Victory Square FREE ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

Victory Square

BRIEF

The Prague City Council has tasked the Prague Institute of Planning and Development with preparing an urban planning competition for an overall solution for Vítězné náměstí (Victory Square). The solution should deal with improving not only the quality of life of the local residents, but also the traffic situation.

The current state of one of the largest and most monumental squares in Prague does not correspond to its importance. The proposed structure of the square in light of the current heavy traffic congestion is not ideal in terms of the quality of the public space or functionality of the traffic intersections. The opening of the Blanka Tunnel Complex last year without also putting into operation the Evropská – Svatovítská route (“ESR”) resulted in a deterioration of the traffic situation on Vítězné náměstí and adjacent streets.

The objective of the competition will be to find the best solution for the space of Victory square with all the land-use and transport relationships in the location concerned and create a public space that is representative and recreational in nature in line with its newly proposed transport and traffic solution. The square should be intended primarily for the needs of the residents of Prague 6. The design proposal should return the square to its users. The subject of the proposal is the design of public spaces owned by the capital of Prague, not its completion.

A jury, comprising experts and independent representatives, will invite the best proposals to advance to the second round. In the second round, the best proposal will be chosen and awarded.

A two-round public architectural-urban planning competition
The contracting authority for the competition and author of the competition term and conditions is IPR Prague.

The investor in the resulting project is Prague City Hall.

SCHEDULE

Announcement of 1st stage (round) on the Contracting Authority’s profile: 20 April 2018
Submittion of proposals in stage 1: 26 June 2018
Expected date of announcement of stage 2: early August 2018

AWARDS

The total amount of the awards and prizes is set at CZK 3 280 000, excluding VAT.

FEES

FREE

JURY

Independent Members of the Jury:
prof. Ing. arch. Jan Jehlík / architect–urbanist, Studio Jan
Jehlík, Praha
Peter James Heath / Atkins Design Director Public Realm,
London
prof. Ivan Reimann / Müller–Reimann architekten, Berlin
doc. Ing. arch. Antonín Novák / DRNH Studio, Brno
doc. PhDr. Petr Kratochvíl, CSc. / theoretician in architecture
Ing. arch. MgA. Alena Korandová / Koranda–Korandová
studio, Beroun

Dependent Members of the Jury:
Mgr. Adriana Krnáčová, MBA / mayor of the City of Prague
Mgr. Petra Kolínská / deputy mayor of The City of Prague
Petr Dolínek / deputy mayor of The City of Prague
Mgr. Ondřej Kolář / mayor of the Prague 6 City District
Ing. arch. Martin Polách / deputy mayor of the Prague 6
City District

Substitute independent jurors
Ing. arch. MgA. Martin Rusina, Ph.D. / Rusina–Frei
studio, Prague
Ing. arch. MgA. Pavel Nasadil / FAM studio, Prague
Ing. arch. Juraj Calaj / EDIT! studio Prague

Substitute dependent jurors
Ing. arch. MgA. Petr Janda / representative of mayor
Adriana Krnáčová
MgA. Štěpán Toman / assistant to deputy mayor Petra
Kolínská
Mgr. Michael Pokorný / representative of deputy Petr
Dolínek
MgA. Marek Kopeć / IPR Prague
doc. Ing. arch. Pavla Melková, Ph.D. / IPR Prague

Invited experts
prof. Ing. arch. Ladislav Lábus, Hon. FAIA / Faculty of
Architecture CTU
Ing. arch. Petr Šichtanc / UCT
ak. mal. Zora Grohmanová
Ing. Jan Špilar / transport specialist, IPR Prague
Ing. Lukáš Tittl / transport specialist IPR Prague
Ing. arch. Kateřina Szentesiová / IPR Prague
Ing. Jan Šurovský, Ph.D., Ing. Ladislav Urbánek / representatives of DPP a.s.
Ing. Ivo Novotný / representative of ROPID