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The sketch design compoetition “Renovation of the historic building of Riga circus and development vision for the territory” Jury minutes with the compilation of the individual evaluation.

For more information:
THE MINUTES OF THE JURY

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As a result of the competition, high-quality solutions have been obtained. Continuing their detailed elaboration and implementation the SLLL “Rīgas cirks” will acquire an optimal proposal for the renovation of the historic building of the Riga circus as well as the new building (“black box”) and an improved public open space in the territory of the Riga Circus.
For more information:
CONCLUSION OF THE JURY

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The mottoes of the prize-winning entries of the competition The Renovation of the Historic Building of the Riga Circus and Development Vision for the Territory have been announced and the mottoes disclosed.

On Monday, 11 June, at 1 p.m., a public event for the opening and disclosing of the mottoes of the international sketch design competition The Renovation of the Historic Building of the Riga Circus and Development Vision for the Territory took place in the Drawing Room of the Faculty of Architecture, at RTU. The International Jury awarded two second places and two third places, and gave four incentive awards. The Procurement Committee will continue its work to determine the winners by verifying their qualification.

“This is a significant moment for the Riga Circus – we have acquired several good visions for the future of the circus building, which will allow the façade and the arena, once designed by Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis, to be reborn in a long-term perspective and will also enable a full use of the territory of the Riga Circus both by the artists and the public”, Ināra Kehre, a Board Member of the Riga Circus said and added that “we appreciate the great interest and involvement in the competition – competition documents were issued to 149 persons, the website was frequently visited, 20 designs were submitted showing great contribution and efforts of their authors devoted to the study of the building and elaboration of new solutions and visions.”

According to Juris Dambis, head of the State Inspection for Heritage Protection and architect, who acted as a member of the Jury, “the competition has been a success, bringing many good ideas. The number of prize-winners even exceeded expectations. There are four incentive awards, two third places and two runners-up whose designs are of equally high quality. Considering that the project is rather complex and includes many architectural and functional aspects, each of the awarded entries needs some improvements to be proposed by the Jury”.

The International Competition The Renovation of the Historic Building of the Riga Circus and Development Vision for the Territory was announced on 2 March 2018. Its aim was to find the best solution for the building of the Riga Circus enabling development of high-quality and versatile circus art in the following directions: shows, education and residencies. Until 4 June the participants of the competition had to submit plans of the building, defining general scopes and their schematic layout in the territory of the prospective development.

For several days the submitted entries (at this stage their authors were anonymous and they were identified by mottoes) were evaluated by the International Jury, consisting of Chairperson of the Jury Jānis Dripe, a representative from the Ministry of Culture of the RL, Deputy Chairperson of the Jury Ināra Kehre, Board Member of SLLC “Rīgas cirks” and members of the Jury: Mārtiņš Ķibers, Creative Director of SLLC “Rīgas cirks”, architect Juris Dambis, head of the State Inspection for Heritage Protection, architect Regīna Bula, a representative from the Riga City Architect’s Office, Aigars Kušķis, a representative from the Riga City Development Department, Agrita Maderniece, a representative from the Riga City Construction Board, Toms Kokins, a representative from the Latvian Association of Architects, Yohann Floch, a foreign circus expert and consultant from France, Professor Jo Coenen, a foreign architect and urban planner from Netherlands, and Lionel Lejeune, a circus artist and lecturer with 25 years of experience, including in planning of circus venues, from Finland. The Secretary-in-Charge of the Jury was architect Dace Kalvāne.

Jānis Dripe, Chairperson of the Jury, said: “The fact that the first place was not awarded, giving two second and two third places instead, implies some continuation of the competition. Negotiations with the award-winners will allow them to improve their designs and get an even better result for the public benefit.”

According to the Brief and the procedure set out in the Public Procurement Law, the Procurement Committee continues work in a closed session, verifying the compliance of the qualification of the award-winners with the requirements of the Brief. The decision on the winner will be made after the verification of the qualification; the contract on development of the construction design will be signed after the negotiation procedure.

Until August the competition entries will be displayed at the Faculty of Architecture, RTU, Ķīpsalas iela 6, 4th floor.

Disclosed mottoes

NB! Down below summarises the prizes awarded by the competition jury and winners of the incentive awards, but this cannot be considered a result of the competition. The Procurement Committee’s decision will be published in accordance with the procedure set out in the Public Procurement Law.

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MOTTO: NSRD2018
AWARDED PRIZE: 2nd place
AUTHOR: ARHITEKTU BIROJS NRJA
(Uldis Lukševics, Ivars Veinbergs, Zigmārs Jauja, Ilze Mekša,
Elīna Lībiete, Ieva Lāce – Lukševica, Inga Dubinska)

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MOTTO: AKRC2018
AWARDED PRIZE: 2nd place
AUTHOR: Association
– SIA “TRĪS ARHITEKTŪRA” (Zane Kalniņa)
– SIA “SUDRABA ARHITEKTŪRA” (Reinis Liepiņš)

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MOTTO: CRKS2018
AWARDED PRIZE: 3nd place
AUTHOR: Association
– ARHITEKTES BRIGITAS BULAS BIROJS (SIA “BRIGITA BULA”)
– VENTURA TRINDADE ARQUITECTOS, IDA
(João Maria Ventura Trindade)

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MOTTO: AAAA0009
AWARDED PRIZE: 3nd place
AUTHOR: SIA “SINTIJA VAIVADE_ARHITEKTE” (Sintija Vaivade)

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MOTTO: IIII1111
AWARDED PRIZE: Incentive award
AUTHOR: Association
– SIA “MAILĪTIS A.I.I.M” (Austris Mailītis)
– SIA “SUDRABA ARHITEKTŪRA” (Reinis Liepiņš)

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MOTTO: VFQD1372
AWARDED PRIZE: Incentive award
AUTHOR: ADRIAN PHIFFER (ORDINUL ARCHITETILOR DIN ROMANIA)

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MOTTO: FREE1234
AWARDED PRIZE: Incentive award
AUTHOR: Association
– SIA “MADE ARHITEKTI” (Miķelis Putrāms)
– SIA “GAISS ARHITEKTI” (Kārlis Melzobs)

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MOTTO: LIDO1001
AWARDED PRIZE: Incentive award
AUTHOR: Association
– SIA “LAAGA” (Madara Gibze, Paulis Gibze)
– Neatkarīgie arhitekti:
Helvijs Savickis, Manuel Bonell, Ilva Cīrule, Uldis Āmars, Elza Rone
– SIA “AINAVU PROJEKTĒŠANAS BIROJS ALPS”
(Māris Bušs, Marc Geldof, Helena Gūtmane, Eva Plaude,
Ilze Rukšāne)
– Mākslinieks Kristians Mednis
– Vizuālā identitāte SIA “McCann Rīga” (Ljeta Putāne,
Gatis Zēbergs)
– Būvkonstrukcijas SIA “ARENSO” (Matīss Apsītis)
– SIA “LINIA” (Arvīds Līkops)

 

 

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Disclosure of the mottoes on 11 June, at 1 p.m., at Riga Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Ķīpsalas iela 6, 4th Floor

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The deadline for submission of works for the Sketch Design Competition
„THE RENOVATION OF THE HISTORIC BUILDING OF THE RIGA CIRCUS AND DEVELOPMENT VISION FOR THE TERRITORY” ID-No.2018/1
is 4 June 2018.

The proposal presented in accordance with the requirements of Clause 4 of the Competition Brief must be submitted in one copy to the Secretary-in-Charge of the Jury by 4 June, 2018, at 5 p.m., at the address – Merķeļa iela 4, Riga (at the guard’s booth, accessed from A. Kalniņa street).

Submissions made after the specified deadline are not accepted.

We would like to draw your attention to the fact that the deadline for the receipt of proposals sent by mail is also 4 June 2018, 5 p.m.

Contact person – Dace Kalvāne, tel. +371 29480702

In accordance with Clause 2.3 of the Brief, the Procurement Committee answers the questions as well as provides additional information not later than 6 (six) days before the deadline for the submission of proposals.
The deadline for answering the questions is 29 May.

Please, submit your questions, if you have any, in due time until 24 May, but not later than by 28 May (inclusive).

The Procurement Committee will decide on the possibility of answering the questions submitted after 28 May.

Wednesday, April 11, 18:00 at the Latvian Architects’ Association
on Torņa iela 11, in Riga, will be held a lecture by Finnish circus expert Petri Heikkilä on the architectural needs of the contemporary circus.

Petri Heikkilä (Finland)
Petri had an important role in converting an old industrial building to the Salpaus Circus Center in Lahti, the project was finished in 2014. A modern circus space can have various uses which all have special needs. Petri’s experience and knowledge might be useful for architects since Riga Circus has recently announced Sketch design competition and others who are interested in circus and architecture.

Lecture will be in English.

More information here.

Attention!
Site visit only after previous application!

The site visit of the Sketch design competition
“The renovation of the historic building of the Riga circus and development vision for the territory” ID No.2018/1
will take place at Merķeļa iela 4, Riga, 10 April 2018, at 12:00.

– The interested Participants of the competition should apply for the site visit by sending an e-mail with visitor’s name, surname to rigascirks@metukonkurss.lv no later than by 9 April 2018, till 17:00.
– The site visit will be organized in groups of 15 people.
– Site visit duration ~1h.
– The visit to the site is not mandatory.

Contact person Dace Kalvāne, telephone +371 29480702