"Academic Kiril Popov" MG

"Academic Kiril Popov" MG

Competition for concept for new building

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Primary School "Knyaz Alexander I"

Primary School "Knyaz Alexander I"

Competition for concept for new building

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Secondary School "St. Patriarch Evtimiy"

Secondary School "St. Patriarch Evtimiy"

Competition for concept for new building

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Location

The new educational campus is planned to be built east of the SPS Hotel building, on a property with an approximate total area of 32,000 square meters, adjacent to a large intersection of "Sankt Peterburg" Boulevard and "Osvobozhdenie" Boulevard to the west. The construction of an extension of "Sankt Peterburg" Boulevard is envisaged, which will pass south of the future mathematical gymnasium property.

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Competition objective

The Municipality of Plovdiv is seeking conceptual designs for the construction of a new building for the Academic Kiril Popov Mathematical Gymnasium, which is intended to align with the development strategy of the educational institution to accommodate specialized and/or vocational training for a total of 1,550 students in 59 classes. The idea should also meet modern pedagogical, technical, and energy requirements, adhering to regulatory standards for this type of building.

The idea should include the construction of 8 buildings.

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History

The Academic Kiril Popov Mathematical Gymnasium - Plovdiv was established in the autumn of 1970. It has undergone several stages of development, corresponding to the educational and cultural needs of Bulgarian society.

The Academic Kiril Popov Mathematical Gymnasium is a leading institution in secondary education in the city of Plovdiv. For years, the gymnasium has been included in the list of innovative schools in the Republic of Bulgaria. After successfully passing competitive exams in mathematics and native language, with some of the highest results in the country, the school educates over 1,200 students. The focus of education is on specialized training in mathematics, IT, computer science, with intensive study of foreign languages. These are the basis for the students' advancement in various fields. Since 2017, the gymnasium has also increased its intake in the profession of "System Programmer", and since 2022, in the specialty of "Computer Graphics".

Requirements for participants

Participants must submit two boards sized A0, clarifying their concept. They must be horizontally oriented and submitted in PDF format or on CD. The boards should contain diagrams, sketches, drawings, collages. The graphic documentation should be accompanied by an explanatory note justifying the proposal in a minimum of 2000 and a maximum of 3000 words.

The competition is not anonymous.

Proposals are submitted:

– electronically to umove@plovdiv.bg by 23:59 on 19.06.2024;;

or

– on a CD until 17:00 on 19.06.2024 at the Registry of Plovdiv Municipality, 1 Stefan Stambolov Square, for the "Treasure for Minds" in person or through a licensed postal operator.

* The date of the postal stamp applies.

The official language of the competition is Bulgarian.

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Нова учебна база на МГ „Акад. Кирил Попов“

Award fund

The three best ideas will receive a prize of 3000 BGN each and will be presented to the general public in the form of an exhibition in open urban spaces.

The competition is for ideas only, does not include a subsequent construction phase, and is not a competition for an investment project in the sense of the Spatial Planning Act and the Regulation on the Conduct of Competitions in Spatial Planning and Investment Design.

Submitting proposals and/or winning awards in this competition does not constitute any kind of professional engagement between the Participant and Plovdiv Municipality. Plovdiv Municipality reserves the right to freely use, publish, and promote the submitted proposals while mentioning the authorship of the idea.

Award fund

20 000 BGN

15 000 BGN

10 000 BGN

Schedule

Announcement of the competition: 09.05.2024.

Deadline for submission of proposals:

  • 23:59, 19.06.2024 electronically to umove@plovdiv.bg

  • 17:00, 19.06.2024 on paper carrier at the Registry of Plovdiv Municipality, 1 Stefan Stambolov Square, for the "Treasure for Minds" competition initiative

Deadline:
19.06.2024

Assessment criteria

  1. Role in the educational environment and functionality: 35 points

    • Relevance of the proposal in the context of the city (0-20 points)
      * Note: Justification of the choice of function, according to the needs of the educational infrastructure.

    • Contextual, functional, and aesthetic design (0-15 points)

  2. Innovation and originality: 35 points

    • Innovation and originality of the idea (0-20 points)

    • Organicity and complexity of the idea (integration of complementary functions) – (0-10 points)

    • Utilization of modern audio-visual and digital technologies and dual learning (0-5 points)

  3. Solution for interior spaces and common areas: 30 points

    • Functional zoning of internal spaces (0-10 points)

    • Visual design of internal spaces (0-10 points)

    • Realism of implementation of proposed interventions (0-10 points)

  4. Economic and time frame for implementation of the proposal: 10 points

    • Time frame for implementation of the proposal (0-10 points)

Нова учебна база на МГ „Акад. Кирил Попов“

Location

At present, Primary School "Knyaz Alexander I" shares a campus with High School "Sts. Cyril and Methodius," which necessitates a two-shift teaching mode for a total of 1887 students distributed across 74 classes. The site for the new building, where Primary School "Knyaz Alexander I" is to be located, is designated in the open courtyard space immediately adjacent to the existing facility at 1 Han Kubrat Street, Central District.

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Competition objective

The Municipality of Plovdiv is seeking conceptual designs for the construction of a new building for Primary School "Knyaz Alexander I" with a total built-up area of 5620 square meters, within the free courtyard space adjacent to the existing building. The idea should be in line with the status of the territory on which the school will be built, namely a "territory with cultural-historical heritage status as a group architectural and construction monument of culture, an urban monument, and a cultural landscape monument."

The idea must also meet the following requirements:

  • Construction of a new building with modern and efficiently organized school spaces;

  • Preservation of immovable cultural heritage, with its volumetric-spatial characteristics, material and figurative authenticity;

  • Introduction of an innovative approach in architectural and interior design of the classroom, with reorganization of the classroom to provide equal access for students to the blackboard;

  • Creation of opportunities for multifunctionality of spaces, through easy transformation and the possibility of creating free flow from one functional zone to another.

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History

Primary School "Knyaz Alexander I" in Plovdiv is the successor of the oldest school in the country. The architect Pietro (or Paolo) Montani, who was the chief architect of Eastern Rumelia from 1879 to 1885 and the author of a number of iconic buildings in Plovdiv, including the building constructed for the Provincial Assembly of Eastern Rumelia - now the Regional Historical Museum, the first building of the State Hospital, the house of Lucien Chevalas, among others.

Established in 1850 by Nayden Gerov, the school briefly becomes an enlightenment center in Bulgaria. On October 20, 1885, immediately after the Unification, the newly built building, in which it is housed to this day, was ceremonially opened. The opening was attended by Alexander of Battenberg, Stefan Stambolov, Nayden Gerov, as well as many other state and public figures. In his speech, the director Dimitar Agura appealed to the Prince to take the school under his patronage and to give it his name.

Among some of the most emblematic teachers in the educational institution before and after the Liberation are: Nayden Gerov, Yoakim Gruev, Petko Karavelov, Petko Rachev Slaveykov, Dimitar Agura, Exarch Stefan, Zlatyu Boyadzhiev, Angel Bukoreshtliev, Maestro Georgi Atanasov, Svetoslav Obratenov, Murkovichka, and others.

From the classrooms of this school emerge some of the most prominent names in Bulgarian history, such as: Ivan Vazov, Petko Slaveykov, Peyo Yavorov, Dimcho Debelyanov, Georgi Bakalov; and renowned scholars attain academic titles: Chakalov, Valkanov, and others; the names of future public figures, politicians, and statesmen stand out: Konstantin Stoilov, Ivan Evstatiev Geshov, Andrey Lyapchev, and others.

One of the brightest figures in our history, Vasil Levski, is a graduate of this school.

Requirements for participants

Participants must submit two boards sized A0, clarifying their concept. They must be horizontally oriented and submitted in PDF format or on CD. The boards should contain diagrams, sketches, drawings, collages. The graphic documentation should be accompanied by an explanatory note justifying the proposal in a minimum of 2000 and a maximum of 3000 words.

The competition is not anonymous.

Proposals are submitted:

– electronically to umove@plovdiv.bg by 23:59 on 09.06.2024;;

or

– on a CD until 17:00 on 09.06.2024 at the Registry of Plovdiv Municipality, 1 Stefan Stambolov Square, for the "Treasure for Minds" in person or through a licensed postal operator.

* The date of the postal stamp applies.

The official language of the competition is Bulgarian.

Download Documentation
Нова учебна база на МГ „Акад. Кирил Попов“

Award fund

The three best ideas will receive a prize of 3000 BGN each and will be presented to the general public in the form of an exhibition in open urban spaces.

The competition is for ideas only, does not include a subsequent construction phase, and is not a competition for an investment project in the sense of the Spatial Planning Act and the Regulation on the Conduct of Competitions in Spatial Planning and Investment Design.

Submitting proposals and/or winning awards in this competition does not constitute any kind of professional engagement between the Participant and Plovdiv Municipality. Plovdiv Municipality reserves the right to freely use, publish, and promote the submitted proposals while mentioning the authorship of the idea.

Award fund

20 000 BGN

15 000 BGN

10 000 BGN

Schedule

Announcement of the competition: 09.05.2024.

Deadline for submission of proposals:

  • 23:59, 09.06.2024 electronically to umove@plovdiv.bg

  • 17:00, 09.06.2024 on paper carrier at the Registry of Plovdiv Municipality, 1 Stefan Stambolov Square, for the "Treasure for Minds" competition initiative

Deadline:
09.06.2024

Assessment criteria

  1. Role in the educational environment and functionality: 35 points

    • Relevance of the proposal in the context of the city (0-20 points)
      * Note: Justification of the choice of function, according to the needs of the educational infrastructure.

    • Contextual, functional, and aesthetic design (0-15 points)

  2. Innovation and originality: 35 points

    • Innovation and originality of the idea (0-20 points)

    • Organicity and complexity of the idea (integration of complementary functions) – (0-10 points)

    • Utilization of modern audio-visual and digital technologies and dual learning (0-5 points)

  3. Solution for interior spaces and common areas: 30 points

    • Functional zoning of internal spaces (0-10 points)

    • Visual design of internal spaces (0-10 points)

    • Realism of implementation of proposed interventions (0-10 points)

  4. Economic and time frame for implementation of the proposal: 10 points

    • Time frame for implementation of the proposal (0-10 points)

Нова учебна база на МГ „Акад. Кирил Попов“

Location

The new building will be located in the "West" district, Plovdiv - cadastral parcel IV-514.2000. The area of the plot is 9525 square meters, with no existing buildings or passing networks and facilities of the technical infrastructure on the property.

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Competition objective

The Municipality of Plovdiv is seeking conceptual designs for the construction of a new building for Secondary School "St. Patriarch Evtimiy" on the specified site, to facilitate transition to single-shift education for students from eighth to twelfth grade.

The new building must accommodate a capacity of 780 children and a built-up area of 3700 sq. m. / total floor area of 6500 sq. m., along with normatively defined specialized and servicing premises, courtyard areas (3920 sq. m.).

The idea must meet the following requirements:

  • Construction of a new building with modern and efficiently organized school spaces;

  • Introduction of an innovative approach in architectural and interior design of the classroom;

  • Creation of opportunities for multifunctionality of spaces, through easy transformation and the possibility of creating free flow from one functional zone to another.

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Need for a new building

Currently, Secondary School "St. Patriarch Evtimiy" is housed in a building in the city center at 19 Ivan Vazov Street, where children from 5th to 12th grade are educated. The same building has no possibility for expansion, and the high interest in the school necessitates a two-shift teaching mode for a total of 1,177 students. By constructing a new building, conditions will be provided for the education of 565 children who are currently in the gymnasium stage in the building at 19 Ivan Vazov Street.

History

In 1937, a mixed gymnasium was established in Plovdiv. Five years later, in 1942, it was divided into two schools, one of which was the Second Girls' Gymnasium "Queen Joanna." In 1945, the school was renamed after Lilyana Dimitrova. In 1950, the gymnasium merged with some of the students from the First Boys' Gymnasium and students from the First and Third Progymnasium. Thus, the Second Unified Mixed School "Lilyana Dimitrova" was created.

On November 20, 1991, according to a decision of the Municipal Council in Plovdiv, the school was renamed to Secondary School "St. Patriarch Evtimiy". Since August 1, 2016, the school has been called Secondary School "St. Patriarch Evtimiy".

Requirements for participants

Participants must submit two boards sized A0, clarifying their concept. They must be horizontally oriented and submitted in PDF format or on CD. The boards should contain diagrams, sketches, drawings, collages. The graphic documentation should be accompanied by an explanatory note justifying the proposal in a minimum of 2000 and a maximum of 3000 words.

The competition is not anonymous.

Proposals are submitted:

– electronically to umove@plovdiv.bg by 23:59 on 09.06.2024;;

or

– on a CD until 17:00 on 09.06.2024 at the Registry of Plovdiv Municipality, 1 Stefan Stambolov Square, for the "Treasure for Minds" in person or through a licensed postal operator.

* The date of the postal stamp applies.

The official language of the competition is Bulgarian.

Download Documentation
Нова учебна база на МГ „Акад. Кирил Попов“

Award fund

The three best ideas will receive a prize of 3000 BGN each and will be presented to the general public in the form of an exhibition in open urban spaces.

The competition is for ideas only, does not include a subsequent construction phase, and is not a competition for an investment project in the sense of the Spatial Planning Act and the Regulation on the Conduct of Competitions in Spatial Planning and Investment Design.

Submitting proposals and/or winning awards in this competition does not constitute any kind of professional engagement between the Participant and Plovdiv Municipality. Plovdiv Municipality reserves the right to freely use, publish, and promote the submitted proposals while mentioning the authorship of the idea.

Award fund

20 000 BGN

15 000 BGN

10 000 BGN

Schedule

Announcement of the competition: 09.05.2024.

Deadline for submission of proposals:

  • 23:59, 09.06.2024 electronically to umove@plovdiv.bg

  • 17:00, 09.06.2024 on paper carrier at the Registry of Plovdiv Municipality, 1 Stefan Stambolov Square, for the "Treasure for Minds" competition initiative

Deadline:
09.06.2024

Assessment criteria

  1. Role in the educational environment and functionality: 35 points

    • Relevance of the proposal in the context of the city (0-20 points)
      * Note: Justification of the choice of function, according to the needs of the educational infrastructure.

    • Contextual, functional, and aesthetic design (0-15 points)

  2. Innovation and originality: 35 points

    • Innovation and originality of the idea (0-20 points)

    • Organicity and complexity of the idea (integration of complementary functions) – (0-10 points)

    • Utilization of modern audio-visual and digital technologies and dual learning (0-5 points)

  3. Solution for interior spaces and common areas: 30 points

    • Functional zoning of internal spaces (0-10 points)

    • Visual design of internal spaces (0-10 points)

    • Realism of implementation of proposed interventions (0-10 points)

  4. Economic and time frame for implementation of the proposal: 10 points

    • Time frame for implementation of the proposal (0-10 points)

GDPR

Participants agree to have their personal data processed by the administrator.
Participants agree that their personal data will be processed solely for the purpose of this competition/initiative.
The participants give their consent to the processing of their personal data freely, specifically for the purposes of item 12.2., and on the basis of the minimum necessary information provided by the administrator, according to Art. 13, par. 1 and par. 2, respectively according to Art. 14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.

Q&A

A: Answers to questions we’ve received at the email umove@plovdiv.bg will be published to this section. Please keep in mind that answers in this Q&A sections will be considered an official part of the competition rules. All questions posed by phone or social networks will be ignored.

Questions from participants will be added to this section.

See also: Idea vault