The Bohaterów Westerplatte Naval Academy has announced a competition to develop an architectural and urban design concept for a new marina at Babi Doły in Gdynia.

The competition is a limited, two-stage competition .

The competition is to select an architectural concept for the construction of a part of the foundation of the AMW Academic Maritime Training Center in Babi Doły.

The newly created facility will serve as a training and didactic base of the AMW, with the purpose of conducting, among other things, basic and specialized training in sailing, rowing, motorboat and all-sea sailing, as well as military training.

Within the area to be developed in the competition, two buildings are to be designed: the Main Building of the AMW Academic Maritime Training Center in Babie Doły with a hangar for water equipment, a maneuvering area to allow entry and exit of floating equipment, and an auxiliary building with the necessary infrastructure and landscaping. The auxiliary building is to provide social and catering facilities for training groups.

An integral element of the entire premise of the AMW Academic Maritime Training Center in Babi Doły is the water part, including floating piers, a slip or shore band. Objects located within the water part should be included in the Study and the Competition Work.

In Stage I, the contestants are to create a Study in the form of one 100x70cm board and a descriptive part of a maximum of three A4 formats, while in Stage II the qualified teams will submit Works consisting of up to four 100x70cm boards and a descriptive part of a maximum of five A4 formats.

The Contracting Authority requires that all participants qualified for Stage I of the competition take part in a site visit.

Competition works will be evaluated in terms of attractiveness of the proposed architectural solutions and land development, functional-utility efficiency of the entire spatial layout (including accessibility), accuracy of the inclusion of the designed buildings in the context of the surroundings and the entire spatial premise. Optimization of the solution of the space and the program in terms of the budget of the Investment and the application of pro-ecological and pro-climate solutions.

For more information, see the competition regulations

prizes

• First Prize - PLN 30,000 gross and an invitation to negotiate a sole-source contract for the development of the design documentation based on the selected competition work.
• II Prize - PLN 20,000 gross
• III Prize - PLN 15,000 gross

calendar

• Announcement of the competition: March 27, 2025
• Deadline for submitting requests for clarification of the regulations: until April 10, 2025
• Deadline for responding to requests for clarification of the content of the regulations: by April 20, 2025
• Deadline for submission of applications for admission to the competition: by April 22, 2025, 9:00 a.m.
• Deadline for notification of eligibility to participate in the competition and invitation to submit Phase I studies:
  April 25, 2025
• Site visit: May 5, 2025
• Deadline for submission of requests for clarification of the content of the regulations regarding the Study Paper: until May 16, 2025
• Deadline for submission of Study Papers in Stage I of the competition: June 2, 2025 by 3:00 pm
• Notification of participants of qualification for Stage II of the competition: June 9, 2025
• Deadline for submission of requests for clarification of the Rules and Regulations regarding the Competition Work: until June 23, 2025
• Deadline for submission of Contest Works: until July 14, 2025, 3:00 p.m.
• Announcement of competition results: July 25, 2025

the competition jury

• Paweł Wład Kowalski - chairman of the competition court, SARP Wybrzeże Branch
• Joanna Wciorka-Kornat - chairman of the competition court Referee, SARP Wybrzeże Branch
• Anita Wawrzyniak
• Marek Drygas - chancellor of the Naval Academy
• Mariusz Jankowski
• Anna Lubocka - head of the Infrastructure Section of the Naval Academy
• Elżebieta Tarasiuk
• Jacek Derkacz

• Anna Parasińska - secretary of the competition
• Beata Łaszczewska-Adamczak - deputy secretary of the competition
• Sabina Reda - deputy secretary of the competition