Updated on December 16, 2024. Final results.
The jury evaluated the adjusted proposals for the idea competition 2nd round on October 16, 2024, and announced the winner.
The jury report is available here.
The appendix No. 2 of the jury report with the evaluations is available here.
RESULTS
1st place — FOREST COURTYARDS by IMM architektai; prize 12 000 euros.
2nd place — SMLS1111 by Kristaps Kleinbergs (SAFA architect), with the participation of Gatis Grāvers, Anna Kinturashvili, Tina Cerpnjak, Helvijs Savickis, Julija Obleitner; prize 3000 euros.
3rd place — BACK TO THE NATURE by Zenico Projekts (Raivis Jānis Mucenieks, Viktors Valgums, Kaspars Dortāns, Anastasija Buševa); prize 3000 euros.
Updated on August 14, 2024.
Nine proposals were submitted. Evaluating the fact that the quality and level of details of the submitted Proposals were different, that there were various approaches to the interpretation of the Designing program, as well as respecting the scenic urban environment of the Competition territory, the Jury made an extraordinary decision – to continue the creative competition with the authors of the best three Proposals in its opinion, by inviting them to review and improve Proposals in line with the Commissioner’s re-specified requirements and the recommendations of the Jury for each selected work and to resubmit them in the 2nd Competition round.
Jury report is available here.
First round RESULTS
Shared 2nd place — BACK TO THE NATURE by SIA "Zenico Projekts" (Raivis Jānis Mucenieks, Viktors Valgums, Kaspars Dortāns, Anastasija Buševa); prize 8000 euros.
Shared 2nd place — FOREST COURTYARDS by MB "IMM Architektai" (Lithuania); prize 8000 euros.
Shared 2nd place — SMLS1111 by Kristaps Kleinbergs (SAFA, Finland), with the participation of Gatis Grāvers, Anna Kinturashvili, Tina Cerpnjak, Helvijs Savickis, Julija Obleitner; prize 8000 euros.
Update: the deadline for submitting proposals has been extended to 12 July 2024!
From April 19 to July 12, 2024, submissions are is open to the international architectural ideas competition "Concept of the territory development in Šmerlis". The purpose of the competition is to obtain an urban-planning, architecturally thougt-out sustainable design of the competition object — the best offer of the conception of the territory and spatial development vision. The commissioner — SIA Greengo.
The total reward and prize fund of the competition is EUR 33 000.
Competition subject is the development concept of the site 3, 5, and 17 Šmerļa iela, Riga, as well as the division of the territory into development stages. The best proposal obtained in the competition will be taken as a basis for developing the functional zoning and division of the Competition territory in stages, the organization of transport flows and guidelines for
prospective site development, and the creation of public outdoor space.
The target of the Competition is to create an area site plan. which will be used in further design processes by architects whose tasks will be determined by specific locations of buildings and architectural design in stages (the development of the territory will be divided into 5 to 7 stages), offering different types of houses in various sizes and price categories.
The competition task is to create the most desirable environment for people belonging to different generations, income groups, or cultural backgrounds. It is planned that rental housing in this area will comprise approximately 10 to 20 percent of residential buildings. The main focus and priority of the concept must be the human being. In the Idea Competition, first of all, should be offered the overall development concept of the territory with the organization of pedestrian, cyclist, and traffic flows, the creation of a scenic environment, considering the variations of different buildings in the height — the architectural solutions for the next development stages will be developed later, by holding a sketch design competition for each particular stage separately.
Competition brief, designing program.
Further information — smerlis.metukonkurss.lv.
