MOBILIciTY - Tirana Multimodal Station

The project for the new Intermodal Train Station in Tirana intends to meet the requirement for an overall renewal of the city, in terms of comprehensive revision of the rail and road mobility.

Category Idea Competition / Open to Students
Type International, Idea, Open, Single-Stage, Anonymous
Genre Station
Country Tirana, Albania
RegDeadline 30 June 2012 (See "Entry Fee" below) GoogleCal iCal
15 July 2012 (via Online) GoogleCal
Eligibility All

Description
The project for the new Intermodal Train Station in Tirana intends to meet the requirement for an overall renewal of the city, in terms of comprehensive revision of the rail and road mobility. The new pole is intended to become the hub of exchanges and therefore to have the ability of connecting both the urban areas and the areas outside the city, in compatibility with the existing railway network. This is why the municipality of Tirana intends to collect all around the world ideas that could respond to the new needs introduced by the city’s current expansion. New ideas to reinterpret existing mobility systems and the relationship between the machines and men.
The presence of such an influential new core within the current urban tissue requires strategic choices that encompass great responsibility, both in terms of reorganization of a major road and railway receptivity. Unlike many European capital cities, where the presence of the railway station already weighs heavily on the central urban contexts, the competition site is located in a completion area, far away from the city centre. One of the problems that the new intermodal system should take into account is the connection with the heart of the city. By establishing easier connections to the main activities and services in the existing urban fabric, the use of new infrastructure at different times of the day will be further improved. The new intermodal centre will not only meet the standard requirements of railway stations, but it will also offer a viable alternative in respect to a functional mix that can best interpret the constant changes taking place in a city like Tirana.

Jury
Arch. Winy Mass / MVRDV / TU-Delft Holland
Arch. Besnik Aliaj / POLIS University
Arch. Rudina Toto / POLIS University
Arch. Ulrike Bega / Municipality of Tirana
Zamir Ramadani / HSH Albanian Railways
Arch. Stephan Pinkau / ANHALT University of Applied Science
Arch. Ledian Bregasi / AUA - Albanian Union of Architects
Arch. Antonello Stella / University of Ferrara

Prize
First Prize: 1500€
Second Prize: 1000€
Third Prize: 500€
5 Honorable mentions

Entry Fee
Special registration (March 1, 2012 - April 30, 2012): 50 €
Early registration (May 1, 2012 - May 31, 2012): 75 €
Late registration (June 1, 2012 - June 30, 2012): 100 €

Entries
Two A1 boards

Timetable
Jury meeting - Evaluation period begins: 20 July 2012
Winners’ announcement: 15 September 2012
Exhibition at the Tirana Architecture Week: October 2012

Links
Past winners

Organizer
AWR Competitions

Official Website
http://www.awrcompetitions.com/competition/13/mobilicity....