International Design Contest for Eteläpuisto Park and Its Environs
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INTERNATIONAL DESIGN CONTEST FOR ETELÄPUISTO PARK AND ITS ENVIRONS EVALUATION MINUTES Jury 6th May 2014 City of Tampere City Centre Project City of Tampere, City Centre project INTERNATIONAL DESIGN CONTEST FOR ETELÄPUISTO PARK AND ITS ENVIRONS EVALUATION EVALUATION MINUTES 6th May 2014 1 Publisher: City of Tampere, City Centre Project, 6th May 2014 Editors: Minna Seppänen, Sakari Leinonen Evaluation minutes: Jury of the contest Photographs and maps: City of Tampere 2013-2014 Pictures on front and back covers: City of Tampere/ Contest proposals Layout: City of Tampere/ Kay Bierganns, Minna Seppänen, Tarja Kaasalainen Translations (Finnish-English): Translatinki Oy 2014 City of Tampere, City Centre project INTERNATIONAL DESIGN CONTEST FOR ETELÄPUISTO PARK AND ITS ENVIRONS EVALUATION EVALUATION MINUTES 6th May 2014 2 CONTENTS 2.1.9 Deviations from the contest programme 2.1.10 City planning matters highlighted by the contest 1. Foreword 2.2 Evaluation of the competition entries………………23 2.2.1 Pseudonym ”Eteläpuisto City Shore” 1. Course, objectives, and contents of the contest………………….4 2.2.2 Pseudonym ”Lakeside Balcony” 2.2.3 Pseudonym ”Parks & Blocks” 1.1 Contest arrangements……………………………………………………...4 2.2.4 Pseudonym ”Rapid Rhythms” 1.1.1 Implementation method and contest schedule 2.2.5 Pseudonym ”Seelake” 1.1.2 Organizer, jury, and other organization of the contest 2.2.6 Pseudonym ”Sunny Side of the City” 1.1.3 The rules of the contest and selection of the contestants 1.1.4 Contest entries 2.3 The result of the contest…………………………………….43 2.3.1 The result of the contest 1.2 Planning task of the contest………………………………………….…6 2.3.2 Grounds for the decision and recommendations 1.2.1 Planning area 2.3.3 Signatures of the jury members 1.2.2 The objectives of the contest, content of the planning task, 2.3.4 Opening of the closed envelopes containing the names of the and evaluation criteria competitors 2. Evaluation of the contest………………………………………………….…9 APPENDICES: Reduced copies of the contest proposals (A4 landscape) The evaluation of the contest in Chapter 2 consists of the evaluation Appendix 1 A-F Pseudonym ”Sunny Side of the City” th minutes approved of by the jury in its meeting held on 6 May 2014. Appendix 2 A-F Pseudonym ”Lakeside Balcony” Appendix 3 A-F Pseudonym ”Rapid Rhythms” 2.1 General evaluation of the contest………………………………………9 Appendix 4 A-F Pseudonym ”Seelake” 2.1.1 General remarks about the competition entries Appendix 5 A-F Pseudonym ”Eteläpuisto City Shore” 2.1.2 Originality and idea Appendix 6 A-F Pseudonym ”Parks & Blocks” 2.1.3 Overall city structure 2.1.4 Internal city structure 2.1.5 Dimensioning and functional focus 2.1.6 Shores, parks, and recreational areas 2.1.7 Traffic 2.1.8 Feasibility of implementation and overall cost-efficiency City of Tampere, City Centre project INTERNATIONAL DESIGN CONTEST FOR ETELÄPUISTO PARK AND ITS ENVIRONS EVALUATION EVALUATION MINUTES 6th May 2014 3 Foreword The City of Tampere is developing the city centre with the aim of making it more pleasant, attractive, and vibrant. The goal is a cityscape that is unique in the world, in which the lakes, rapids, forests, parks, and architecture are in harmony with each other, and bring happiness to us all. The City of Tampere develops its city centre for the needs of the wider city area, city region, and the entire region. The aim is that people from near and far will want to visit and stay in Tampere. The City Centre Development Programme that was approved by the city board on 6th May 2013 is used as a framework for the development work. The International Design Contest for Eteläpuisto Park and Its Environs implements the contents of this programme. Our hope is that the results of the contest will help residents, decision-makers, and officers to reach agreement on the development of Eteläpuisto and Nalkala Shore, as befits the image of the new Tampere. The location of the competition area is excellent and important to the city. The results of this design contest do not provide any conclusive solutions – planning work continues after the contest. We invite all local residents who are interested in developing the city centre to participate in the planning and related discussion. Let's make a better city together! City of Tampere, City Centre project INTERNATIONAL DESIGN CONTEST FOR ETELÄPUISTO PARK AND ITS ENVIRONS EVALUATION EVALUATION MINUTES 6th May 2014 4 1. Course, objectives, and contents of the contest 1.1 Contest arrangements The City of Tampere’s City Centre project organized the International 1.1.1 Implementation method and contest schedule Design Contest for Eteläpuisto Park and Its Environs in 2013–2014. The competition area is located at the southwestern edge of the Tampere city The contest was organized as a design contest in accordance with the centre, in the shore scenery of Tammerkoski Rapids and Lake Pyhäjärvi. Finnish Procurement Act. Six workgroups were selected as contestants The aim of the contest was to generate material to be used as a basis for from among the 42 participation applications that were submitted in the urban design of the area and related decision-making. The contest autumn of 2013. The result of the contest was published in May 2014. implements the objectives and contents of the Tampere City Centre th Development Programme approved by the Tampere City Board on 6 May Full schedule of the contest 2013. 9-10/2013 Selection of contestants The purpose and schedule of the contest are described in more detail in 10/2013 – 2/2014 Preparation of the contest entrie the following documents: 3-5/2014 Evaluation of the contest • The International Design Contest for Eteläpuisto Park and Its 5/2014 The result of the contest and publication Environs. The contest rules and the instructions for submitting a of the results request to participate. City of Tampere. City Centre Project 6th 5/2014 - Planning phases following the contest September 2013. • The International Design Contest for Eteläpuisto Park and Its 1.1.2 Organizer, jury, and other organization of the contest Environs. Invitation to participate and the competition programme. st City of Tampere. City Centre Project 31 October 2013. The contest was organized by the City of Tampere’s City Centre project. The jury met five times (19th-20th March 2014, 2nd-3rd April 2014, 15th-16th April 2014, 28th-29th April 2014, and 6th May 2014). During the meetings, the jury made three visits to the competition area and its surrounds. The members of the jury also studied the competition area independently. During the evaluation process, the jury heard outside experts who were nominated by the contest organizer. The jury made the decision on the result of the contest in its last meeting, held on 6th May 2014. City of Tampere, City Centre project INTERNATIONAL DESIGN CONTEST FOR ETELÄPUISTO PARK AND ITS ENVIRONS EVALUATION EVALUATION MINUTES 6th May 2014 5 Jury members (appointed by the Mayor): 1.1.3 The rules of the contest and selection of the contestants • Wulf Daseking, Professor, Architect, Dipl. Ing. (Freiburg, Germany) • Yrjö Haila, Professor / Professor (University of Tampere) The contest rules and instructions for submitting a request to participate • Ranja Hautamäki, Senior Specialized Designer, Landscape prepared by the contest organizer are dated 6th September 2013. They Architect (City of Tampere) were published with the public procurement notification that was made in • Anna-Kaisa Ikonen, Mayor (City of Tampere) accordance with the Finnish Procurement Act. The deadline for submitting • Sakari Leinonen, Project Manager, Architect (City of Tampere) requests to participate was 8th October 2013. A total of 42 requests were SAFA / vice chair of the jury received within the time limit. One request arrived after the set time limit • Staffan Lodenius, Professor, Architect SAFA had expired. The contestants were selected by the City of Tampere’s • Eija Muttonen-Mattila, Building Inspector, Architect (City of workgroup appointed by the contest organizer. Six designer groups were Tampere) selected from those that had submitted a request to participate. The • Pekka Salmi, Vice Mayor (City of Tampere) organizer sent the chosen contestants the invitation to participate and the competition programme, dated 31st October 2013. The contestants had the • Tero Tenhunen, Project Director (City of Tampere) / chair of the jury opportunity to ask questions about the contest both before submitting their request to participate, and during the contest itself. Competition Secretaries (not included in the jury): • Kay Bierganns, Project Architect (City of Tampere, until 31st March 2014) 1.1.4 Contest entries • st All six workgroups that were invited to participate in the contest submitted Minna Seppänen, Architect SAFA (City of Tampere, from 1 March • th 2014) their contest entries by 28 February 2014, which was the set time limit. The organizer opened the submitted contest entries and inspected their rd Consulting experts (not included in the jury): contents on 3 March 2014. All contest entries were submitted under pseudonym as requested, and each included the required documentation. • Jori Lehtikangas, geotechnology engineer (City of Tampere) • Mikko Nurminen, Real Estate Director (City of Tampere) • Ari Vandell, Senior Designer (City of Tampere) City of Tampere, City Centre project INTERNATIONAL DESIGN CONTEST FOR ETELÄPUISTO PARK AND ITS ENVIRONS EVALUATION EVALUATION MINUTES 6th May 2014 6 1.2 Planning task of the contest • locate the area’s functions in a purposeful manner as well as guarantee pleasant housing and feasibility of the city blocks; 1.2.1 Planning area • create a pleasant and multi-functional public shore area, ensure the continuity of local green corridors, as well as create a The competition area is located in the southwestern part of Tampere city functional and safe travelling network; centre, and covers 23.3 hectares of land.