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REHABILITATION OF THE URBAN SPACE:
SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS SQUARE OF CUSCO

international ideas competition





Type : Open Ideas Competition
Entry Call : March 19 to May 05, 2001
Registration Deadline : May 05, 2001
Submission Deadline : July 06, 2001
Open to : Architects and related professionals
Entry Fee : US$ 60.00 (Peru)
US$ 90.00 (Other countries)
Awards : First Prize : US$ 15,000
Second Prize : US$ 8,000
Third Prize : US$ 4,000
Jury : Unannounced

Description: REHABILITATION OF THE URBAN SPACE - SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS SQUARE OF CUSCO

As the start of the "Cusco´s Historic Center - Integral Rehabilitation Masterplan" contruction works, in which participate the "Municipalidad Provincial del Cusco" (MPC), the "Instituto Nacional de Cultura-Cusco" (INC-Cusco) and the "Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional" (AECI) institutions, is considered to renovate a relevant public space wich displays serious problems in use, function, ornamentation and identification within the urban context of the Historic Center.

The proposed public space for this first Pilot Project, is San Francisco de Asis Square area, that has singular importance because it is contextually defined as one of the most outstanding urban atmospheres of Cusco city. This open space is the second important after the Main Square context area and, at the present, is a link center within the city´s urban plot.

From last decades the San Francisco de Asis Square has received progressive deterioration, the consequence of transformations and changes in use. Between the multiple identified problems, the most representatives are : the urban transport, the pressure of ambulatory commerce, the generation of new uses and activities associated with massive transit of people. All this has lead to transform the "residential character" this precinct had initially.

To resolve this, the promotional institutions "MPC", "INC-Cusco" and "AECI", want to select the space intervention proposal through an International Ideas Competition, to obtain a good designed intervention to the Historic Center, allowing the participation of architects.

The analysis process and comparing of the different proposals in competition, must contribute to create and enrich a professional discussion about the future of the city´s Historic Center. Also this First Pilot Project will serve as an intevention model oriented to the recovery of the Historic Center of Cusco, the Historic Capital Of Peru.

"Cusco: Cultural Patrimony Of The World"

Information Bureau : "Plan de Rehabilitación Integral del Centro Histórico del Cusco"- Offices
("Cusco´s Historic Center - Integral Rehabilitation Masterplan" - Offices)
Address : Calle Pumacurco Nº 470 Cusco, Peru
Phone : (51)(84)22-30-85
Fax : (51)(84)24-32-91
Competition Website : http://www.aecicusco.com.pe/convocatoria.htm 
AECI Website : http://www.aecicusco.com.pe/
E-mail : chcusco@aeci.org.pe

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