Il Parco Centrale di Prato

Design competition for a new 3-hectare urban park.

Category Project Competition
Type International, Project, Open, Two-Stage, Anonymous
Genre Landscape
Country Italy
RegDeadline 29 February 2016 GoogleCal iCal
29 February 2016
Eligibility All

Description
At the beginning of January 2016 the Municipality of Prato, Italy, is launching an open, anonymous, international two-phase design competition for a new 3-hectare urban park in its historical city center. By mid-March, the international jury will select 10 finalist architects who will be invited to conceive a schematic design for the site. In June 2016 the winner will be awarded and commissioned to design the final project for the new Parco Centrale di Prato.

Jury
Bernard Tschumi, Architect (President)
Michelle Provoost, Architectural historial (Vice President)
Sébastien Marot, Philosopher and landscape design theorist
Roberto Zancan, Architecture critic
Francesco Procopio, Architect from the Municipality of Prato, in charge of the restoration of the city’s historical heritage

Prize
Design commission

Entry Fee
None

Timetable
Selection of the winning design: June 20, 2016

Organizer
Municipality of Prato

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