The Bureau of Architecture and Spatial Planning of the Warsaw City Hall, on behalf of the City of Warsaw, has announced an architectural and urban planning competition for the development of a concept for the reconstruction of streets, squares and green areas in the central part of the Old Praga area in Warsaw.

The competition is an implementation, limited, one-stage competition.

As part of the New Center of Warsaw project, the space of nearly 3 hectares covered by the competition is to become friendly, representative, green and accessible to all. It is assumed that the section of Jagiellońska Street between S. Okrzei to ks. I. Kłopotowskiego streets will be transformed into an urban square devoid of car traffic. Pedestrian and bicycle communication between: Downtown, Powiśle, pedestrian and bicycle bridge on the Vistula, Old Praga, Szmulowizna, Praga Park.

The primary criteria for evaluation of the competition entries include: composition (the highest points will be given to entries offering an attractive combination of compositional, functional and communication requirements, guaranteeing safety and high aesthetics); accessibility (the highest points will be given to entries offering accessibility that most fully responds to the principles of universal design); ecology (the highest points will be given to entries offering an increase in the area of green areas, an increase in tall greenery and an increase in rainwater retention possibilities).

For more information, see the regulations of the competition

prizes

• First Prize - PLN 80,000 gross and an invitation to negotiate a sole-source contract for the performance of a service based on the selected work.
• II Prize - 60,000 PLN gross
• III Prize - 40 000 PLN gross
• honorable mention - PLN 20,000 gross

calendar

• Deadline for submission of applications to participate in the competition: until February 21, 2025, 3:00 pm
• Deadline for submission of competition entries: no less than 8 weeks from the date on which qualified participants are invited to submit entries

the competition court

• Monika Wróbel - Chairperson of the Competition Jury, architect
• Monika Domanowska - Referent of the Competition Jury, landscape architect
• Zygmunt Borawski - architect
• Artur Filip - architect
• Jacek Grunt-Mejer - Plenipotentiary of the President of the Capital City of Warsaw for Revitalization
• Ewa Grzesiak - architect
• Magdalena Jędraszko-Macukow - landscape architect
• Sylwester Klimiuk - Deputy Mayor of Praga-Północ District
• Michał Lejk - Plenipotentiary of the President of the Capital City of Warsaw for the New Center of Warsaw
• Anna Paź
• Łukasz Puchalski - Director of the Municipal Roads Authority
• Magdalena Wnęk - landscape architect
• Marek Konopka - secretary of the competition
• Tomasz Pniewski, Maria Zielińska - deputy secretaries of the competition