Announcement of conclusion of the first round

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ANNOUNCEMENT

of the conclusion of the 1st round

of the open design competition

“DEVELOPMENT OF “TERBATAS DĀRZS” CITY BLOCK”

We hereby inform that 26 applications were received in the 1st round of the open design competition “Development of “Tērbatas dārzs” City Block” (hereinafter – the Competition). The selection jury evaluated the submitted applications with the stated aim of inviting a limited number of participants – six participants – to the 2nd round of the Competition (three participants for the construction of A zone of the Competition object and three participants for the construction of B zone of the Competition object) in order to achieve a potentially greater diversity of proposals and to take into account the wishes expressed by the client.

The applications submitted in the 1st round of the Competition were evaluated on a point scale from 1 to 10 based on the following criteria:

  1. the interested Competition participant’s portfolio of previous property references, year of design/construction and author(s),
  2. letter of motivation and previous experience of the office,
  3. the average hourly rate of the office of the interested Competition participant.

As a result of the selection, it was decided to invite to the 2nd round of the Competition:

  1. the following architectural offices for the design of the architectural form of the facades of the buildings in Zone A:
  2. SIA “RUUME arhitekti”,
  3. SIA “ARHIS Arhitekti”,
  4. SIA “MARK Arhitekti”,
  • the following architectural offices for the design the architectural form of the facades of the buildings in Zone B:
  • SIA “PBR”,
  • SIA “TECTUM”,
  • SIA “OUTOFBOX”.

Individual notifications as well as confirmation forms for their consent to participate in the 2nd round of the Competition (for signature by the invited Competition participants) will be sent to all the above-mentioned invited participants by 16 August 2024.

At the same time, other participants (apart from the invited Competition participants mentioned above) can and are invited to participate in the Competition.

The initial (preliminary) draft of the Competition brief is hereby published. Please note that the Competition brief may be adjusted.