Competition for architectural solution for Science Promotion Center on 15 September

Source: eKapija Tuesday, 14.09.2010. 13:02
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Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration and Minister of Science and Technological Development Bozidar Djelic yesterday invited architects from around the world to take part in the international competition for an architectural solution for the future building of the Science Promotion Center, which will be announced on 15 September.

Djelic said at a press conference at which this project was presented that, owing to this competition, a non-everyday facility would be built in Belgrade within the next two years, in which pupils and students of primary and secondary schools, their parents and teachers would have a chance to learn more about science and technology.

The competition will be open until 21 October, while the results will be published on 17 December this year.

The winners of the first three places will receive €60,000, €20,000 and €10,000, respectively.

This is the first international architectural competition for a preliminary solution to be held in Serbia in almost 30 years, the Minister noted.

The competition is being announced by the Ministry of Science and Technological Development, in line with the recommendations of UNESCO, and in association with the Serbian Association of Architects, the Belgrade Society of Architects and the International Union of Architects, Djelic confirmed.

He explained that the project was a part of the programme of investment into scientific infrastructure, which was being financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB), adding that the project’s value was €20 million, which was 5% of the total investment programme.

The construction of the new facility for the Science Promotion Center in Block 39 in New Belgrade will be important for the city and the whole of Serbia, the Deputy Prime Minister underlined, adding that the idea is to make the center a symbol of not only science, but also urbanism and architecture.


The idea is to turn Block 39 into a modern campus of science and arts and bring Belgrade onto the radar of world architecture, like Bilbao did with its Guggenheim Museum.

Djelic stressed that the construction of the center would be the first step towards what Block 39 would become, being a place where faculties of science, technology and art would be located along with prominent institutes.

The center will be completed by the end of 2012 and around 200,000 students and adults will visit it every year, the Deputy Prime Minister announced, specifying that the building will span over 10,000 square metres.
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