ProjectNext communications agency and White Gardens business center announce an open
international competition for architecture, structural-engineering, and design firms with the aim
of finding the best concept for White Gardens Arcade.
Arcade is a public space between the two blocks of the White Gardens business center, which is
located in the well-known White District business district. The glass-roofed space of the Arcade
contains restaurants, cafes, and bars. During the warm months of the year visitors may sit out on
open verandahs and listen to concerts. Arcade has a floor area of more than 800 square meters
and is intended as a place where both people working at the business center and the general
public may come to relax.
The INTER SPACE: WHITE GARDENS ARCADE competition is for architecture, structural engineering,
and design firms and firms specializing in urban design and territorial development, as well as for
individual architects and designers with a degree in architecture or design and with experience of
working on real projects. Participants in the competition are asked to generate ideas and proposals
for organizing the Arcade space and for helping people find their way to Arcade, with the aim of
creating a new comfortable environment which people will find it interesting to visit. The
competition winner will have the chance to sign a contract for realization of the project. Winners of
the second and third places will receive monetary prizes. The best ideas submitted will be realized
during the course of a multi-stage investment project aimed at creating a popular and attractive
urban environment. Realization of the first stage of the project is scheduled for completion by the
beginning of the summer season of 2016.
“We hope to turn Arcade into a new attraction on the map of the capital. Our aim is to create an
active, modern, and comfortable urban space not just for people working at the business center,
but also for all citizens of Moscow,” says Elena Malinovskaya, Leasing Director at Millhouse
property-management company and member of the jury for the Inter Space: White Gardens Arcade
competition. Development and improvement of urban areas is one of the most interesting fields of
activity today. We are confident that in this area initiatives on any scale are important, and it is
possible to change a city for the better only by uniting efforts made by everyone – the authorities,
developers, architects, and citizens themselves.”
Jury for the INTER SPACE: WHITE GARDENS ARCADE competition:
Elena Malinovskaya, Leasing Director, Millhouse
Yevgenia Murinets, head of the Board of the Architecture Council at Moscow’s Committee
for Architecture and Urban Planning
Yaroslav Kovalchuk, head of the architecture and planning workshop at NPO-38 ‘Historical
zones’, NIiPI Genplana Moskvy
Szymon Wojciechowski, architect, owner and General
Darren Comber, architect, General Director, Scott Brownrigg
Andrey Sinyavin, head of the Consultations Department, Sawatzky Property Management
Oleg Shapiro, member of the Board of Trustees, Strelka Institute for Architecture, Media,
and Design, partner in Wowhaus (architects)
Yuly Borisov, architect, founder and General Director, UNK project (architects)
Sergey Estrin, architect, founder, architecture workshop of Sergey Estrin
Boris Levyant, architect, founder, ABD architects
Boris Voskoboynikov, architect, founder, VOX architects
Anatoly Belov, Editor-in-chief, Project Russia
Prize fund
First place: the chance to sign a contract for preparation of architectural drawings and realization of
the project, or a monetary award of 200,000 rubles
Second place: a monetary award of 150,000 rubles
Third place: a monetary award of 100,000 rubles
Timetable for the competition
October 26th, 2015 Start of the competition; participants may submit their entries
December 2nd, 2015 Orientation seminar and tour of Arcade
February 7th, 2016 Deadline for submission of projects by participants
February 10th, 2016 Open presentation of shortlisted projects
February 15th, 2016 The winners are announced
March – May 2016 Preparation of architectural drawings; work on realization of the
project
June 2016 The competition results are presented at the newly renovated Arcade
For more detailed information on the competition, see our website
http://www.projectnext.ru/events/index.php?id=1643
Group in Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/WhiteGardensOfficeCenter/?pnref=lhc
To take part in the competition, please register at
http://www.projectnext.ru/competition/registration.php?id=1642
