Bridge Design Competition

Application Period ends on 3 August 2011, 3pm

The City of Helsinki is organising an international design competition for Kruunusillat (Crown Bridges). Kruunusillat is a traffic connection consisting primarily of bridges, currently being designed between Kruununhaka and  Kruunuvuorenranta, in Helsinki, the capital city of Finland.

The competition task includes the conceptualisation and investigation at the outline plan level of the Kalasatama - Korkeasaari / Palosaari - Kruunuvuorenranta - traffic connection. The main emphasis of the task is the design of the connection between  Kruunuvuorenranta and Palosaari / Korkeasaari, which is situated at an approximately 1.3 km-wide portion of the Kruunuvuorenselkä water area.

The main users of Kruunusillat will be trams, cyclists and pedestrians. The traffic connection shall also accommodate service and emergency vehicles. The purpose of the competition is to find in every respect a high-quality solution for an environment extremely demanding from the landscape and cultural-historical perspectives. Kruunusillat shall have a positive effect on Helsinki’s image and shall be a worthy legacy for future generations.

Schedule
The applications shall be received no later than 3 August 2011 (by 3pm).
The competition period will begin on 19 September 2011 and conclude on 27 January 2012.
If the jury decides that a two-stage competition is necessary, the duration of the second competition period shall be approximately four months beginning from April / May 2012.

See Competition Programme and appendices, www.kruunusillat.fi , for more detailed information. Competition rules are described in Competition Programme, Section 1.9. The language of the competition is English. Architects, building engineers, structural engineers, landscape architects, geologists and traffic planners thrghout the European Union can apply.

The 5-10 selected teams will get a fee of 50.000 EUR.

Possible questions shall be sent to the following e-mail address: kruunusillat@hel.fi.

Further Information:
Helsinki Public Works Department
P.O. Box 1515
FI-00099 Helsinki
Finland

City of Helsinki
Registry P.O. Box 10
00099 City of Helsinki,
Finland
eMail: kruunusillat@hel.fi
web: www.kruunusillat.fi

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