Aim of the design competition:

The Budapest Capital Asset Management Centre Plc. (BFVK) as the Contracting Authority announces an international design competition entitled "Rákosrendező Master Plan – Urban and Public Space Development Design Competition" to select a designer to prepare a master plan for the complex urban development of the Rákosrendező brownfield area, and, based on this, a comprehensive plan for the public space network of the new district.

The aim of the design competition is for the Contracting Authority to select a design team that

• is prepared to carry out the tasks involved in the preparation of a complex, large-scale project;

• considers the characteristics of the site as a source of creativity;

• is capable of turning visionary ideas into reality with engineering precision;

• is able to mobilize a wide range of expertise;

• has the knowledge and ambition necessary to design an exemplary urban district;

• combines an innovative approach with respect for tradition;

• has expertise in all areas and scales of urban, architectural and technical design.

Subject of the design competition:

Rákosrendező is one of Budapest's most promising brownfield development areas, a largely abandoned railway yard, 86 hectares of which has recently been acquired by the Budapest Metropolitan Municipality and its wholly owned company, BKM. The Municipality is going to to deliver complex urban developments on the former railway yard, using the best contemporary urban design solutions, which lead to the renewal of the area as an urban, largely residential district that is sustainable from both an environmental and social perspective.

Key figures and basic principles of the planning program are as follows:

• A planning area of 244 hectares, including the core development area of 149 hectares

• A dense but livable urban district with a gross floor area of up to 1,250,000 m²

• At least 8,000, preferably 10,000 apartments

• Practical application of the "15-minute city" principle by providing (public) services that meet everyday needs

• A public space network in line with the scale of Budapest

• A public park of at least 25 hectares and an extensive green network

• Creation of an urban centre and an intermodal transport hub serving at least 20,000 passengers per day at the Rákosrendező railway station

• Transport system based on public transport and active mobility

• Use of technical solutions with a low ecological footprint, climate resilience and healthy living conditions

• Local energy production

• Complex, unified green and blue infrastructure network

• Scheduled feasibility, economically realistic investment program

Form and nature of the design competition:

Form of the procedure: a single-round, restricted design competition procedure with a value exceeding the EU threshold. The nature of the design competition is not confidential during the participation phase (the identity of the applicants is known to the Contracting Authority on the basis of the documents submitted), and confidential during the tender phase. The Participation Phase is open, any interested party may submit a request to participate. In the first, participation phase, the Contracting Authority will decide on the eligibility of the applicants, and will select maximum 12 highest-ranked applicants, who will be invited to submit their entries to the second, design phase.

Prizes and awards: