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Main authors:<\/strong> Andrei Baco\u0219c\u0103, M\u0103d\u0103lina Doroftei, Ruxandra Grigora\u0219, L\u00e1z\u00e1r Csaba, M\u0103d\u0103lina Perju, Daniel \u0218erban <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country or countries of origin:<\/strong>\u00a0Romania\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0
OAR Territorial branch:<\/strong>\u00a0Transilvania\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Design Concept and Urban Gesture<\/em><\/strong>
The urban connections are well-articulated. The paths in the Hippodrome park frame the landscape, while views are framed from new access points. The grading of the low areas brings a well-scaled geometry in the plan and section. The jury appreciated the traffic calming on the riverbank edge, and the formalizing of the edge gestured to the future integration of the Romgaz sports campus. However, the project lacks a clear ecological strategy. The project geometries are quite intensive and somewhat relentless, and are not paired with, nor contrast with, any new ecological systems that might lead to greater biodiversity.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Landscape Strategy<\/em><\/strong>
The landscape strategy breaks down the spaces of the hippodrome intelligently and establishes new viewsheds in the park, with groves of trees framing the scenography, a kind of geometric picturesque. The large street that dominates one side of the hippodrome lacks articulation in the section, such as shade trees or swales. The underpass connecting the municipal park of the hippodrome is complex but generous. The jury noted that parking should not be located next to the turbine building. The Municipal Park appeared less considered in terms of spatial quality and re-vegetation. The views reflected the landscape scheme well.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Urban Connections<\/em><\/strong>
The urban connections, though robust, were seen as over-detailed. The jury did not think one of the main pedestrian connections in the scheme, from the Mures river, across the hippodrome to the city, via Poclo\u0219 river, would be feasible or provide a quality experience.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sustainability<\/em><\/strong>
The simplified vegetation lacked habitat potential. The landscape\/plant communities were listed but it was unclear where and when they would be applied to the project. There was a lack of attention to landscape ecological connectivity. The hydrological system was perfunctory and missed the potential for this water to instigate new ecological processes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Technical Feasibility & Management<\/em><\/strong>
The project appeared straightforward to implement and manage.<\/em> – appreciation of the Jury<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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The Hippodrome<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hippodrome, clearly the core space of the green system, offers not only an unusually generous open area, but also a surprisingly strong connection to the city and its hinterland, framed in multiple directions. While its position between city and river is clear in plan, its key feature is the long views toward the city center and the Mure\u0219 Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What might seem like a constraint – the dual role as both park and occasional equestrian venue – becomes an advantage. It allows for the preservation of a vast, central lawn, open to multiple uses, which maintains both visual and physical continuity between the city and the river. In configuring the future park, planted areas define view corridors and structure the park\u2019s edges and centre. At a finer scale, tree clusters segment space, stage perspectives, and create intermediate zones, intimate clearings and informal play areas. Access points concentrate amenities and clarify currently fragmented connections, while a clear circulation network ties together the sequence of spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connectivity is a key concern, especially at the two main entrances, from the Municipal Park and from the Mure\u0219. Designed as generous, memorable spaces, they function as destinations rather than mere links. Continuous, step-free paths, planting, water features, and a pavilion with viewing platforms make them accessible and attractive. Vertical design is essential: toward the park, a railway underpass lowers Insulei Street, while toward the river, the street rises to the embankment level. A set of aligned platforms on both sides allows views of both the river and the city skyline from a single vantage point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A third entrance near the stud farm integrates public and equestrian functions, including an enclosure where horses can be observed outside training periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, the hippodrome is envisioned as a city-wide representative space – central yet distinctly open. It offers a range of spatial experiences at different scales, and a shared environment where the spatial strategy actively encourages a sense of togetherness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The riverbank<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The intervention along the Mure\u0219 riverbank focuses on partial renaturalization within the constraints of its floodplain setting, while preserving its remarkable spatial quality, defined by wide openness and long views along the river and toward distant landforms. The proposal combines landscape and habitat elements: elongated clusters of trees with native groundcover, aligned with flood flow, provide shade and support riparian habitats. A series of pontoons, linked to access points from the city, enable water access for rowing sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The South-Western sector<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the western end of the site, the hay barn area and the Ady Endre neighborhood park are designed as local leisure zones, with sports fields and diverse playgrounds, including grassy mounds formed by reshaping the existing rubble heap. A reorganized circulation network structures the edge of the neighbourhood, connecting it to the trail along the embankment, and linking it to the wider green system via a pedestrian bridge, over the oxbow natural reserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Municipal Park<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The intervention in the Municipal Park focuses on three main goals: restoring the spatial value of the historic layout, creating a dignified entrance, and reorganizing functions and circulation to reflect its new role as a connected space rather than a dead end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The historic composition is clarified by reaffirming the central axis, narrowing its overly wide mineral surface, replanting tree alignments, and extending it toward the entrance. An additional perpendicular axis organizes outdoor sports areas and strengthens the overall structure, introducing partial symmetry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The entrance is reconfigured as a coherent urban esplanade, where a pattern of individual trees reinforces the central axis, while also providing representative access to the multipurpose hall and a viewing platform toward the turbine dam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the opposite end, a compact multifunctional space marks connections toward the hippodrome and new sports facilities. The proposal also recovers underused or abandoned areas, adding new green spaces, including a sunny lawn and playgrounds previously lacking in the park.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Turbine Canal sector<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Turbine Canal sector is an exceptional urban space, almost ready-made, whose existing qualities are enhanced through targeted landscape, functional, and circulation interventions. Currently acting as a boundary between neighbourhoods, it is redefined as a continuous, accessible public space along both banks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The northern bank, currently largely inaccessible, is transformed into a continuous pedestrian promenade, protected from traffic by tree alignments and complemented by small resting areas at the water\u2019s edge. The more generous southern bank, with a finer urban grain, is developed as a diverse, human-scale public space, offering varied functions, planting sequences, and leisure areas along its length.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The design is differentiated by sector: an initial shared space for pedestrians and cyclists with leisure zones; a middle section with separated pedestrian riverside circulation and shared local access for cars and bicycles; and a final segment with a more conventional street configuration, where cycle lanes are integrated into the roadway and continuous sidewalks maintain access along the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Planting strategy and stormwater management<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposed planting strategy enhances the existing qualities of each space. Outside the hippodrome, where the near absence of medium and tall vegetation requires substantial planting, interventions are mostly targeted and functional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along the Turbine Canal, for instance, planting reinforces the green corridor by defining its broader edges rather than completing the already mature but uneven riverside tree line. New alignments are introduced outwards along Aleea Carpa\u021bi, while on the southern edge a more diverse, layered vegetation supports a relaxed leisure atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Large tree specimens are used sparingly and placed in key locations: the Municipal Park esplanade and central axis, main access points, the functional \u201crooms\u201d of the hippodrome and accent trees on the central lawn. Other trees are selected for compatibility and fast growth, with flexible planting sizes that allow cost control and phased implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stormwater management follows a combined approach, integrating swales and rain gardens into planting strips and key landscaped areas. The main intervention is a system of retention ditches and ponds at the hippodrome, aligned with the path network, including two retention ponds, one of which extends formally the former meander of a Mure\u0219 side arm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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