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Aberdeen City Garden Project Competition
Result
Diller Scofidio + Renfro − working with Keppie Design and OLIN − has won the international design competition to transform the centre of Aberdeen.
Overview
The objective is to transform this site and create a space that will provide a safe all-year-round garden and civic space for the people of Aberdeen.
| Category | Project Competition / Competition Result |
| Type | International, Project, Eol, Restricted, Two-Stage, Onymous |
| Genre | Landscape |
| Country | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| RegDeadline | 13 June 2011 GoogleCal iCal |
| 13 June 2011 (Must be Received) | |
| Eligibility | The team must include an urban designer, architect, structural, civil, and services engineering, landscape architect and a cost consultant. |
Description
The £140m City Garden Project will radically transform a strategic central location, raising the nineteenth-century Union Terrace Gardens and covering over the unattractive Denburn dual carriageway and railway line.
It will create a space that draws on Aberdeen’s heritage but is also an inspiration for the future. A space which local people like, which they use to meet up and pop through – just for the pleasure of it. A space which appeals to visitors as somewhere to take the air, absorb different aspects of the local culture and enjoy a fascinating skyline.
The site, six hectares in area, will provide a safe, all-year round, civic garden that reflects Aberdeen’s success and international status. It should integrate the Union Street retail and business thoroughfare with the cultural attractions of an existing theatre and art gallery whilst providing the context for a new contemporary arts centre.
It’s an opportunity to create a new dynamic – re-connecting and revitalising different areas of the city.
Jury
Not yet announced
Prize
Disign commission
Entry Fee
None
Entries
PQQ questions, Summary details of each of the principal consultant firms, Relevant projects(3 projects carried out by your company during the past 5 years), Professional capability
Submission Address
Aberdeen City Garden Competition
Malcolm Reading Consultants
45 – 46 Berners Street
London W1T 3NE
Timetable
Shortlist informed: week commencing 18 JUL 2011
Deadline for tenders: 16 SEP 2011
Winning team announced: mid DEC 2011
Organizer
Malcolm Reading Consultants
Official Website
http://www.malcolmreading.co.uk/architecturalcompetitions/citygarden