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Pre-invitation: Architecture competition for cultural centre in Tartu, Estonia

21.12.2022

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Tartu city government in cooperation with the Estonian Association of Architects are inviting to participate in the international architecture competition for the Tartu downtown cultural centre.

The purpose of the competition is to find the best architectural design for the building and outdoor space of the cultural centre, which suits the given location and milieu the most and creates a whole with the urban space along the river Emajõgi.

Participants are invited to design a building for city library, art museum, event centre with multifunctional black-box and other activities supporting the cultural centre with a biologically diverse and active park and human scale public space.

The competition will be launched on the first days of january of 2023. The deadline for subissions is 05.05.2023.

Prizes: first prize 60 000 Euros, second prize 40 000 Euros, third prize 20 000 Euros and three special rewards each 10 000 Euros.

The webpage of the competition. After the launching of the competition there will be added links to competition task and other materials.

Opening seminar will be held on 16.01.2023 at 13 o´clock in the hotel Lydia at Tartu. This will be preceded at 12 o'clock by tours at the competition site led by Tartu city architect and his team. Please register for the event in advance. 

Additional information:

Elo Kiivet
Project Manager of the Tartu downtown cultural centre
elo.kiivet@tartu.ee
+372 5656 9674. 

Tartu City Government 
Estonian Association of Architects