| The present state | In early April, eight participants submitted their competition entries. The jury decided upon the outcome of the competition on April 25 and 26, 2007 in Tripolis. The result was announced on June 30, 2007, during the UN Habitat Seminar and presented on this page. For more information, click on 'results'. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sponsor of the competition | Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, represented through the ODAC (Organization for Development of Administrative Centers). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Site | The site is a 240 ha area located in the south of Tripoli. The area is traversed by the Airport Highway, which connects the city center with the international airport in the south. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Project content | It is intended to develop an administrative complex of approx. 700,000 sqm GFA in 30 buidlings for the government of Libya. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Procedure | The competition is a single stage urban design and architecture competition with an application procedure. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jury | Architectural jurors: Craig Dykers, Oslo/New York Guido Hager, Zurich Prof. Rodolfo Machado, Boston Prof. Matthias Sauerbruch, Berlin/London Prof. Peter Zlonicky, Munich Alternate Architectural juror: Prof. Bruno Sauer, Valencia Technical jurors: Ali I. Dabaiba, Tripoli Khaled M. Elgwail, Tripoli Anwar A. Sassi, Tripoli Dr. Ali Shebani,Tripoli Alternate Technical jurors: Salah Abograra, Tripoli Mohsen M. Ben Halim, Tripoli Dr. Ahmed M. Shembesh, Tripoli Hafath Zaidan, Tripoli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prizes and fees | The total amount of prizes is 300.000 USD: 1st prize: USD 120.000 2nd prize: USD 90.000 3rd prize: USD 60.000 4th prize: USD 30.000 A flat rate fee of 100.000 USD is payed to each paticipant in respect of expenses incurred. Travel costs for the paticipants' colloquium will be reimbursed. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Participants | The following architectural firms have been selected as competitors: • Architekten von Gerkan Marg & Partner, Hamburg • Ateliers Lion Architectes Urbanistes, Paris • Burckhardt + Partner AG, Zurich • Consolidated Consultants Engineering & Enviroment Jafar Tukan Architects, Amman • Kisho Kurokawa Architects & Associates, Tokyo • Léon Wohlhage Wernik Architekten GmbH, Berlin • Libyan Architect Group, Tipoli • Schultes Frank Architekten, Berlin • Zaha Hadid Architects, London | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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