Nicolae Bălcescu Highschool, Cluj-Napoca

Registration Deadline: Oct 29, 2021; Submission Deadline: Oct 29, 2021 Submission: 29.10.2021, H 16:00 - Romanian Time ZoneRegistration: 29.10.2021 Language: Romanian/English Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania Prizes: 1st Prize - The design services contract with an estimated value of 2.499.780 RON, without VAT 2nd Prize - 83.000 RON 3rd Prize - 41.500 RON Type:The Design Competition is a public, single-stage competition, open to Romania, all countries of the European Union and of the European Economic Area, and to the Swiss Confederation. Description:The Order of Architects in Romania (OAR) and the Municipality of Cluj-Napoca officially announce the launch of the „Nicolae Bălcescu Highschool Cluj-Napoca” International Design Competition. The purpose of the design competition is to select the best project for the extension and modernization of the Nicolae Bălcescu Highschool in Cluj-Napoca and the adjacent streets, for the award of the design services contract.  The city of Cluj-Napoca is fully embracing the belief that education is the basis of a healthy society and has thus started a program to rehabilitate school infrastructure, intending to continue it with European funding. EU's allocation strategy supports the renovation of buildings and the increase of the quality of spaces in public and educational buildings, respectively. The municipality has chosen in the case of "Nicolae Bălcescu" Theoretical High School the approach of an architectural design competition to find the best solution to solve the current problems of this high school and the neighboring urban space.  The Contracting Authority of the competition is the Municipality of Cluj-Napoca, which will become the beneficiary of the project contracted following this competition. The competition is organized by the Order of Architects in Romania, in accordance with the Competition Rules of the International Union of Architects – UIA – and the provisions of the International Regulations for architecture and urban design Competitions, adopted at the General Conference of UNESCO in 1956, as revised on November 27, 1978, the provisions of the Guide of good practice in organizing OAR design competitions, published in 2018, in compliance with the legal provisions in force regarding the award of public procurement contracts. COMPETITION JURY Full Members: arch. Daniel Pop – representative of the Contracting Authority arch. Johannes Bertleff – Romania arch. Ștefan Tuchilă – France arch. Horia Marinescu – Austria arch. Mihaela Criticos – Romania arch. Mariana Michiu – representative of OAR Transylvania Branch arch. Șerban Patrulius – Romania Deputy Members: arch. Maria Duda – Romania arch. Daniela Calciu – Romania Find out more on the official competition website: www.oar.archi/en/concursuri/nicolae-balcescu-highschool-cluj-napoca and in Romanian: www.oar.archi/ro/concursuri/liceul-nicolae-balcescu-cluj-napoca For the latest news on the competition follow our official OAR Competitions Facebook page: www.facebook.com/oar.concursuri/ For more news about our organization please follow the official Order of Architects in Romania (OAR) Facebook page:   www.facebook.com/OARNational/Read the full post on Bustler

Nicolae Bălcescu Highschool, Cluj-Napoca
Registration Deadline: Oct 29, 2021; Submission Deadline: Oct 29, 2021

Submission: 29.10.2021, H 16:00 - Romanian Time Zone

Registration: 29.10.2021

Language: Romanian/English

Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Prizes:

1st Prize - The design services contract with an estimated value of 2.499.780 RON, without VAT

2nd Prize - 83.000 RON

3rd Prize - 41.500 RON

Type:

The Design Competition is a public, single-stage competition, open to Romania, all countries of the European Union and of the European Economic Area, and to the Swiss Confederation.

Description:

The Order of Architects in Romania (OAR) and the Municipality of Cluj-Napoca officially announce the launch of the „Nicolae Bălcescu Highschool Cluj-Napoca” International Design Competition.

The purpose of the design competition is to select the best project for the extension and modernization of the Nicolae Bălcescu Highschool in Cluj-Napoca and the adjacent streets, for the award of the design services contract. 

The city of Cluj-Napoca is fully embracing the belief that education is the basis of a healthy society and has thus started a program to rehabilitate school infrastructure, intending to continue it with European funding. EU's allocation strategy supports the renovation of buildings and the increase of the quality of spaces in public and educational buildings, respectively. The municipality has chosen in the case of "Nicolae Bălcescu" Theoretical High School the approach of an architectural design competition to find the best solution to solve the current problems of this high school and the neighboring urban space.  The Contracting Authority of the competition is the Municipality of Cluj-Napoca, which will become the beneficiary of the project contracted following this competition.

The competition is organized by the Order of Architects in Romania, in accordance with the Competition Rules of the International Union of Architects – UIA – and the provisions of the International Regulations for architecture and urban design Competitions, adopted at the General Conference of UNESCO in 1956, as revised on November 27, 1978, the provisions of the Guide of good practice in organizing OAR design competitions, published in 2018, in compliance with the legal provisions in force regarding the award of public procurement contracts.

COMPETITION JURY

Full Members:

arch. Daniel Pop – representative of the Contracting Authority

arch. Johannes Bertleff – Romania

arch. Ștefan Tuchilă – France

arch. Horia Marinescu – Austria

arch. Mihaela Criticos – Romania

arch. Mariana Michiu – representative of OAR Transylvania Branch

arch. Șerban Patrulius – Romania

Deputy Members:

arch. Maria Duda – Romania

arch. Daniela Calciu – Romania

Find out more on the official competition website:

www.oar.archi/en/concursuri/nicolae-balcescu-highschool-cluj-napoca

and in Romanian:

www.oar.archi/ro/concursuri/liceul-nicolae-balcescu-cluj-napoca

For the latest news on the competition follow our official OAR Competitions Facebook page:

www.facebook.com/oar.concursuri/

For more news about our organization please follow the official Order of Architects in Romania (OAR) Facebook page: 

  www.facebook.com/OARNational/

Read the full post on Bustler