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ARCHITECTS FROM ITALY, FRANCE, RUSSIA AND BULGARIA CONTINUE IN THE SECOND PHASE OF THE COMPETITION FOR A NEW LOOK AT SVETA NEDELYA SQUARE

Today the jury’s work was completed in the first stage of the international competition for a conceptual design for the renovation of Sveta Nedelya Square in the historical centre of Sofia. The seven participants were selected to whom Sofia Municipality will send invitations to develop conceptual projects:

GTRF Giovanni Tortelli Roberto Frassoni Architetti Associati +  Studio Morfe 

Studio Wilmotte

Studio Fuksas

Consortium: OW/MA/CL with consortium members: One Works, Maofficina, Сracknell

Studio Paola Vigano

Konkurent-90 EOOD

Consortium AI Architects LLD, CLAB Architettura, Yuri Sheredega, Dina Dridze, Evgeniy Shirinyan

The international jury was attended by arch. Borislav Ignatov and Assoc. Prof. Yordanka Kandulkova – representatives of the Chamber of Bulgarian Architects, arch. Grigor Doychinov – Representative of the Union of Architects in Bulgaria, Arch. Sergey Kuznetsov – Chief Architect of Moscow, Arch. Marlena Happach – Chief Architect of Warsaw, Arch. Yoni Babotsi – General Director of Planning and Urban Development at the Municipality of Tirana, Arch. Martin Aarz of Rotterdam, arch. Sotiris Tsolous of Athens, working in Dubai, arch. Galina Tascheva, who works in the United States, representatives of the Regional History Museum Sofia – Dr. Veneta Handjiyska, eng. Boris Chilev and arch. Valentina Varbanova, arch. Yasen Kiossev from the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy and Maria Mahandjieva – lawyer from the Architecture and Urban Planning Department of Sofia Municipality. The chairman of the jury was Mrs. Malina Edreva, Chair of the Standing Committee on Education, Culture, Science, and Cultural Diversity at Sofia Council.