The Gdansk Roads and Greenery Authority, representing the Municipality of Gdansk, has announced a realization competition for the development of a concept for the development of Dlugie Ogrody Street as an extension of the Royal Route with the restoration of the avenue of trees.

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

The subject of the competition is to create a concept for the development of Długie Ogrody Street in Gdansk (on the section from Stągiewny Bridge to the flyover in the course of Elblaska Street / Podwale Przedmiejskie Street, together with the area around Żuławska Gate and a fragment of Krowoderska Street) as an extension of the Royal Route with the restoration of the avenue of trees. The total area of the competition study is nearly 2.7 hectares.

According to the competition assumptions, it is necessary, among other things, to emphasize the axial layout of Długie Ogrody Street, propose a spectrum of functionality for the street as a public space, take into account the annual St. Dominic's Fair, give priority to pedestrian transportation, preserve between 20% and 30% of the existing parking spaces, when reconstructing the avenue of trees, take into account the historical context, referring to the layout depicted on the Buhse Plan, assume a significant increase in biologically active space and introduce species resistant to urban conditions.

For more information, see the competition regulations

prizes

• First Prize - PLN 50,000 gross and an invitation to negotiate a sole-source contract for the creation of design documentation
• II Prize - PLN 30,000 gross
• III Prize - PLN 20,000 gross
• two distinctions - PLN 10,000 gross

calendar

• Deadline for submission of competition works: November 8, 2024, until 2:00 pm
• Deadline forannouncement of competition results: mid-December 2024

competition jury

• Aleksandra Wasilkowska - chairwoman of the court, architect
• Monika Arczyńska - referee, architect
• Małgorzata Borys - architect
• Natalia Budnik - landscape architect
• Michal Mroczkowski - representative of the Pomeranian Regional Monuments Conservator
• Martyna Nagórska - representative of the Office of the City Architect
• Monika Rościszewska - representative of the Gdańsk Development Office
  
• Robert Skitek - architect
• Maciej Tankiewicz - representative of the Fahrenheit Association, Medical University of Gdansk
• Barbara Tusk - representative of the organizer - Gdańsk Roads and Greenery Authority
• Katarzyna Zielonko-Jung - representative of the Fahrenheit Union, Gdansk University of Technology
• Maciej Tarkowski - representative of the Fahrenheit Association, University of Gdansk

Experts, experts and consultants are appointed to cooperate with the jury as opinionators. Agata Lewandowska (representative of the City Engineer's Office) and Danuta Putra (representative of the Directorate of Development of the City of Gdansk) will act as opinionators, Sylwia Lemańska (representative of the organizer) will act as expert, and Marta Gibczynska will act as secretary of the competition.