International concept and design competition in a single phase - shortlisting. Urban upgrading of the area called Cremona City Hub

POINT 1: OBJECT AND GOALS OF THE CONCEPT AND DESIGN COMPETITION

Cremona Municipality is the "proponent" of an international concept and design competition in a single anonymous phase with short-listing selection.
The competition aims at collecting several proposals for urban upgrading. The proposals must be drafted according to the rules established in art. 5.5 of the Regulation.

POINT 2: GUIDELINES

The short-listed competitors will be provided with specific "Guidelines".

POINT 3: COMPETITION PROCEDURES

3.1) Type of competition: international concept and design competition in a single anonymous phase with short-listing selection; 3.2) Person in charge of the procedure: architect Marco Masserdotti; 3.3) Participation rules: see the Regulation; 3.3.1) Quality requirements to participate: see the Regulation; 3.4) Causes of exclusion: see the Regulation; 3.8) Complementary documents: available according to the rules contained in the Regulation.

POINT 4: COMPETITION - SHORTLISTING

4.1) Call for proposals: see the Regulation; 4.2) Delivery of the documents: within 30 days from the publication of this announcement on the municipal notice board; 4.3) selection of the candidates: the jury will select at the most 7 (seven) competitors.

POINT 5: COMPETITION

5.1) Participation procedures: the short-listed competitors are all invited to participate to the competition; 5.2) Additional Documents: the short-listed competitors will be provided with the Guidelines and other documents as indicated in the Regulation; 5.5) Project proposals: see the Regulation; 5.6) Delivery of the project proposal and of the additional documents: within 90 days from the invitation to participate; 5.7) Declaration of the winner and end of the competition procedure: within 30 days from the delivery deadline.

POINT 6: AWARDS

The winners will get a prize of Euro 25.000 (twentyfive thousand). The short-listed competitors (not winners), who have presented before the deadline a proposal in line with the functional program and completed by all the necessary documents, will receive a reimbursement of Euro 10.000 (ten thousand euros) each.

POINT 7: PUBLICATION OF THE RESULTS

The results of the competition will be published under the law in force.

POINT 8: PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

AEM Cremona S.p.A will entrust the winner with the task of drafting the Implementation Plan (public/private initiative) according to the rules established in the Agreement Protocol signed by the proponent.
For further information concerning the activities of the project manager, the tasks of AEM Cremona S.p.A. and the tasks of Cremona Municipality, please see the Regulation.
For further information concerning the payment of the project manager, please see the Regulation.

POINT 9: COPYRIGHT

For further information concerning the copyright on the proposals presented, please see the Regulation.

POINT 10: OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

The official language of the concept and design competition is Italian. The project's documents must be presented in Italian.

FURTHER INFORMATION

For further information see the Regulation on the website www.comune.cremona.it
Sent to the Official Journal of the European Union on the 3rd of November 2011.

Cremona, 2nd of November 2011

THE DIRECTOR
OF THE TERRITORY PLANNING DEPARTMENT
Arch. Marco Masserdotti

*The official language of the competition is Italian and, in case of any disputes, the original text in Italian of the documents shall be deemed authentic.