The competition

— The job will be awarded through a negotiation procedure with an announcement (art. 17,§3,4° Law on Government Tenders 24.12.1993).

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ANNOUNCEMENT INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION

— Beliris organizes an international design competition searching for a design team that will renew the Schuman Square.

The most important change concerns leading motorised traffic underground, but the protection of the surrounding residential areas is also taken into account. The design should also contain a study of the light-plan for the entire area.

The design team that will be responsible for the design of Schuman Square will be chosen on the basis of an international concept competition. Beliris organizes this competition through a negotiation procedure with an announcement.

The procedure will proceed through two stages:

A qualitative
selection Awarding the job with contract criteria

* One of the contract criteria relates to the drawing up of a conceptual design (sketch) for the redesign of the wider area of Schuman Square according to a programme of pre-arranged aims. Beliris is supported in the evaluation by an international advisory committee.

DOWNLOAD THE OFFICAL PUBLICATION:

BELGISCH BULLETIN DER AANBESTEDINGEN (.PDF) EUROPEES PUBLICATIEBLAD (.PDF) WEDSTRIJDVOORWAARDEN (.PDF)
Bulletin des Adjudications Belge (.PDF) Journal officiel de l'Union européenne (.PDF) Conditions du concours (.PDF)
TERECHTWIJZEND BERICHT (.PDF) AVIS RECTIFICATIF (.PDF)

Nominated candidates after the qualitative sélection

NOMINATED CANDIDATES – In alphabetical order	(+ SUBCONTRACTOR)
D+A INTERNATIONAL (Brussels – Belgium) + COOPARCH – R.U. (Brussels – Belgium) + AT OSBORNE (Brussels – Belgium) + FLINT & NEILL (London – England)	ACT LIGHTING DESIGN (Brussels – Belgium)
	B.E.C.I.
	C.E.S. (Brussels – Belgium)
GRONTMIJ (Zaventem – Belgium) + WEST 8 BRUSSEL URBAN DESIGN & LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE (Opwijk - Belgium)	ATELIER ROLAND JEOL (Paris – France)
OMGEVING (Antwerp - Belgium)	OKRA LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS (Utrecht - The Netherlands)
OMGEVING (Antwerp - Belgium)	ARA (Edegem – Belgium)
R² D² ARCHITECTURE (Brussels – Belgium) + RICHEZ ASSOCIES (Paris – France) + BAGON (Brussels – Belgium) + ARIES CONSULTANTS (Rosières – Belgium)
ROOSE & PARTNERS ARCHITECTS (Brussels – Belgium) + O(ML) ARCHITECTURE (Paris – France) + INGEROP (Valenciennes – France)
XAVEER DE GEYTER (Brussels – Belgium) + MICHEL DESVIGNE (Paris – France) + NEY & PARTNERS (Brussels – Belgium) + TRITEL (Brussels – Belgium)

Due to an ex aequo for the 5th position, both candidates have been nominated.
6 Candidates in stead of 5 were nominated based on the qualitative evaluation.

LAUREATE OF THE COMPETITION: XAVEER DE GEYTER

The architects bureau Xaveer de Geyter from Brussels is the laureate of the international urban design competition for the redevelopment of the Robert Schuman roundabout. The bureau is assisted by Tritel (mobility), Ney & Partner (stability) and Michel Desvigne (landscape architecture).

The competition has been organized by BELIRIS in association with the International Union of Architects; the jury consisted of representatives of the Federal State, the Brussels Capital Region (among whom the Brussels Master Architect Olivier Bastin), the European Commission, the European Council, the City of Brussels and a team of international experts, namely: Jeroen Zuidgeest (The Netherlands), Alberto Francini (Italy), Martin Haas (Germany), Kimmo Lintula (Finland), Peter Lorenz (Austria), Claire Bailly (France) and Marwan Zouein (Lebanon).

In the meantime, the project will be further elaborated with the main public shareholders and the residents concerned; the works are planned for 2015.

An exhibition with the remaining five projects that have been introduced is planned for 2012.

LAUREATE OF THE COMPETITION