Contracting Authority
Olomouc City
Competition Type
Open Design Contest, 2 Phases
Submission of Proposals, 1 Phase
26.4.2024, 14:00
Submission of Proposals, 2 Phase
20.9.2024, 14:00
Prizes and Sketch fees
700 000 Kč - 500 000 Kč - 350 000 Kč + sketch fees 3 x 125 000 Kč
Mandatory use of electronic tool
The subject of the competition is the design of stage III of the flood protection measures of the city of Olomouc. Its implementation will complete the flood protection of most of the built-up area of the city. It includes the Morava River and its left and right bank riverine zone upstream of the bridge on ul. Komenského ( following the just completed implementation of stage II.B) up to the confluence of the Trusovický brook with the Morava, as well as the Trusovický brook and the downstream zone from its confluence with the Morava up to the crossing with the Olomouc-Praha railway line. Outside the river zone, the subject of the competition is the design of a flood protection measure in the form of a closing dam (embankment) between Černovir and Hejčín, including a floodgate on the Mlýnský Brook.
The aim of the competition is not only to increase the protection of property and safety of Olomouc residents but also to develop a vision of the city for its future development. The flood protection improvements should not consist in a mere increase of the existing walls and dykes, but in a comprehensive concept of the river space in the city. This should divert large amounts of water, allow recreation for the city's residents, and also include the return of natural features to the watercourse environment and its surroundings. At the same time, the competitors should offer a strategic concept for the approach to the Morava River area, accompanied by a plan for thoughtful acupuncture interventions reflecting the changing landscape and urban character of the area. The aim is to obtain a comprehensive urban solution that will offer a proposal for the organisation of the whole area.
In phase 1 of the competition, the overall conceptual solution will be important and in phase 2 there will be room for its more concrete elaboration.
The estimated investment costs for the project implementation are 244 million EUR. The competition will verify the estimated costs and will serve as an indicator for their possible update.
Competition Conditions
Competition Brief
Contracting Authority's Profile
Jitka Trevisan
Jury ChairAfter fifteen years of professional work abroad in the field of design, teaching and research, she founded her own design office trevisan atelier+ in 2010. It deals with complex design and consulting activities in the field of garden and landscape design. The main areas of interest of the atelier are garden, landscape, public spaces, architecture and design with an emphasis on the context of the site and preserving the uniqueness of the location.
Miroslav Žbánek
Jury Vice-ChairMayor of the Statutory City of Olomouc
Zuzana Jančovičová
Landscape architect with a secondary specialization in socio-spatial analysis. She studied landscape architecture at Wageningen University and Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra. She has worked in studios such as DS Landschapsarchitecten, Bureau B+B, Karres+Brands and Vista. She currently works as a senior landscape architect for the city of Amsterdam and runs a studio at the Academie van Bouwkunst Amsterdam.
Michal Giacintov
architect
Miroslav Korbička
He collaborated with Ivan Ruller with whom he won first place in the competition for the riverbank of the Svratka River in 2017. In the Svratka riverbank they formulated the public space on the left bank as a colonnade with free access to the water and open space for leisure activities in an urban environment. He has his own architectural practice in the office Archt:me They focus on the ecological design of buildings, both in terms of construction and the use of renewable energy.
Antonín Tůma
Director of the Morava river catchment area
Antonín Novák
He is a Czech architect and university teacher at the Brno University of Technology and Technical University in Liberec. With Petr Valenta, he founded the design office Atelier D.R.N.H. The works of Atelier D.R.N.H. have been nominated three times for the Mies van der Rohe Award for the Czech Republic, won the Grand Prix of Architects, Building of the Year, took 3rd place in the competition for the Czech pavilion at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai and Antonín was the first to become Architect of the Year.
Otakar Štěpán Bačák
alternateFirst Deputy Mayor
Cyril Pavlů
alternateHe is an architect and urban designer and works at Mandaworks, a progressive design studio specializing in landscape architecture, public space, urbanism and comprehensive planning. The Stockholm-based studio was founded in 2010 and is currently working on a diverse portfolio of projects in Sweden and abroad.
Tomáš Pejpek
alternateDeputy Mayor
Jana Křenková
alternateHead of the Office of the Chief Architect, Department of Strategy and Management, Olomouc City Hall
