“Lights over Kruunuvuorenranta” design competition
The City of Helsinki is organising the “Lights over Kruunuvuorenranta” design competition for the artistic lighting of the new Kruunuvuorenranta residential area. The competition is part of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 programme, which aims to promote the city’s development through design.
A new seaside district, Kruunuvuorenranta, will be built in Helsinki on the site of a former oil port over the next 15 years. Kruunuvuorenranta has exceptional visibility. Viewed from the city centre, it is situated on the other side of an open expanse of sea.The purpose of the competition is to create a visually, ecologically and technically high-grade lighting plan that will make Kruunuvuorenranta a work of light art visible from the city centre over the sea.
By the deadline at 12 noon on 24 January 2012, 51 applications arrived at the registrar’s office. One of the applications arrived after the set deadline. Overdue application was not considered. One application was rejected as the fulfilment of the minimum requirements was not clear based on the application.
The City Planning Board of the City of Helsinki decided on March 13th 2012 to choose the following entrants to participate in the Lights over Kruunuvuorenranta Design Competition:
- Bartenbach LichtLabor GmbH (Austria)
- BDP (UK)
- Concepto (France)
- West 8 urban design & landscape architecture bv
and Speirs + Major/ designers working with light
(Netherlands)
Competition will start on 12 April 2012 and end on 1 August 2012. The competition results will be announced on 10 October 2012 as part of Kruunuvuorenranta`s WDC light art project.
More detailed information can be found in the competition programme.
Download the competition programme (pdf 10 Mb) >>
