Revitalization of Feroviarilor Park, Cluj Napoca

We are glad to announce the successful completion of the second project initiated through an international design competition. Following the 2023 inauguration of the Cluj Napoca Firefighters’ Tower project, it is now the turn of the Revitalization of Feroviarilor Park, also in Cluj Napoca. These are flagship projects in a broader series of projects accomplished through competitions at various implementation stages, currently ongoing. This is a valid demonstration of the importance of organizing design competitions and the need for quality design, rather than choosing based on the lowest price.

At the beginning of summer, the landscaping works of Parcul Feroviarilor in Cluj-Napoca were completed, by implementing the winning solution from the international design competition organized by the Cluj-Napoca City Hall in partnership with the Romanian Order of Architects in 2018.

Design competitions demonstrate their importance by increasing the quality of the built environment, something impossible without quality design. They provide appropriate tools for new societal needs, saving time and resources in implementation. All these are achieved through initial discussions and detailed analyses of the contracting authorities’ needs.

Through such best practice examples, we aim to show that awarding investment projects can be made through design competitions, which do not hinder or delay local development but instead become generators of prosperity, safety, and quality of life in our cities.

Main authors: architect Vlad Sebastian Rusu, architect Octav Silviu Olănescu, architect Anamaria Olănescu, architect Anda Gheorghe. Specialty collaborators: Structure – engineer Ovidiu Rusu, Landscaping – landscape engineer Alexandru Cotoz, horticulture engineer Valentin Sebastian Dan, Hydraulic structures – engineer Monica Gheorghe

In the design and implementation phase, the project had four objectives outlined in the competition brief:

• Objective 1 – Rehabilitation of Feroviarilor Park. Intervention area: 53,457 sqm.
• Objective 2 – Rehabilitation of Feroviarilor Park Street. Intervention area: 6,389 sqm.
• Objective 3 – Landscaping the banks of the Someș River adjacent to the park. Intervention area: 6,641 sqm.
• Objective 4 – Construction of two pedestrian footbridges over the Someș River.

The completed project, now available to the residents of Cluj Municipality, stands out as an example due to its impeccable solutions and remarkable details.

The project team by specialties:

• Architecture: VLAD SEBASTIAN RUSU INDIVIDUAL ARCHITECTURE OFFICE: architect Vlad Sebastian Rusu, junior architect Miruna Moldovan; STUDIO 82 SRL: architect Octav Silviu Olănescu, architect Anamaria Olănescu, architecture student Andrada Pinte, architecture student Petrică Maier-Drăgan
• Landscape Design: AENTE GRĂDINI ȘI PEISAJE SRL: horticulture engineer Valentin Sebastian Dan, landscape engineer Alex Cotoz
• Structural Engineering: ASIZA ARCHITECTURE OFFICE SRL: engineer Ovidiu Rusu, engineer Mihai Stănuș; STRUKTOPLAN SRL: Engineer Cătălin Moga, engineer Bogdan Cristea
• Roads and Platforms: NV CONSTRUCT SRL: engineer Ioan Apostol, engineer Dan Sima
• Installations: GRADINSTAL SRL: engineer Paul Biriș
• Topography: TOPONET SRL: surveyor George Comiza
• Hydrotechnical Study: SCD PROIECT SRL: engineer Sergiu Șofronie
• Landscape Study: AENTE GRĂDINI ȘI PEISAJE SRL: horticulture engineer Valentin Sebastian Dan, landscape engineer Alex Cotoz
• Geological Study: SOIL TESTING SRL: engineer Ali Ghebech
• Geo-Hydrological Study: HIDRO GEOFOR SRL: engineer Dan Cătălin Dulamă
• Contractors: NORDCONFOREST S.A. Cluj-Napoca, ECO GARDEN CONSTRUCT S.R.L. Cluj-Napoca
• Photographs: Cosmin Dragomir, Vlad Sebastian Rusu

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