Brno will announce an international urban planning competition for the exhibition area
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Brno - Brno is preparing for next year an international open urban planning competition for the redevelopment of the exhibition grounds. The competition will have two rounds, and its brief will be developed this year by the newly established Office of the Architect of the City of Brno. The goal is to obtain a proposal that will connect all functions of the area and make it more accessible to the public. This was stated by the mayor's deputy Martin Ander (SZ) to ČTK. The costs for organizing the competition are about 7.5 million crowns. Veletrhy Brno is 95 percent owned by the city, which purchased the majority stake from Messe Düsseldorf.
The Office of the Architect will work on the competition brief for the first three months of next year. "It can therefore be expected that we would announce the competition itself in April, and we would like to have its results by the end of next year," Ander stated.
According to him, the area now has more functions. "It is a valuable area connected with the history and image of the city both in the Czech Republic and abroad. We are a city of fairs and the fair function is important. It needs to be preserved and developed, but the area also serves other functions. There are hotels, conferences, we have the Vida center there, a traffic education facility, and sports, relaxation, and recreational activities are also held there," Ander listed.
The competition is not, according to the city's leadership, aimed at seeking new uses for the area at all costs, but rather at finding a quality solution for unifying, maintaining, and integrating it into the city structure. "We want to find a unifying concept for the area, invigorate it, and integrate it into the life of the city. Currently, it is detached and closed off from the city. The competition can help with that," Ander stated.
The subject of the competition will be the development of a conceptual urban planning study not only for the exhibition grounds themselves but also for the surrounding area used by the transportation company, waterworks, and the Riviéra recreational area. A basic prerequisite will be the preservation of the fair operations.
Last year, the city owned only 34% of the fairs but purchased the majority stake of 61% from the German owner Messe Düsseldorf for approximately 225 million crowns. It also plans to buy the remaining 5% from minority owners.
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