Park Banja Luka

Information about level of Vrbas river related next to the compeptition plot you can see on drawings we enclosed earlier, just follow the link below or look it up on the official site of the competition, you can find it on top of the page marked in red: https://en.banjaluka.rs.ba/wp-content/uploads/arhitektonski_konkursi/cross_section_drawing_of_the_vrbas_river_bank.pdf

Deadline for sending the envelope by regular post is 5th of December including the December 5th, 2021, by 11:59 PM (GMT +1). This means that the last day to send the envelope is 5.12.2021. If you mail the sealed envelope on December the 5th, it will surelly arrive in Banja Luka after the 5th of December, but it will have a post stamp with that date (December 5th), and your proposal shall be accepted as submitted on time, so you still have time. Printed exhibition poster reduced to 21×29,7cm, horizontally oriented, which should be enclosed in the posted envelope must be in this proposed format. The Label with information about the author is in folder number 07_LABEL_WITH_INFORMATIN_ABOUT_AUTHOR and it also must be enclosed in the envelope which you are sending by regular post. Every page of your competition proposal, posters and all graphic attachments should be marked with your unique code (author’s code).

According to our Rulebook on competition procedures, we are not able to extend the deadline at this stage of competition.

The extension of the Street of Olympic Winners is planned along the park area, and the route to the northern perimeter along the existing railway. It is planned to connect to Braće Pišteljić Street from the north, and after passing the route under the existing overpass.

File can be delivered in two parts separately with the same code with the addition of the word ‘animation’ or else ‘notebook’ (eg AB12345_animation). Size of each additional file cannot be increased and it should not exceed 30MB.

The landfill is dispersedly distributed everywhere over the location, and is generally up to 2m deep.

We do not have tamplate for the statements list for the textual document in A4 format, so you can arrange it by yourselves. Dimensions for label with information about the author for the poster at the public exhibition, is in the folder  07_LABEL_WITH_INFORMATION_ABOUT_AUTHOR, which is an integral part of the competition documentation and you are suppose to print it on A4 paper.

The lithological composition of the land under the landfill is a sandy river sediment and gravelly river sediment, while the geological characteristics of the terrain are well-consolidated and well-bearing alluvium. The water permeability of the herb is very good. The groundwater level is at a depth of about 4m to 7m.

Parking lots across the shopping mall are public, so they can be used for park. Autors are free to suggest some other location within the competition area for more parking lots.

In the proposed form of the exhibition poster, the upper left corner is provided for a situation meaning SITE PLAN in the scale of 1:2500. Situation means SITE PLAN as an scaled drawing (aspect ratio of 1:2500) which should illustrate the complete location of park in the scale of 1: 2500 with positions of all planned and existing facilities, also should show the purpose of use of any specific parts of area, disposition of all proposed facilities, parking areas, pedestrian paths, landscaped green areas, lighting positions, zones for construction of specific facilities, infrastructure traces and all other special purpose areas.

Existing hydrotechnical installations in the park area can not be relocated.

The existing hydro-technical infrastructure at the park site is a fecal collector Ø800mm located at a depth of 1.5 m (elevation of the bottom of the pipe) and a precipitation collector Ø1600mm located at a depth of 3.5 m (also elevation of the bottom of the pipe).

You can adjust size of frames in the proposed poster template, considering that 3D models of park would definitely look better in horizontal perspective. Please just try to keep the same location areas for the drawings, text and code as is suggested, and feel free to adjust the size of frames in accordance to your competition proposal so it looks as good as possible. You are not obligated to show all 12 graphic attachments on the exhibition posters.

Authors are free to decide whether to keep or remove existing vegetation in any of the zones.

According to our Rulebook on competition procedures, we are not able to extend the deadline at this stage of competition.

It is not mandatory to have detailed graphical attachments of the cross-section and characteristic views of buildings structures within the park complex, but try to keep the proposed aspect ratio, consideering that the other participants will also aplly the proposed aspect ratio.

Graphical attachment, no. 3 Site plan of individual partes of the park (as is mentioned in the chapter 2.3.4.) should show a specific sections of the park on a larger scale (1: 500) with a catalog, with proposed all floristic elements). Site plan of the landscape arrangement of the park. Which specific parts of park will be shown in this graphics will be decided by the author himself, because the choice depends on the concept of the author’s solution.

Future park does not have a name yet, and you are in not required to assign it one.

There are 36 photographs of the location in folder 04 PHOTO included in Competition documentation.

You don’t have to register in advance for participating in competition, nevertheless all you have to do is to make your competition proposal and submit it in digital formats, in form of a folded/compressed folder (.zip, etc.) to the following link https://en.banjaluka.rs.ba/competition-park-bl/ by the deadline for submission on 5^th of December 2021. All specific details concerning labeling and submission of competition proposals you can find in downloaded folder “COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT”. Author (you) choses its “unique code” made up of five Arabic numbers and two letters. In addition to the digital submission of the proposal, it is mandatory for applicants to send a sealed envelope with the label “AUTHOR” by mail, also marked by the code of the proposal on the back side of the envelope. The address and other details are given in the text in folder Competition anouncement, chapter 3.2. Labeling competition proposals.

You can change the aspect ratio for the 3 zones for 3D MODELS indicated in the schematic poster proposal.

You can change the sheet size in order to keep the scale 1: 1000.

All Applicants are required to submit the 3D ANIMATION as a part of its competition  proposal documentation.

At your request, we will attach Cross section drawing of the Vrbas River bank and Dispositional arrangement of the Vrbas riverbed at the precise location of the park, which you can download at the following link https://en.banjaluka.rs.ba/competition-park-bl/

There is no registration for this competition. The selected author code is the one that will be assigned to the paper.

The obligatory format is defined for the posters for the exhibition and the notebook, while the other formats are chosen by the authors.

Yes. There should be 2 posters with dimensions of 70x100cm.

It is a view of the connection between the park and the nearby buildings.

This means that the last day to send the envelope is 05.12.2021. yr. The envelope may arrive after that date.

The railway station is north of the location and the railway is in use.

Top right on each page of the required documentation. The font on the exhibition poster can be enlarged.

In the Notebook, graphic attachments are reduced to A3 format, while some graphic attachments are submitted in a defined scale. They are submitted separately because not all details are visible in A3 format.

1. The dimensions of individual files (graphic attachments) are not defined, since different sizes require a different format, and the authors are left free to define them. 2. Additional graphic attachments of the author’s choice are possible. 3. The proportions defined are binding.

Graphic appendix 1 gives a height representation.

Information on species and their position is described in the part of the tender documentation –    3.3. Extract from the Bio-ecological basis

Format, size, position, etc. the elements are defined only for one of the two obligatory posters for the exhibition, which was submitted as part of the tender documentation. For all other graphic attachments, the authors are left free to choose the listed elements.

Code position, font size, font, etc. on a small poster for the exhibition are defined by the authors.

1. A dog park and sports field should appear as content in the park, the position is left to the choice of the authors. 2. The numbers represent the elevations of the terrain in the current state. The final leveling is suggested by the authors.

Any video format that is below 30MB.

Here is the link for site’s location on Google Maps https://goo.gl/maps/kjtqmoBKhb88Aajs9

Yes, 3D ANIMATION in duration of up to one minute is mandatory. It could last less then one minute, but it must be a part of your competition content proposal.

Participants may submit only one competition proposal, without any alternative solutions.

Participants may submit only one competition proposal, without any alternative solutions.

There aren’t any train stations in this area. The main form of public transport in Banja Luka is by bus. Internet application where you can find more detailed information about public transport in the city is https://bl-bus.com/ The existing bus stop on the Bulevar srpske vojske is looking from the south, is located nearly 50m after the intersection with the Aleja svetog Save and the second after the intersection with the Boulevard of Olympic Winners, also the current locations can be partially corrected in terms of displacing them from 10m to 20m to the north.

We are very sorry to hear that, and we would be very happy if you could participate especially since you are interested in our competition. Our regulations for conducting this competition require complete anonymity while submitting proposals, so it is mandatory to send a sealed envelope marked “AUTHOR” and marked by the code of the proposal, by regular mail. We hope there is a possibilty that you could send this sealed envelope with the label “AUTHOR” via one of International couriers, package delivery and express mail services such as DHL, UPS or FedEx if they operate in your country, we would be more then happy to help you with anythig else if this opportunity exists.

We are not able to postpone the deadline for submission of competition proposals.

The entire path of the newly planned road on the north side of the location (Olimpijskih pobjednika) you can see on Master plan for this location, on the following link https://www.banjaluka.rs.ba/gradska-uprava/prostorno-uredjenje-i-gradjenje/regulacioni-planovi/gallery/%d0%bc%d0%b7-%d0%b1%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%ba-2/ Master plan of the expansion areas on the west side of the bid invitation site between Aleja Svetog Save, Boulevard of the Serbian Army and Park Mladen Stojanović you can see on the following link: https://www.banjaluka.rs.ba/gradska-uprava/prostorno-uredjenje-i-gradjenje/regulacioni-planovi/gallery/%d0%bc%d0%b7-%d0%b1%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%ba-2/ It is not obligatory to print an exhibition poster. All elements of your competition proposal (graphics and description) applicants should submit in digital format in a form of a folded/compressed folder (digital formats .zip, etc.) and to the following link www.banjaluka.rs.ba/konkurs-park-bl https://en.banjaluka.rs.ba/competition-park-bl/ by the deadline for submission on 5^th of December 2021. ONLY ONE SEALED envelope with the label “AUTHOR” marked by the code of the proposal on the back side of the envelope, should be sent send by regular mail. We shall accept all competition proposal, including sealed envelopes, which will be sent before the deadline, including December 5, 2021, by 11:59 PM (GMT +1).

The width of the river Vrbas in this particular area you can graphicly measure on the Geodetic site plan.dwg which you have in folder 03_Basic documentation, and is it about 58 meters wide. As for the depth of the river, it is about 1.5 meters in that part of the flow and the height difference between the banks and the riverbed are around 8 to 12 meters. Detailed information about the area of the Vrbas River overflow, as well as the water levels, you can find at the following link: http://vrb.pmfbl.org/

If you mail the sealed envelope on December the 5th, it will surelly arrive in Banja Luka after the 5th of December, and that means subbmision ON TIME. The most important thing concerning your submission is that you digitaly submit your proposal to the following link https://en.banjaluka.rs.ba/competition-park-bl/ and send the envelope with the label “AUTHOR” by a regular mail, or via one of International couriers, package delivery and express mail services such as DHL, UPS or FedEx, before the deadline, including December 5, 2021, by 11:59 PM (GMT +1), and your proposal shall be accepted as submitted on time.

Currently we are not able to postpone the deadline for submission of competition proposals. Local just as international participants will be submitiing their competition proposals according to regulations defined in the Competition documentation. The sealed envelope with the label “AUTHOR” which the authors are obliged to send by a regular mail, you can also send via one of International couriers, package delivery and express mail services such as DHL, UPS or FedEx. Dog park as football field positions can be relocated. Authors have the right to suggest positions for each content, in accordance with theirs idea for park design concept.

If you are unable to send a sealed envelope by regular mail due to COVID restrictions, we would recommend that you send sealed envelope with the label “AUTHOR” via one of International couriers, package delivery and express mail servicessuch as DHL, UPS or FedEx.

The space planned for the park is not covered by master plan. Infrastructure plan you can find within competition documentation in folder 03 BASIC DOCUMENTATION, attachment 3_2 GEODETIC SITE PLAN INFRASTRUCTURE, which shows all the routes of the existing and planned hydrotechnical, electrical, telecommunication and thermotechnical infrastructure.

The first prize award winner Competition proposal of a conceptual landscape urban-architectural design of the park will serve as the basis for the preparation of detailed technical documentation for building the park.

It is a typo. Your Competition proposal must contain TWO EXIBITION POSTERS in .pdf format, horizontal layout, in dimension of 100×70 cm, and ONE SMALL POSTER FOR DIGITAL EXIBITION / in .jpg format, dimension of 1920×1440 pixels, horizontal layout, illustrations with resolution of 150 PPI.

It is allowed for students of architecture, or a team of students of architecture to participate in this Competition. Competition is international and open to public, meaning for everyone who is creative and has a good conceptual proposal for park (architects, landscape architects, students of architecture, landscape architects, designers and others).

There isn’t any water feature within a vegetation zone of the site.

The entire path of the newly planned road on the north side of the location (Olimpijskih pobjednika) you can see on Master plan for this location, on the following link https://www.banjaluka.rs.ba/gradska-uprava/prostorno-uredjenje-i-gradjenje/regulacioni-planovi/gallery/%d0%bc%d0%b7-%d0%b1%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%ba-2/. Master plan of the expansion areas on the west side of the bid invitation site between Aleja Svetog Save, Boulevard of the Serbian Army and Park Mladen Stojanović you can see on the following link: https://www.banjaluka.rs.ba/gradska-uprava/prostorno-uredjenje-i-gradjenje/regulacioni-planovi/gallery/%d0%bc%d0%b7-%d0%b1%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%ba-2/. It is not obligatory to print an exhibition poster. All elements of your competition proposal (graphics and description) applicants should submit in digital format in a form of a folded/compressed folder (digital formats .zip, etc.) and to the following link https://en.banjaluka.rs.ba/competition-park-bl/ by the deadline for submission on 5^th of December 2021. ONLY ONE SEALЕD envelope with the label “AUTHOR” marked by the code of the proposal on the back side of the envelope, should be sent send by regular mail. We shall accept all competition proposal, including sealed envelopes, which will be sent before the deadline, including December 5, 2021, by 11:59 PM (GMT +1).

One sealеd envelope with the label “AUTHOR” marked by the code of the proposal on the back side of the envelope must be sent by regular mail, and by the deadline for submission on 5^th of December 2021. The most important thing for applicants is just to send the envelope no later than 5^th of December. Envelope (letter) if sent on 5th of December will surelly arrive after the deadline, but the deadline is determined only for sending envelopes, not receiving them.

Competition Jury decides by a majority of votes and determines the final order of the competition proposals. After jury makes a Decision on the awards, the announcer will immediately notify the authors of the awarded proposals on the results of the competition (by submitting the Decision), after which disbursement of the awards will be made by transferring the funds to the account of the author, within 30 days of the publication of the competition results.

Locations of the dog park and sports facilities could be considered, but autor has the right to suggest positions for each content, in accordance with its own concept of design.

The number of words is limited only to the description of the competition proposal itself.

Characteristic views of structures inside of the complex implies 2D graphic representation of all buildings facades, which the author envisions in the park (eg facades of the restaurant, pavilion facades, facades of bungalows for tourists, outdoor amphitheater, etc.).

Site plan of the park complex is a simple site plan graphics with marked contents zones, vehicle, pedestrian and bicycle paths and marked green areas, while the Site plan of the landscape arrangement of the park is a site plan with larger scale presentation, that includes also previously mentioned elements, but with a more detailed presentation of the park content in terms of plants type.

The participant is obliged to send send by mail a sealed envelope with the label “AUTHOR” (which is marked on the back with the selected work code). It is an envelope containing information about the author, as well as other necessary information and statements, all of which are listed in Chapter 3.2. announcement of the competition (on pages 7 and 8). This method of submitting the envelope AUTHOR is prescribed in order to ensure anonymity in the procedure of submitting the competition works in digital format to the established link.

The area of the competition is covered by the Parcelation Plan for the construction of the Sports Complex in the Boulevard of the Serbian Army from 2009 year, according to which the construction of a sports complex is planned. In the folder 03 Basic Documentation there is a graphic attachment 3_2 Geodetic site plan infrastructure in which is shown all existing and planned infrastructure routes.

Detailed information about the area of the Vrbas River overflow, as well as the water levels, you can find at the following link: http://vrb.pmfbl.org/ River Vrbas doesn’t flood every year.

Unbuilt plots on the north and northwest from the proposal site, according to Master plan are  planned for construction of multi-family residential, commercial and office buildings. You can find graphic attachments on the city’s website https://www.banjaluka.rs.ba/gradska-uprava/prostorno-uredjenje-i-gradjenje/regulacioni-planovi/gallery/%d0%bc%d0%b7-%d0%b1%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%ba-2/

The bike path along Bulevar srpske vojske already exists.

The main form of public transport in Banja Luka is by bus. Internet application where you can find more detailed information about public transport in the city is https://bl-bus.com/ The existing bus stop on the Boulevard of the Serbian Army looking from the south, is located nearly 50m after the intersection with the Alley of St. Sava and the second after the intersection with the Boulevard of Olympic Winners, also the current locations can be partially corrected in terms of displacing them from 10m to 20m to the north.

All the data we have about the existing trees on the site can be found in the folder Basic Documentation. We do not have a more detailed data, Google map could be very useful.

Number of team members who can participate in creating the proposal for this Competition is not limited by competition announcement.

All legal and natural persons (individually or as teams-groups of authors) who meet the professional and other conditions defined by this competition, regardless of territorial affiliation, may participate in the competition.

All legal and natural persons (individually or as teams-groups of authors) who meet the professional and other conditions defined by this competition, regardless of territorial affiliation, may participate in the competition.

Applicants should submit their competition proposals in digital format in a form of a folded/compressed folder (digital formats .zip, etc.) and to the following link www.banjaluka.rs.ba/konkurs-park-bl (en.banjaluka.rs.ba/competition-park-bl) by the deadline for submission on 5^th of December 2021. ONLY ONE SEALED envelope with the label “AUTHOR” marked by the code of the proposal on the back side of the envelope, should be sent by regular mail. The envelope is to be sent to the following address: City of Banja Luka, City Administration, Department of Spatial Planning, Trg srpskih vladara 1, 78000 Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is an envelope containing information about the author, as well as other necessary information and statements, all of which are listed below in the text of the same chapter of the competition (on pages 7 and 8).

Detailed information about the area of the Vrbas River overflow, as well as the water levels, you can find at the following link: http://vrb.pmfbl.org/

In the folder 01_ ” COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT “, chapter 3.1. ” SUBMISSION OF COMPETITION PROPOSALS ” it is defined that the аpplicants shall submit their competition proposals in digital format to the following link www.banjaluka.rs.ba/konkurs-park-bl (en.banjaluka.rs.ba/competition-park-bl). In Chapter 3.2. LABELING COMPETITION PROPOSALS  it is defined that in addition to the digital submission of the proposal, the applicant shall send by mail a sealed envelope with the label “AUTHOR” marked by the code of the proposal on the back side of the envelope. It is an envelope containing information about the author, as well as other necessary information and statements, all of which are listed below in the text of the same chapter of the competition (on pages 7 and 8).

The right to participate have students and teams of student who can provide professional and other conditions defined by the competition.

If you try to submit your competition proposal with a code that has already been submitted, the system will return an error and you will need to define a new code.

In addition to the digital submission of the proposal, it is mandatory for applicants to send a sealed envelope with the label “AUTHOR” by mail, also marked by the code of the proposal on the back side of the envelope. The address and other details are given in the text in folder Competition anouncement, chapter 3.2. Labeling competition proposals.

1. The PDF attachment within the survey (page no. 6) which refers to the content scheme harmonized with the desires of the citizens, is placed so that the north is below the diagram, and the main access road (Boulevard of Serbian Armу) ison the right side of the diagram.
2. It is not necessary to plan content positions as proposed in the survey, these positions are only a recommendation.Authors have the right to suggest other positions for each content, also in accordance with your concept of the conceptual design.
3. Access to the park for motor vehicles should be provided exclusively from the newly planned road on the north side of the location.Access from the Boulevard of Serbian Аrmy should be planned exclusively for pedestrians and cyclists.
4. The number and position of pedestrian approaches should be decides by the author in corelation on the concept of the solution

You don’t have to register for competition, your “unique code” made up of five Arabic numbers and two letters is selected by the author (means YOU). All you have to do is to make a proposal for competition and submit it in digital formats, in form of a folded/compressed folder (.zip, etc.) to the following link en.banjaluka.rs.ba/competition-park-bl.  All specific details concerning labeling and submission of competition proposals you can find in downloaded folder 01_COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT”.

Applicants are required to submit their proposal which consists of the following documentation: notebook with textual and graphic attachments, two exibition posters in .pdf format, horizontal layout, small poster for digital exibition, 12 graphical attachments and 3D animation.

„2D animation“ as stated in chaper Labeling competition proposals (folder 01 Competition announcemet) is a techical mistake. If the size of your proposal exceeds the maximum size (more than 30MB), the animation can be sent as a separate .zip file under the same password, but under a different name (eg code: 12345DS, file: 12345DS_animation.zip).

The competition documentation is a large zip file (size 397MB) and you could wait a few minutes to download finish! If the internet connection is slow then you could get a network error. In that case you should resume download or start it again. We did some tests and the link is valid. You can download the file via WeTransfer too.

You don’t have to register for competition, nevertheless all you have to do is to make a proposal for competition and submit it in digital formats, in form of a folded/compressed folder (.zip, etc.) to the following link en.banjaluka.rs.ba/competition-park-bl.  All specific details concerning labeling and submission of competition proposals you can find in downloaded folder 01_COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT”.

Your “unique code” made up of five Arabic numbers and two letters is selected by the author (means YOU).

Bachelor students of Architecture are also able to participate in the “INTERNATIONAL OPEN PUBLIC COMPETITION FOR THE CONCEPTUAL LANDSCAPE URBAN­ ARHITECTURAL DESIGN OF A PARK ALONG THE BOULEVARD OF SERBIAN ARMY IN BANJA LUKA”.

Yes. Cash prizes are provided for the first three places. The net amounts of prizes to be awarded are listed in folder 01 of the Call for Proposals, in Chapter 6.

The documentation can only be downloaded via the link www.banjaluka.rs.ba/konkurs-park-bl, and in English via the link en.banjaluka.rs.ba/competition-park-bl. If you get an error while downloading the documentation, you also have the option to continue the download. The material is extensive and if you have a slower net at the time of download, an error may occur. Due to the mentioned difficulties, the tender documentation was also posted on the WeTransfer.

Yes. Documentation in English can be found at the following link.

The competition documentation is a large zip file (size 397MB) and you could wait a few minutes to download finish! If the internet connection is slow then you could get a network error. In that case you should resume download or start it again. We did some tests and the link is valid. You can download the file via WeTransfer too.