BETON HALA

WATERFRONT CENTER C om pe t it ion R e gula t ions


PROMOTER OF THE COMPETITION
The Promoter of the competition is the City of
Belgrade represented by the Agency for Investment
and Housing and the Urban Planning Institute. The
Agency and the Institute will be responsible for the
organization of the competition.
SCOPE OF THE COMPETITION
Subject of the competition
The subject of the architectural competition is the
preparation of the Preliminary Architectural Design
for the new building: Beton Hala Waterfront Center
and the surrounding area near the Sava Port.
Purpose of the Competition
The purpose of the architectural competition is to
choose, on the basis of a comparison of designs
submitted, the best entry by a participant capable
of creating the most suitable design in fulfillment of
the promoters requirements as laid down in these
Terms, Program and Relevant Documents.
The ambition of competition is to identify proposals
that successfully address the requirements of the
Beton Hala Waterfront Center and the surrounding
site.
Terms and conditions of the public procurement
for services
The winner of the best entry shall conclude a
contract and collaborate with an authorized
architects/architectural team from Republic of
Serbia on all development phases of a project. The
Promoter will select the authorized architects and
engineers from the Republic of Serbia (according
to Public procurement law article 2 paragraph 9) in
collaboration with the winner.
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The actual contractual conditions for the development COMPETITION SCHEDULE
of the main design will not be determined before the
selection of the winner of the project competition. 18.02.2011.
The Promoter will be in charge of the dialogue and Competition announcement and registration start
negotiation. date
In the event of failing within two weeks from the 25.02.2011.
announcement of the competition results, for Competition documents available for download
reasons on the part of the winner of the best entry,
to conclude negotiations of terms of the contract as 25.03.2011.
single source procurement, new proceeding and Registration deadline and last day to download
negotiations without a public notice for a public competition documents | 15.00h - GMT+1
procurement shall be conducted, taking into account
the Authors awarded the 2nd and 3rd prizes of the 01.04.2011.
competition. Last day to submit questions
TYPE OF COMPETITION 08.04.2011.
Questions and answers posted on the Competition
The Competition is announced as an open web site
international anonymous one stage competition.
28.04.2011.
COMPETITION LANGUAGE AND SYSTEM OF Submission of designs | 15.00h - GMT+1
MEASUREMENT
09.05.2011.
The language of the competition is English. Use of Assessment of proposals and selection by the Jury
the metric scale is mandatory.
13.05.2011.
Announcement of winners
17.06.2011.
Exhibition opening date
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ELIGIBILITY AND ADMISSION TO THE
COMPETITION
Meeting professional requirements
Architects (architectural teams) may participate
in the competition, if they meet the following
requirements:
Architects participating in the competition shall
be licensed / certified / registered / authorized in a
professional body in their country,
Architectural teams participating in the competition
shall have at least one licensed/certified/registered/
authorized architect who will be the team leader.
At the time of registration, competitors shall prove
their professional competence by submitting copy
of a formal document on their license /registration /
certification/ authorization.
Should a winner of the competition not meet the set
forth professional prerequisites (or should he/she
give false data in his/her portfolio), the commission
shall discuss with the next ranked competitor. At
that stage the competitors will provide duly certified
copies of required documents.
Persons excluded from the competition
The following persons will not be admitted to take
part in the competition:
- Jurors and reserve jurors;
- Persons related to the Promoter of the competition
or participated directly in the preparation of
the competition assignment and in competition
announcement;
- The families of the above persons, as well as
persons belonging to any organization with which
the above mentioned are associated as heads,
officials or advisors. This stipulation also applies to
members of local government and administrative
authorities including the promoter.
Competitors may not receive direct or indirect
assistance related to the competition from persons
mentioned above.
ORGANIZATION AND CO-ORGANIZATION OF
THE COMPETITION
Professional and Technical Advisor
The Professional and Technical Advisor will ensure
that the competition schedule is respected, he/she
will supervise the registration of competitors, the
reception of questions, and the dispatching of the
promoters replies to all competitors on the web site,
supervise the reception of competition entries and
respect, at all times, the competitors anonymity.
She/he will control the work of the Technical
Committee, assist the Jury and be present during
adjudication.
Technical Committee
A Technical Committee will be appointed by the
Promoter or promoters representative and will work
under the control of the Professional and Technical
Advisor. The Committee will ensure that entries fulfill
the requirements.
The Technical Committee will take no part in the
adjudication process, nor may it eliminate any entry.
It will point out to the Jury any deviation from the
program or regulations, also with regard to the
deadlines established for the Competition.
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Competition Secretariat
The Competition Secretariat will work and can be
reached at the following address:
Address:
URBAN PLANNING INSTITUTE
Palmoticeva 30
Belgrade
Serbia
E-mail:
info@betonhala.com
Web site:
www.betonhala2011.com
ANONYMITY
Designs will be presented anonymously with an
identification code chosen by the competitor and
made up of a six-digit number followed by two letters,
10mm high. Therefore, no part of a competition
design shall contain a signature, password or any
other graphical mark which could lead to breach
of anonymity. The only exception is the content of
the sealed and opaque envelope with inscription
Identification.
On receipt of the submissions, the Technical
Committee will mask the competitors identification
codes by a serial number to be used throughout the
jury meeting. A register containing the identification
codes and the corresponding serial numbers will
be logged with the lawyer/notary until the jury has
made its decision.
When anonymity has been lifted after the jury has
declared the winning entries, all the envelopes will
be opened.
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Non-prize winning participants, who wish to maintain For international competitors information For the competitors from Serbia information
anonymity during the public exhibition of projects, regarding the payment is as follows: regarding the payment is as follows:
should indicate this wish in separate declaration in
the identification envelope. PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS Payer:
Name, Surname, Address
REGISTRATION PROCEDURE SWIFT MESSAGE MT103 EUR
Purpose of payment:
Requests to enter the Competition shall be submitted FIELD 32A: VALUE DATE EUR AMOUNT Otkup tenderske dokumentacije
by e-mail and reach the Competition Secretariat not
later than 25.03.2011. FIELD 50K: ORDERING CUSTOMER Payee:
Budet grada Beograda
Requests shall indicate: FIELD56A: DEUTDEFFXXX
- the individual competitor or team representatives (INTERMEDIARY) Account number: 840-742341843-24
full name and nationality Payment code (ifra plaanja)
- full contact details including telephone and fax FIELD57A: /DE20500700100935930800 153 (za gotovinske uplate)
numbers, e-mail address (ACC.WITH BANK) NBSRRSBGXXX 253 (za bezgotovinsko plaanje)
- copy of license/certificate of membership in Poziv na broj po modelu 97 i u nastavku
professional association proving the individual FIELD59: /RS35908500100000030069 se upisuje 76-501-24
competitors or team representatives right to practice (BENEFICIARY) GRAD BEOGRAD
the profession in his/her country of residence DRAGOSLAVA JOVANOVICA 2 The payment of 200.00 euros to be made in dinar
- copy of the bank transfer showing that the BEOGRAD counter value at the official exchange rate of the
registration fee has been paid. NBS valid on the day of payment.
FIELD70: DETAILS OF PAYMENT
Registration fee Bank transfer charges to be paid by competitors.
The competitors must pay 200 Euro to the promoter Bank transfer charges to be paid by competitors. Payment for the purchase of the tender
of the competition for the purchase of the tender Payment for the purchase of the tender documentation is non-reimbursable.
documentation on the following bank account: documentation is non-reimbursable.
It is essential that the name of the individual
It is essential that the name of the individual competitor or team representative registered for
competitor or team representative registered for the competition is the same as the one on the
the competition is the same as the one on the bank transfer. Bank charges shall be paid by the
bank transfer. Bank charges shall be paid by the competitor.
competitor.

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Any competitor wishing to obtain further information
may send questions exclusively by e-mail to the
Competition Secretariat. All such queries received
within the given deadlines will be answered and
available on the competition website. It will then be
considered to be an integral part of the competition
brief. The questions and answers document will
also be sent to the jury members.
THE JURY MEMBERS; DEPUTY MEMBERS
The Jury will be composed of seven members.
Deputy members will attend all jury sessions
without having the right to vote, unless called upon
to replace a voting member.
Tasks and responsibilities of the jury:
The jury shall consider the criteria set by the promoter
and establish its criteria for assessing the projects,
and examine all entries. Decisions of the jury shall
be taken by a majority vote, with a separate vote on
each entry. In the event of a tied vote, the President
shall have the casting vote. Decisions taken by the
jury are final.
The jury panel is expected to comprise:
1. Josep Acebillo, architect, Barcelona, Spain
2. Dr Kurt Puchinger, architect, Wien, Austria
3. Dr Darko Radovic, architect, Tokyo, Japan
4. Roberto Simon, architect, Brazil
5. Dragan Djilas, Mayor, City of Belgrade, Serbia
6. Vladimir Lojanica, architect, Belgrade, Serbia
7. Milica Grozdanic, architect, Belgrade, Serbia
Deputies jury:
1. Dejan Vasovic, Deputy Mayor, City architect,
Belgrade, Serbia
2. Dr Ana Miljacki, architect, Boston, USA
ADJUDICATION CRITERIA
Deliberations of the jury
At its first session, the jury will elect its President.
The decisions of the jury shall be taken by a majority
vote, with a separate vote on each design submitted.
In the event of a tied vote, the Chairman shall have
the casting vote.
The jury will decide about the invitation of other
experts if and when necessary.
Evaluation criteria
The winners of the design competition will be
selected on the basis of the following criteria, which
are not listed in any order of priority:
Overall architectural, aesthetic, functional and
technical assessment of the response to the
requirements set out in the competition brief.
The use of integrated design, including integration,
synergy, sustainable measures and cohesion of the
architectural concept.
Cost estimate, including the proposed designs
robustness in terms of compliance with the
budgetary framework. A specific assessment will
be made of the way in which integrated design has
been used from a point of view of construction costs
and building technology.
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Quality of functional, layout and operational
designs.
Assessment of the proposed solution against
the required construction deadlines and phase
construction.
The winning proposal has to be innovative and
original, to possess the quality of a new landmark
and represent a state of-the-art architectural
edifice.
The floor areas will be measured in connection with
the assessment.
The winner should be prepared to enter into an
intense dialogue with the competition promoter
about the build-ability of the project, the principles
proposed and the costs of the solutions.
Reasons for elimination from the competition
The jury shall eliminate from the competition all
those designs that:
do not comply with content requirements of the
announced Competition Regulation and Competition
Program,
do not comply with the anonymity requirements
of the Competition Regulation and Competition
Program,
were not delivered within the required deadlines.
The Jury is obliged to eliminate from regular
evaluation all those competition designs that do not
comply with the prescribed conditions included in
the presented regulations.
Report of the competition jury: discussions
and decisions
The report covering sessions and meetings of the
jury and their results shall contain in particular:
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a. The minutes of jurys meeting, including the
results of all votes,
b. Decisions as to the elimination of a design from
the competition,
c. A list of all the accepted competition designs,
d. A brief evaluation of all the awarded designs,
e. The decision as to the granting of prizes and
awards, including justification thereof,
f. Attendance lists for jury members and experts.
LIST OF DOCUMENTS TO BE PROVIDED BY
THE PROMOTER
In addition to the Competition brief the competition
material comprises the following Annexes:
List of documents provided by the Promoter:
Geodetic survey of the site and site limits
(*.dwg)
Geodetic survey of the site indicating buildings
designated for demolition (*.pdf)
Section of the site and the existing Beton Hala
(*.dwg)
Valorization map (*.pdf)
Aerial photograph with viewpoints of the 3
mandatory perspectives (*.jpg)
Pictures F1, F2, F3 selected for rendering the
mandatory perspectives (*.jpg)
Photographic documentation of the building site
(*.jpg)
Tables to be filled with summaries of surfaces of
the submitted design (*.xls)
Historic overview of the planning activities
concerning the Belgrade Fortress (*.pdf)
Competition brief will be available to all participants
at the time of the registration period.
The relevant documents will be sent by e-mail to
each registered competitor.
DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE
COMPETITORS
Site drawings
1. General layout plan of the area in scale 1: 1000
(traffic serviceability, accesses, massing plan, traffic
organization schemes).
The Architectural design of the new Beton Hala
Waterfront Center:
1. Site plan of the entire Beton Hala Waterfront
Center complex in 1:500,
2. Two cross sections of the entire Beton Hala
Waterfront Center complex in 1:500,
3. For each individual building, floor plans of all
floors in scale 1: 200 with schematic
representation of interior and description of
summaries of functional areas,
4. Cross sections illustrating basic principles of a
structural design of the building/buildings
in scale 1:200,
5. All elevations in scale 1:200,
6. Details in appropriate scale,
7. Perspective views of a general architectural
design of the New Building only introduced
into 3 photographs marked F1, F2 and F3
in A3 formats.
Competitors are free to choose any technique they
want to, provided that the building proposed and
the surrounding buildings and urban furniture are
illustrated in correct proportions in relation to each
other. It is up to each entrant to choose a graphic
style.
Plans shall be submitted on a maximum of 8 separate
sheets, format A1 (594x841mm) landscape position.
Plans shall be also submitted on 2 CD carriers in pdf
format (A3 format).
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The sheets shall be submitted in an opaque and
solid sealed package/tube.
An identification code, to be chosen by the
competitor, comprising a six-digit number followed
by two letters, 10 mm high, will be located on the
bottom left-hand corner on each sheet. On the
bottom right-hand corner, there will be a separated
frame 30 x 30 mm designated for the number of the
drawing. The Title: Beton Hala Waterfront Center
should appear on each sheet.
Descriptive report including tables
A general report shall include downsized posters
summarizing the graphical part and a brief and clear
explanation of the basic principles of the design with
particular emphasis on:
- General urban concept for the site,
- Communication schemes: public, road, bicycle
and pedestrian paths and connections,
- General concept of the architectural design of the
Beton Hala Waterfront Center,
- Simple description of operational and spatial
relations inside the building,
- Brief technical description of the structural design
and materials used,
- Calculation of areas using the sample table,
- Estimated costs of the Project execution based on
evaluation of the proposed m2.
The report shall not exceed three A3 pages using font
size 12, bearing the ID code. The report including
the required text and the tables and reduced plans
shall be submitted in nine printed copies. The report
will be also stored on 2 CD carriers together with the
plans. All that shall be included, together with the
plans, in a solid and opaque sealed package.
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Identification Envelope
An envelope with the inscription Identification
shall contain names, addresses and signatures of
authors, co-authors and the above mentioned 2
CD carriers with plans in .pdf format (A3 format) as
well as the report in .doc or .xls (in case of tables)
formats.
The chosen code will be on the front side of the
envelope.
It shall be sealed, completely opaque and placed
together with the plans in a solid package.
SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES
Competitors must ensure that their entries arrive
at the Competition Secretariat on or before:
28.04.2011.
Entries shall be sent to the following address:
Urban Planning Institute
Palmoticeva 30
11000 Belgrade
Serbia
Those packages sent from foreign countries must
be packed so as to facilitate customs inspection,
where required.
In order to preserve anonymity, the Competition
Secretariat will discard packages and wrapping
materials on reception.
Competitors, who hand-in their entries, will
be provided with a receipt by the competition
secretariat.
AWARDS PRIZES AND HONORABLE
MENTIONS
A total amount of 70.000 EUROS will be available for
prizes and honorable mentions. It will be distributed
as follows:
I prize 30.000,00
II prize 20.000,00
III prize 10.000,00
2 Honorable Mentions, 5.000,00 each.
The Promoter undertakes to pay the prize money
within 50 days of the announcement of the
competition results.
If for a reason due to the Promoter decision, no
contract for carrying out the project has been signed
within twenty four months of the announcement of
the jurys award, the first prize winner shall receive
as compensation a further sum equal to the amount
of the first prize.
In so compensating the first prize winner the
promoter takes on the obligation to carry on the
project development in collaboration with the
author.
The winning entry / entries will be incorporated in
the city planning documents as far as possible, in
their entirety or in parts.
INSURANCE OF ENTRIES
Entries will not be insured, as the Promoter assumes
that entrants keep the originals of the submitted
materials.
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ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS
The results of the competition will be announced
on 13.05.2011. The Promoter reserves the right to
publish all winning entries.
COPYRIGHT, OWNERSHIP AND PUBLICATION
OF DESIGNS
Copyrights of competitors
Copyright to an entry will always remain with the
entrant.
The promoter is entitled to publish the submitted
entries. The name of the entrant will be stated in
connection with such publication.
Permission to use authorial works for the
purposes of this competition
Designs that have been awarded a prize or an
honorable mention become the ownership of the
promoter. Their authors grant their consent to the
promoter for the use of their submissions for the
purposes of this competition.
However, any use of their authorial works for other
purposes than the ones set forth herein requires
authorization by the authors.
All drawings and plans, with the exception of those
which have been awarded prizes or honorable
mentions, will be returned to the authors on request
and at their expense or destroyed after closing of
the public exhibition.
Exhibition of competition designs
The promoter commits to organize a public exhibition
of all competition designs within two months
after announcement of the competition results.
Competitors who do wish that their own competition
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designs are exhibited without the authors name

shall express this wish in a separate declaration in
the identification envelope.

By submission of a competition design, a competitor

agrees with free reproduction and exhibition of his/
her competition design for the promotion of the
competition and its results.

Notification and announcement of competition

results
The promoter shall inform competitors about the
competition results. After the final decision of the
Jury, the promoter shall announce the competition
results in the same manner as the competition itself
was announced.

ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMPETITION

REGULATIONS

By submission of a competition design, a competitor

agrees with the Competition Terms and Conditions
and commits him/herself to follow and observe
these regulations.

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