2022 Piața Sfatului – Brașov Central Square
COMPETITION RESULTS
Between the 08th and the 10th of April 2022 the competition jury debated and decided the results for the „Piața Sfatului Brașov Central Square” International Design Competition.
The press conference has been livestreamed and is available to watch on the Primăria Municipiului Brașov (https://www.facebook.com/primariabrasov) and OAR Concursuri (https://www.facebook.com/oar.concursuri/) Facebook pages.
AWARDED PRIZES
1st Prize: design services contract with an estimated value of 1.484.700 RON, VAT exclusive
2nd Prize: 74.235 RON, VAT exclusive
3rd Prize: 39.592 RON, VAT exclusive
Apart from the prizes, the jury decided to award two honorable mentions for two projects with remarkable qualities
Following the Jury debates the winning projects were selected:
1st PRIZE
Project no. 101 – FC0607 –STARH – ARHITECTURA, CONSTRUCTII, DESIGN SRL.
Main authors: FLORIAN STANCIU / COSMIN GĂLĂȚIANU / EDUARD DUMITRU UNTARU
Coauthors: MARIA-IULIA STANCIU, ROBERTA IULIA FRUMUȘELU, ALEXANDRU CRISTIAN BEȘLIU, COSMIN VALENTIN GEORGESCU, OCTAVIAN BÎRSAN, DAVID SEBASTIAN MIHAI, SEBASTIAN COSMIN CIULEI, NELA ANDRIEȘ
“The overall discourse that underpins the project is constructed around an investigation into archetypes and major themes of European culture, rather than starting from a detailed assessment of the site’s history – which is not, however, left aside, but it is transferred onto a considerate work with the built fabric and visible while further considering the details of the project. The proposal reflects on the potential further opening of the facades of the Council House and invites the house to participate to the life of the square and take its rightful place. As such, the project reaffirms the central position of Casa Sfatului as the centre of gravity of the square.” – Jury feedback
2nd PRIZE
Project no. 114 – AA2003 – ADN BIROU DE ARHITECTURA
Main authors: ADNBA
Coauthors: Andrei Serbescu, Bogdan Bradateanu, Horia Munteanu, Adrian Untaru, Elena Zara, Oana Gramada, Esenghiul Abdul, Andreea Cutieru, Cezara Lorent
Architecture collaborators: Adrian Bratu, Alexandra Iliescu, Loredana Bumbacea, Bianca Aparaschivei, Alina Olteanu, Mihai Toader
”The project is based on a masterful consideration and interpretation of the local history. The relationship with history is delicately embodied through the proposed pavement and reinstating the old water stream. The proposal operates a reactivation of the Council House and, more importantly, of the tower, through the new seating area and secondary entrance. All architectural gestures are delicate markings of historically relevant elements.” – Jury feedback
3rd PRIZE
Project no. 108 – MP1235 – Joint venture: Studio 82 SRL and Vlad Sebastian Rusu Birou Individual de Arhitectură
Main authors: 82 SRL și Vlad Sebastian Rusu Birou Individual de Arhitectură
Coauthors: arch. Vlad Sebastian Rusu, arch. Octav Silviu Olănescu, arch. Maria Cristina Florian, arch. Andrada Pinte, arch. Petrică Maier-Drăgan și arch. Andra Vlădoiu
”The project is referential to all the historical layers identified through the historical study. It creates a continuous topography, keeping what the authors consider the most important features reinvented in an urban collage, without a clear hierarchy between these elements. Among these, it recreates the waterflow through a new fountain and gutter or some old tree alignments near the Council House and along the north-east facade of the Square, suggesting the lost promenade along it. The trees near the House emphasise the main access, however partially hiding the north-west facade of the building and its presence in the Square. The junction with Honterus Courtyard is not emphasised further than the pavement articulation created for all the facades/properties.” – Jury feedback
HONORABLE MENTION
Project no. 104 – CL9178 – VOICU & IONITA ARCHITECTS SRL
Main authors: VOICU & IONITA ARCHITECTS
Coauthors: arch. Narcisa Gabriela IONITA, arch. Tiron Laura Ioana, arch Cosmin GANDORE, arch. Vlad Alexandru VOICU
”The jury appreciates the sustainable approach of the project, by reusing the current topography of the site and certain defining elements of the project from the 1980s. The project highlights a careful qualitative analysis of the existing components, by removing less functional parts and improving those with latent potential. The authors acknowledge the status of the fountain as an established icon that it has acquired over time and the principle of its redevelopment emphasises its value as a social hub. The solution shows maturity in accepting the recent history of the city, finding a way to work with this existing resource through adaptation rather than replacement.”– Jury feedback
HONORABLE MENTION
Project no. 127 – FK3248 Joint venture: STREAMLINE PLANNING SRL and PROSPECT SRL
Main authors: Asocierea STREAMLINE PLANNING SRL & PROSPECT SRL
Coauthors: arch. Andrei Fanciali, arch. Matei Niculescu, arch. Tudor Costăchescu, arch. Radu Costăchescu, arch. Andreea-Claudia Boțu
Architecture collaborators: arch. Alexandru Munteanu
Specialty collaborators: ing. Cosmin Bocu; landscape architecture: arch. Ana Horhat
”One of the valuable features of the historic structure of the Walled Town – namely the network of public spaces, connected by streets, passages and under-passages – is turned into one of the very few design gestures that make this project powerful – the visual prolongations of connecting streets and passages into the pavement of the Square.” – Jury feedback
The main objective of the competition is the contracting by the Brașov City Hall of the design services necessary for a good quality development of Piața Sfatului’s (Council Square) public space, in accordance with the values accumulated here over a long period of time.
The exhibition of all the projects participating in the competition can be visited at CATTIA – Business center, technology transfer and business incubator, 35 Institutului Street, Brașov – 1st Floor.
The Contracting Authority is the Brașov Municipality, the owner and administrator of the public spaces that are the investment object, and which shall become the beneficiary of the contract resulted from this competition.
The Competition was organized by the Order of Architects of Romania (OAR) in accordance with the provisions of the Guide of good practice in organizing OAR design competitions, published in 2018, in compliance with the legal provisions in force regarding the award of public procurement contracts.
The Design Competition was a public, single-stage competition, open to Romania, all countries of the European Union, of the European Economic Area and to the Swiss Confederation.
The design competition was organized as an independent procedure, in accordance with art. 105 letter a) of Law no. 98/2016 regarding public procurement, and subsequently, pursuant to provisions under art. 104 para. (7) of the same law, the design services contract is to be awarded to the winner of the competition, following a negotiation procedure without prior publication of a participation announcement.
COMPETITION JURY
Full members:
- arch. Josep Miàs
- arch. Phillipe Prost
- arch. José Mayoral
- arch. Miruna Stroe
- arch. Johannes Bertleff
- arch. Köllő Miklós – Representative of the OAR Territorial Branch Brașov-Covasna-Harghita
- arch. Ștefan Bâlici – President of the Jury
Deputy members:
- arch. Marilena Manolache – Chief Architect of the Brașov Municipality
- arch. Dragoș Popescu
Apart from the jury, the following persons were present without voting rights:
- arch. Radu Ponta and arch. Emil Burbea – Professional Advisors
- arch. Mirona Crăciun – Competition Coordinator/ President of the Technical Committee
- arch. Ilinca Pop – Jury Secretary
- arch. Andreea Duminică – Jury Secretary
- arch. Iulia Cucu – Press Contact
- arch. Raisa Parpală – Competiton Collaborator
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