. Deadline for reception of entries by organisers is the 1st of December 2010.

This international, single stage, project competition, is organised with the Association of Architects of Serbia and that of the Architects of Belgrade. In conformity with the UIAUNESCO regulations, it has been approved by the International Union of Architects.

The subject of the competition is the design of the Centre, a complex incorporating all the main functions for exhbitions, conferences and a planetarium. Located on a site of 11, 66 ha, it will be constructed on an area of 20 915 m2. Competitors are required also to provide urban and architectural ideas for the remaining part of the Block 39, hosting the University Campus (e.g. Universities of Belgrade: Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, and the Faculty of Organizational Science). The Faculty of Dramatic Arts is already part of the Block 39.

The purpose of the architectural competition is to choose, on the basis of a comparison of designs submitted, the best entry by a participant capable of creating the most suitable design in the fulfillment of the Promoter’s requirements as laid down in these Terms and Conditions, Programme and Relevant Documents. The ambition of the Competition is to identify proposals that successfully address the Centre for the Promoting of Science needs, while at the same time shedding light on the development opportunities in the area finding urban planning challenges of the Block 39.

Shedule
Deadline for reception of registrations: 21 Octobre 2010
Deadline for reception of entries by organisers: 1st Decembre 2010
Jury meeting: 13-16 December 2010

Registration
All architects having the right to practice in their countries can participate in the competition.
The competition language is English.