PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FOR CITY CONSTRUCTION
AND DEVELOPMENT NOVI SAD
ANNOUNCES

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN COMPETITION FOR THE GENERAL TOWN CENTRE ALONG RADNICKA STREET IN NOVI SAD

INVESTOR
Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Serbia and the City of Novi Sad.

TYPE OF COMPETITION
With reference to participants, the competition is international.
With reference to the type, the competition is public – general with invitations.
With reference to the task, the competition is design  preparation.
With reference to the form, the competition is in one phase.
With reference to the manner and way of participation, the competition is anonymous.

SUBJECT AND PURPOSE  OF THE COMPETITION
             
The subject  of the competition is the preparation of conceptual architectural design for the construction of the new building for judicial authorities  (with the underground passenger corridor - connection with the existing building of judicial authorities located at the opposite side of  Radnicka Street), city authorities and public garage facilities along  Radnicka Street in Novi Sad.
The purpose of the competition is to  challenge  programme assumptions in the Programme for Detail Regulation Plan of the part of the site earmarked as the general town centre along Radnicka Street (Detail Regulation Plan of the Sports and Business Centre "Vojvodina"), as well as spatial-functional examination of physical structures and space organization (investigation of morphological and programme capacities of the site) in line with provided urbanistic parameters and the design brief. For the building with specific architectural programme, the competition participants should provide the best quality architectural solution in line with the existing and prospective feature of the site  according to provided urban parameters and/or rules for development and construction, their professional vision and needs of future beneficiaries.

COMPETITION DOCUMENTS PROVIDED TO COMPETITORS 
Participants in the competition may order and take over the competition programme and drawings at the Public Enterprise for City Construction and Development Novi Sad, Novi Sad, 3, Stevana Branovackog Street, with the receipt that 2,000.00 RSD have been credited to the account of the JP Zavod za izgradnju grada Novi Sad number 840–351647–62
Only the authors who have officially taken over original drawings may take part in the competition.

COMPETITION PARTICIPANTS
The right to participate at the Competition is granted to  architects  from the territory of the Republic of Serbia, as well as from other countries, and to the invited authors.
The invited authors  are:

DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED BY COMPETITORS
The competitors are obliged to submit the following enclosures :

Graphical Enclosures
1. Layout plan with the spatial concept of the building and garage facilities  with surroundings, levelling and elevations in the scale 1:500
2. All drawings anticipated in the competition subject (design) with clear presentation of the solution which  shows planimetry and shape of dimensions, land use, functional units, anticipated communication with the existing building (underground passage) and landscape design in the scale 1:250
3. Typical cross-sections  (at least two) clearly defining proposed solution with levels in the scale  1:250
4. All four views of the building (complex) with clearly and readably shown concept of the architectural design, specified materials, contours of adjacent buildings in the scale  1:250
5. Spatial presentation (axonometry) in the scale 1:250
6. Other drawings in line with the authors vision (details, 3D visualisations and the like)

Note:
In case graphical presentation do not fit specified  format in the expected scale, it is possible to present the whole unit in two sheets  (by joining two sheets of the specified format).

Textual Enclosures

Graphical Enclosures:

SUBMISSION OF COMPETITION DESIGNS
The competitors will deliver their projects under the code in sealed parcels with the  label "Architectural Design Competition for the General Town Centre along Radnicka Street in Novi Sad" directly to the below specified address  not later than at 5.00 p.m. on 12th June 2009:
JP Zavod za izgradnju grada Novi Sad
21000 Novi Sad, 3, Stevana Branovackog Street

When competitions projects are delivered by mail to the above address, the post office dispatch date  will be valid for project delivery  and the competitors will be obliged to notify the receiver by telegram that the project has been sent (specifying date and hour) and the project must reach the receiver not later than on  15th June 2009.

COMPETITION TIMETABLE
The starting date of the competition is 25th March  2009.
The deadline for registration and taking over of competition drawings is 24th April 2009.
The competitors may ask questions regarding this Competition until 24th April 2009. The questions should be addressed  to the Competition Organizer JP Zavod za izgradnju grada Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, 3,  Stevana Branovackog Street or by fax  021 488 93 42.
The Jury’s response to received questions will be distributed to all competitors by the Competition Organizers to the latest until 30th April  2009.
The deadline for the submission of entries is until 5.00 p.m. on 12th June  2009.
The Jury's work will be completed until 29th July  2009.
The competition results and the date for the exhibition of competition projects and the round table will be announced 7 days after the Jury has made the final decision.

AWARDS AND PURCHASE  
For this Competition, the Investor has envisaged the following awards and purchases in net amounts:
   I    AWARD 1,500,000.00 RSD
   II   AWARD 1,000,000.00 RSD
   III  AWARD 700,000.00 RSD
Two purchases for  300,000.00 each - 600,000.00 RSD
Compensation for invited authors – 3 x 300,000.00 RSD
When deciding about competition awards, all competitors will be treated equally.

JURY
The Jury for the evaluation of submitted projects will take into considerations Competition Announcement, the Rule Book on Competitions,  generally accepted professional practice and their personal beliefs and consists of:

Chairwoman:
1. Vukica Buckovic, Deputy Minister of Justice
Deputy Chairwoman:
2. Dr Jelena Atanackovic Jelicic, Architect, Member of the City Council
Members:
3. Prof. Dott. Arch. Paolo Desideri, A.B.D.R. Architetti Associati, Rome
4. Arch. Alfredo Arribas, Alfredo Arribas Arquitectos Asociados, Barcelona
5. Bora Radusinovic, Representative of "DaNS"
6. Donka Stancic, Art Historian, Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments in Novi Sad
7. Slobodan Nadrljanski, President of the District Court in  Novi Sad
8. Vanja Vukadinovic, Architect, Public Enterprise "Urbanism", Urban Planning, Development and Research Centre Novi Sad
9. Igor Maras, Architect, Faculty of Technical Science – Department for Architecture and Urbanism  Novi Sad

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTERS
The professional presenters for the competition are:

COMPETITION SECRETARY

THE JURY’S EVALUATION CRITERIA
The First Phase  - REASONS FOR ELIMINATION:

The Second Phase – EVALUATION OF DESIGNS:
In the second phase, the competition entries which have not been eliminated will be ranked on the basis of the following criteria:

COMPETITION REGULATIONS