Register: 07/15/2016, Submit: 09/07/2016, Eligibility: Certified architects, individually, teams, Fee: Free, Awards: 1st Prize 2,000 USD, 2nd Prize 1,500 USD,3rd Prize750 USD



We are delighted to invite you to attend the VI International architectural festival "Eco-Shore", which will be hosted from 21 to 25 September, 2016 in Baku (Azerbaijan). The festival program includes themed exhibitions brought by the representatives of the participating countries. The exhibitions brought by the foreign architects aim to demonstrate the best achievements in the field of the architectural urban coastal development space.
Other activities include: a scientific conference themed "Coastal areas of Baku city - Problems and Prospects", discussions, lectures and presentations, as well as guided tours of the new urban development in Baku.

Traditionally, the culmination of the festival is going to be the presentation of the results of the competition for the best architectural and urban planning solution for the development of the coastal territory. In 2016, co-organizer of the festival The Union of Architects of Azerbaijan invited the participants to a rethinking of the coastal area of Baku and formulated the theme of the competition as "Regeneration of Coastal Marine Industrial Area of Baku City and its Transformation into Public Spaces".

The Festival's Organizing Committee looks forward to continuing a constructive dialogue between the professionals in the field and society on the topic of "Architecture and Water" and invites to participate in the Festival и Competition architects from Russia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Georgia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Montenegro, Poland, Bulgaria and other countries.

Background
In the current context of economic, urban and environmental challenges the Festival aims at the comprehensive development of innovative ideas of the organisation and the development of the coastal space, including solution of individual tasks, in particular:

- modern environmental, urban and architecture and design development of coastal and island areas;
- creation of ecologically safe recreational area;
- raise awareness of the development prospects of coastal and island areas among the government, municipal and community organisations.
- comprehensive development of water tourism and creation of its infrastructure;
- promotion of active lifestyle;
- promoting the introduction of new innovative technologies in the development of the coastal areas;
- attracting attention of investors, designers, constructors, producers of materials, products and technologies to new ideas of the coastal space development.

In light of this challenges the problems of leisure and habitation in immediate vicinity of the coastlines are the most acute and topical, as the coastal areas are the primary and irreplaceable value for the city, its residents, tourists and business.
The competition is organised in order to use the equal creative competition to receive proposals for the improvement and development of the waterfront of the Seaside boulevard along the coastline of the Baku bay.

Objective
The main object of the competition participants is to suggest an original conceptual solution demonstrating a contemporary and innovative approach to the complex development of the coastal territories with elements of public and tourist infrastructure.
The participants shall propose functional zoning and the principles of area improvement for active public use and recreation. An indicative nomenclature of buildings to be accommodated in the designed area should be developed, an easy access for maintenance of technical services as well as an adequate number of parking places both for cars and tourist buses should be provided.

Website: ecobereg.ru

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