Central City Seasonal Library Design Competition
The CoR is organising a design competition to redesign Grófarhús in partnership with the Icelandic Architects' Association. The competition is a design and execution competition with pre-selection.
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The Department of
Environmental Planning requests applications from architects/design teams to participate in the pre-selection.
The Premier Committee reviews applications received and selects five teams to participate in a contest for alterations and improvements to the Rough House on Tryggvagata, which is set to host the city's future library.
Submission of applications and key dates
Step 1
Preselection, application with requested data for step 1 submitted.
Step 2
Five teams will continue to be selected and, subject to Stage 2 conditions, invited to participate in the competition.
Step 3
A winning proposal is selected and, subject to step 3, is negotiated.
Design Competition Timeline
January
- 7, 2022: Preselection and competition announced
- 21st: Bidder's inquiry deadline before 12 noon
- February 1: Purchaser response deadline
- 10th February: The deadline for applications is 10.00 p.m. 12 times a day
4 March. Result of preselection - 13th: Bidder's inquiry deadline before 12 noon April
- 27th: Purchaser response deadline
- 18th: Contestants submit proposals by 12 noon. 17th June The jury's conclusion is available.
January
11 March. Contracts concluded and design competition documents issued to competitors
April
May
Markmið fyrir nýtt aðalsafn Borgarbókasafnsins:
Open Space for All – A Democratic Platform Guided by Sustainability and Innovation
- That the City Library's new main library will be a living cultural and community house, a platform for democracy with sustainability and innovation in mind for the people of Reykjavik. It is a true Open Space for all, taking into account the artificial functioning of libraries in modern society.
- Redesigning the museum to accommodate the future needs of Reykjavik's residents and offer access to information, experiences and services like new libraries in many overseas capitals that we want to compare with, while taking into account Icelandic culture and characteristics.
- That the library becomes its touchstone in the provision of digital and human services, a neutral platform for co-creation where we dare to think things over again, so that we can respond quickly to the rapid changes in society and the needs of the city's citizens.
- Actively engage residents in creating a setting, experience, and program for a new collection in collaboration with the house's design team. The reshaping will see the Library as a living platform where ongoing developments in activities and changes will be expected in collaboration with the population.
- An ambitious, realistic and exciting proposal that is well suited to the environment, it is a historic building. Environmental considerations, sustainability, and eco-design are required to guide design and material selection. The aim is for the building to be eco-certified with BREEAM.
The City of Reykjavik and the City Library work with design thinking and will focus on participation and collaboration with City of Reykjavik residents in the design process.
Forvalsnefndir, dómnefnd o.fl.
Preselection Committee
- Representative of USK - Amundi V Brynjolfsson, Engineer and Office Manager
- Representative of USK - Solveig Sigurdardottir, Architect and Project Manager
- City Library Representative - Gudrun Lilja Gunnlaugsdottir, Designer and Head of Department
- Representative from Design Center - Thelma Gudmundsdottir, Interior Architect
- Representative of AI - Hildur Gunnarsdottir, Architect
Selection Committee
- Representative of USK - Olof Orvarsdottir, Chairman of the Jury, Architect and Department Head
- Representative of USK - Gudni Gudmundsson, Construction Technician
- Representative of the City Library - Palina Magnusdottir, Librarian and Information Scientist and City Librarian
- Represented by AÍ - Marcos Zotes, Architect
- Representative of AI - Halldor Eiriksson, Architect
Secretary: Greta Thorsdottir Bjornsson, Architect and Project Manager
Consultant/Project Manager: Gisli Saemundsson, Architect
Jury Advisors
- Aat Vos, architect and consultant
- Arna Yr Saevarsdottir, Head of Service Design Office
- Arnar Snaeberg Jonsson, Project Manager at the Department of Welfare
- Elias Bjarnason, Project Manager in the Office of Public Works and Maintenance
- Hjalmar Sveinsson, Councillor
Trustee
The trustee of the competition is Helga Gudjonsdottir. Email Address trunadarmadur@ai.is Phone number: 7802228 / 8483306
The design and implementation of a competitive area is on behalf of the City of Reykjavik. The City of Reykjavik invites the competition to the European Economic Area.
All eligible candidates are free to participate in the pre-selection and are requested to form multidisciplinary teams of at least one architect, one interior architect and one experience designer when applying for pre-selection.
The 5 teams that will be selected in the pre-selection and will come up with proposals for the competition will be paid from £5,000,000 each for the formulation of a competition proposal. In addition, a winning proposal will receive an additional $5,000,000 plus the expected achievement of the project design contract.
Preselection description and accompanying documentation
A preset description is available as of January 7, 2022, and can be accessed at https://utbod.reykjavik.is.
Competitors must log on to the CoR Tender Website to participate. Participants are advised that to ensure that all information regarding the competition is received, it is important to log on to the tender web site.
Inquiries and responses to them will be available on the tender web site. The inquiry deadline for the pre-selection is January 21, 2022, before 12 noon.
It is intended that responses to inquiries will be available within 10 business days.