West 8 has been selected for the international competition for Zaryadye Park, Moscow
18-06-2013
As a result of an eight-hour long meeting on 17th June, the Jury selected six teams out of 90 international applications for the design competition Zaryadye Park, Moscow. TEAM West 8 is one of the six teams which enter the final to submit design proposal for this first contemporary park in Moscow since 1958.
The international competition for Architecture and Landscaping Design Concept for a site in the very heart of Moscow, Zaryadye, was announced on 19th April 2013. Zaryadye Park is located near the Red Square and the territory has remained abandoned for seven years.
The list of finalists contains the following:
- TEAM West 8 (+ BERNASKONI) (the Netherlands)
- Diller Scofidio + Renfro (USA)
- Gustafson Porter (UK)
- MVRDV (the Netherlands)
- Turenscape (China)
- TPO RESERVE, MAXWAN, Buro Happold en Latz + Partner (Russia)
In terms of its significance, the Zaryadye park project is without precedent. It is impossible to find a similar undeveloped site in the heart of any other global capital. This is why the Moscow city government has commissioned an international competition to develop the site. The park will project a new image of Moscow and Russia to the world. The jury panel consists of leading experts, among them — famous expert in the field of urban sociology Saskia Sassen, deputy mayor of Barcelona Antoni Vives i Tomas and Head of the Landscape Architecture Department at Harvard University Graduate school of Design Peter Walker. The competition contains 2 stages. The main evaluation criteria for stage one are the composition of the consortium, which shall consist of representatives from various specialties, and the consortium portfolio.
West 8 has formed a consortium with a young and successful local architect firm BERNASKONI for the competition.
The above 6 teams will enter the stage 2 of the competition and provide landscape and architectural concepts for Zaryadye park in September. After examination of technical expertise these projects will be presented to the Jury early November 2013. And later on the winner will be involved in implementation of the project.
More details can be found also in the organizer's Facebook page and official website.
