See what Sapieha Park would look like: Only one project has been submitted for the competition: MadeinVilnius.lt

The open competition for architectural projects for the management idea of ​​the Vilnius Sapiegai Park and its accesses, which ended today, had only one participant.

“Even realizing that designing the Sapieha Park renovation is not only a challenge that requires professional professionalism, but also excellent negotiation skills, the municipality is disappointed with the inactivity of the landscape architects. During previous management ideas for this park and even project discussions, we heard a lot of criticism and ideas from professional landscape design specialists, making it even more unfortunate that none of them found the motivation to put together a realistic scenario, Mindaugas said. Pakalnis, Chief Architect of Vilnius. “The work submitted to the competition will be evaluated, but keep in mind that this is not a case where a participant automatically means that they will be the winner; it will be evaluated very carefully, and if the project does not fit, the competition may fail” .

All the planned evaluation procedures will be carried out – public presentation and evaluation of the submitted project, determining compliance with the terms of reference and scores according to the evaluation criteria specified in the bidding conditions. 20 thousand were provided for the competition. Euro prize fund.

The project was submitted to competition from March 8. It will be exhibited on the second floor of the Lithuanian Architects Union building (Kalvarijų str. 1). The exhibition can be viewed (subject to security requirements) on weekdays, from 9 am to 5 pm.

March 17, 4-5 pm There will be a public presentation of the work submitted to the contest remotely on the Zoom platform. Reviewers will discuss the project.

March 18 A closed-door meeting of the evaluation committee is scheduled. The commissioners will evaluate the project according to the following criteria: comprehensive respect for the historic park in the context of the modern environment, original and comprehensive architectural idea, and compliance with the principle of sustainable development.