International Ideas Competition for the Cuernavaca Railway Linear Park, Mexico
Registration Deadline: Friday, Sep 9, 201611:59 PMEDT
Submission Deadline: Friday, Oct 14, 20166 PMEDT
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CALL FOR ENTRIES
Architecture & Landscape Competition
The Mexico City Government, and in collaboration with the Mexico City Institute of Architecture, Mexico City Association of Architects (CAM-SAM)
announces a call for entries to the:
INTERNATIONAL IDEAS COMPETITION
FOR THE CUERNAVACA RAILWAY LINEAR PARK, MEXICO
Calling: Mexican and International teams of Urban Designers, Architects, and Landscape Architects.
Participation in the competition will be free of charge.
The COMPETITION RULES and other info are available at: http://www.parquelinealfc.mx
Information:
phone: +52 (55) 9177 8900
email: [email protected]
Recovering residual urban spaces, including unused railways, has become a global trend as a strategy to reclaim public space. The borough of Miguel Hidalgo in Mexico City aims to recover the underutilized infrastructure of the Cuernavaca Railway and turn it into a dynamic public space. To this end, the borough is calling for projects from teams of architects, urban designers, and landscape architects, both Mexican and international, who wish to participate in the Cuernavaca Railway Linear Park International Design Competition.
The project seeks to honor the site’s history while responding to an imminent need for green and recreational spaces, and to expand opportunities for the local community to interact with one another in the public space.
The Conveners request for innovative proposals to recover railway infrastructure located on the rails of the former Cuernavaca Railway, in the stretch between two thoroughfares, the Avenida Ejército Nacional and the Calzada de los Gallos, and to transform these urban remains into a public space that uses the landscape as water-management infrastructure. The linear park will be 4.6km in length. It will promote responsible rainwater management, which will be used both for park maintenance and to reinsert rainwater into the aquifer. Additionally, it will enhance social development and sustainable mobility within the region.
Diverse structures, including bridges, industrial buildings, bicycle lanes, avenues, museums, high- and low-density housing, and city infrastructure, are part of the urban fabric that runs through, bounds, and contrasts with the study area. Given this, proposals should be sensitive both to the complexity and diversity of the surroundings, and the specific needs of the local community. Additionally, proposals should respond to the objectives, rules, and regulations laid out in the Competition Rules document. This Competition represents an unequivocal opportunity to transform the urban landscape of Mexico City.
A select jury of architects, landscape architects, urban designers, and community leaders will judge all qualified submissions based on the criteria laid out in the attached the Cuernavaca Railway Linear Park Competition Brief. For additional information on the eligibility criteria, submission requirements, evaluation criteria, project requirements, and important deadlines, please consult www.parquelinealfc.mx
The winners of the competition will be awarded a contract of $19,500,000 MXN for the architectural project of the 4.6km railway corridor.
CALL FOR ENTRIES
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, September 9, 2016
PHASE I
Q & A PERIOD (E-MAIL): August 22 – 23, 2016
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS: Friday, October 14, 2016, at 6:00 pm
ANNOUNCEMENT OF 5 FINALISTS: Friday, October 21, 2016, at 6:00 pm
FINALISTS CONFIRM PARTICIPATION: Monday, October 24, 2016, at 6:00 pm
The 5 competition finalists will be compensated $100,000.00 (one hundred thousand Mexican pesos and 00/100 cents) plus tax (“IVA” by its Spanish acronym) to cover the costs of developing the project during Phase II.
PHASE II
SITE VISIT AND CLARIFICATION MEETING: Monday, November 7, 2016
COMMUNITY DIALOGUE SESSIONS: Monday, November 7-11, 2016
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS: Friday, December 5, 2016, at 6:00 pm
PRESENTATION OF PROPOSALS: Friday, December 9, 2016
ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMPETITION DECISION: Friday, December 13, 2016
AWARDS CEREMONY: Monday, December 16, 2016
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