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The project "Tuchkova Buyana" will take up eight studios
Eight teams were announced in St. Petersburg , which will develop the concepts of the “Buyan clouds” park on the site near the exchange bridge. Among them are the Laureates of the Pritzker Prize, who created the project of the Gallery of Modern Art of Tate in London, and young agencies from Paris and St. Petersburg. The final concept of the park will be announced in the summer of 2020 at the Economic Forum.
“Paper” tells which teams will develop projects “Tuchkova Buyana” and what is known about the future park.
In St. Petersburg, they chose the finalists of the competition for the development of concepts of the Park "Cups of Buyan"
On the afternoon of February 4, the chief architect of St. Petersburg Vladimir Grigoryev announced eight finalists of the competition, who will develop the concepts of the Park "Cups of Buyan" in the center of St. Petersburg. Six contestants are experienced, two - beginners. Such a distribution, according to Grigoryev, is necessary that the city "sounded the voice of the young."
Among the experimental companies in the finals are the St. Petersburg Studio 44, Michel Desvigne Paysagist, Agence Ter and Kengo Kuma and Associates from France, JV Vogt + Herzog & de Meuron from Switzerland and Bjarke Ingels Group From the USA.
Young teams are represented by the Praxys Landscape & Urban Design from Paris and the Horses from St. Petersburg.
In total, 229 applications from 50 countries were submitted to the competition , including from Belgium, Great Britain, USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Singapore and India. The total number of applicants exceeded the number of applications submitted to the competition of the concepts of the Zaryadye Park.
The finalists worked on projects in Russia and abroad. Among them there are Laureates of the Pritzker Prize
Architects of the Herzog & de Meuron Architekten bureau - Laureates of the Pritzker Prize (considered an analogue of Nobel in the architectural world - approx. "Paper" ) for the project of the Tate Art Gallery in London. The company also worked on university projects in Skolkovo, the Elb Philharmonic in Hamburg and the Israeli National Library.
Among the projects of the Studio 44 architectural bureau from St. Petersburg are the Boris Eifman Ballet Children's Theater, the Central Museum of the October Railway and the adaptation of the eastern wing of the Main Staff for the Hermitage Museum complex.
Michel Devin from Michel Desvigne Paysagiste created projects of the Alesia museum park in the west of France and the tennis stadium in Paris, and also developed the Skolkovo landscape design.
Experts from Agence Ter worked on parks in Shanghai, Los Angeles, Barcelona and Berlin. Bjarke Ingels Group created Galeries Lafayette projects on the Champs Elysees, a trace-processing plant in Copenhagen and one of the Google campus in Mountain Vew. And Kengo Kuma & Associates developed projects of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Odunapazars (Turkey) and the Japanese Garden in Portland.
The young bureau " Horses " from St. Petersburg offered projects for the improvement of the Bolshaya Sea Street and the development of the territory "Sevkabel Port", and Praxys Landscape & Urban Design created an installation for one of the parks of Istanbul.
When developing concepts, the opinion of the townspeople about the park will be taken into account, said the chief architect of St. Petersburg
According to the chief architect of St. Petersburg Vladimir Grigoryev, the finalists will have to fully take into account the wishes of the inhabitants about "Tuchkov Buyan". Earlier in St. Petersburg, online and offline survey on filling the park was held.
According to the online survey, most Petersburgers (88 %) want to see the main city lawn there, 84 %-a winter rink, 77 % for the botanical garden. The survey participants, which were held on a single voting day on September 8, supported the children's town and fountains-shutikhs.
In the fall in St. Petersburg, public hearings were also held , at which the townspeople said that they want to see the “clouds of Buyan” with a place for a quiet rest without attractions, fairs and restaurants.
What do Petersburgers want to see in the Park "Cups of Buyan"?
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Entertainment on water, picnic zone and observation deck
The winning concept will be announced at the International Economic Forum in the summer of 2020
According to the chief architect of St. Petersburg Vladimir Grigoryev, all the finalists will come to St. Petersburg on February 17 to get acquainted with the territory on which the Park of Tuchkov Buyan will be located. Projects developed on the technical specifications will have to submit in May. The teams will allocate 60 thousand dollars on them.
The winner of the competition will be announced at the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, which will be held in the summer of 2020. For the first place, architects will additionally receive 50 thousand dollars, for the second - 30 thousand, for the third - 20 thousand.
The winners will choose the jury, which includes the chief architect of St. Petersburg Vladimir Grigoryev, architectural historian Boris Kirikov, former UNESCO deputy head of culture, Professor Francesco Bandarin from Italy, Botanik Patrick Blanc from France, professor of urbanism Lorence Bart from the UK and other specialists.
The competition for the development of the concepts of the park was declared by the Government of St. Petersburg, the organizer is the Dom.RF Foundation, and the operator - "KB Strelka". "Paper" She talked in detail about who is engaged in the Park of the “clouds of Buyan” and because of which he is criticized.
As previously said by the General Director of KB Strelka Denis Leontyev, it will take at least a year to design and coordinate the project, a couple of years will go out for construction. For comparison, the Building competition was announced in 2013, and construction was completed in 2017.
