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Portuguese Castle Public Realm Intervention: Landscape / Architecture Contest in Portugal

10 Oct 2016

Location: Abrantes, Médio Tejo, central Portugal

International design competition “Castelo de Abrantes”, Portugal

Castelo de Abrantes Design Competition 2016

The Portuguese city of Abrantes and the national Association of Architects (OASRS) recently launched the International design competition “Castelo de Abrantes”. The Competition aims to qualify and enrich the Abrantes Castle surroundings through leisure, cultural and touristic programs.

All architects and landscape architects are invited to interpret the historical center of Abrantes as a dynamic and articulated unit with its surroundings, establishing relations of reciprocity in order to ensure significant human flows.

The historic center should be seen as a fundamental bridge between the different parts of a city, creating a unique urban system.

Deadline: November 7th, 2016.

Evaluation criteria:
– General architectural quality of the proposal – 70%
– Technical and financial practicability of the solution – 30 %

Prizes:
– 1st prize: €5.000
– 2nd prize: €1.500
– 3rd prize: €1.000

Schedule:
– Response to questions: until 24th October, 2016
– Deadline for submission: 7th November, 2016 (17:00 – local time)
– Results announcement: December, 2016
– Exhibition and award ceremony: December, 2016

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Concurso Internacional de ideias
International design competition

Propostas até 7 de Novembro de 2016
Deadline 7th November, 2016

O Concurso é lançado em parceria pela Câmara Municipal de Abrantes e a Secção Regional Sul da Ordem dos Arquitectos (OASRS), no âmbito do Programa escolha-arquitectura, e tem como objetivo a requalificação e valorização do Castelo de Abrantes através da criação de programas para fins lúdicos, culturais e turísticos.

The competition is launched by the city of Abrantes, in partnership with the Association of Architects (OASRS) and is part of the program escolha-arquitectura (launched by OASRS this year) and aims to requalification and valorization of Abrantes Castle through the implementation of laser, cultural and touristic programs.

Os arquitectos e arquitectos paisagistas são convidados a interpretarem o centro histórico enquanto unidade dinâmica e articulada com a envolvente, que estabelece relações de reciprocidade de forma a garantir fluxos humanos significativos. Estes fluxos devem ser encarados como rótula de articulação entre as diversas partes da cidade, criando um único sistema urbano, vital para cidades de média dimensão.

Architects and Landscape Architects are invited to interpret the historical center as a dynamic and articulated unit with the surroundings, establishing relations of reciprocity in order to ensure significant human flows. The historic center should be seen as fundamental articulation element between the different parts of a city, creating a unique urban system, vital in medium-sized cities.

Júri
– Presidente da Câmara Municipal de Abrantes
– Um Arquitecto da D.G.P.C. (Direcção Geral do Património Cultural) indicado pela C.M.Abrantes
– Um Arquitecto indicado pela OASRS

Jury
– Mayor of the Municipality of Abrantes
– Architect from D.G.P.C. invited by the Municipality of Abrantes
– An architect invited by OASRS

Critérios de selecção
– Qualidade da solução proposta – 70 %
– Exequibilidade técnico/financeira da solução – 30%

Prémios/ Prizes
1º prémio/ 1st prize: €5.000
2º prémio/ 2nd prize: €1.500
3º prémio/ 3rd prize: €1.000

Cronograma
– Data limite para pedidos de esclarecimentos: 10 de Outubro de 2016
– Respostas aos pedidos de esclarecimentos: 24 de Outubro de 2016
– Data limite de receção das propostas: 7 de Novembro de 2016 (17:00 – hora local)
– Anúncio dos resultados: Dezembro de 2016
– Exposição pública dos trabalhos: Dezembro de 2016

Schedule
– Deadline for competitors to raise questions: 10th October, 2016
– Memo issued in response to questions: until 24th October, 2016
– Deadline for submission: 7th November, 2016 (17:00 – local time)
– Result announced: December, 2016
– Public exhibition and award ceremony: December, 2016

Castelo de Abrantes Design Competition images / information received 10 Oct 2016

Website: no longer active

Location: Abrantes, Portugal, southwestern Europe