Arrangement of the Kale Hill in Skopje
Arrangement of the Kale Hill in Skopje now is over!
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Skopje, Faculty of Architecture in Skopje together with City of Skopje are hosting an international architectural competition for arranging the Kale Hill in Skopje inviting all architects, as well as architecture students to participate.
About Competition
New international architectural competition for arranging the Kale Hill in Skopje is now opened for entries! Hosted by The Museum of Contemporary Art (Skopje), Faculty of Architecture (Skopje) and City of Skopje this architecture competition is dediacte for preparation of preliminary urban and architectural development design for arrangement of the Kale Hill in Skopje.
This Competition for preparation of preliminary urban and architectural development design for arrangement of the Kale Hill in Skopje constitutes an integral part of the project Kale – Cultural Fortress with the goal of encouraging the revitalization and spatial arrangement of the Kale Hill into an attractive and vibrant city attraction with various cultural, educational and recreational functions.
Two important cultural monuments dominate the Kale Hill: The mediaeval fortress – Kale and the Museum of Contemporary Art. The exceptional historic and contemporary significance of these two imposing structures for the City of Skopje have been largely diminished due to many years of neglect of the broader location of the Kale Hill.
Feeling the detrimental consequences of this situation regarding the availability to the public on one hand, while being aware of the enormous potential of this space in possible support and expansion of the diversity and attractiveness of their programs on the other hand, the team of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Skopje, by announcing this competition for preliminary design proposals, encourages bold and innovative, but at the same time simple and feasible ideas and concepts
for cultivating the Kale Hill into “cultural fortress” and the public interest.
The task of the competition is development of preliminary urban and architectural development design whose basic purpose is to encourage transformation of the space in an urban area with new program, spatial and landscape qualities. The participants in the competition are required to recognize and present the values and potentials of the location, as well as to identify the opportunities and ways in which it could attract new users, new ‘residents’.
Guidelines:
In the segment for the specific location, the competition participants are required to study the immediate area of the specific location, to recognize its values and qualities and to develop and propose concept/s for “populating” the space with a few (optimally between 2 and 3) temporary constructions of the type pavilion, intended to house some of the contents of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Skopje, as well as new contents that should transform the specific location in a manner that would add multiple new purposes.
The pavilions should represent new points of public interest within the specific location. In addition to accepting “museum” contents, the pavilions should be open to other possibilities, i.e. enriched or transformed into other – temporary uses. The visitors should be able to stay in them for a while, be informed about something, obtain certain service, be a part of an event, meet and communicate with the other visitors to the Museum or the place, but to also be able to briefly shelter from the elements, rest, etc.
There is no entry fee to participate!
Eligibility
Eligible to participate are architects, as well as architecture students, regardless of their place of residence and work.
Entry fees
There is no entry fee to participate!