FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIGHTING DESIGN CONCEPT FOR “THE WHITE QUARTER” IN THE HISTORICAL PART OF BELGOROD

OPEN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

THE WHITE QUARTER

PICTURESQUE ARCHITECTURE IN THE HEART OF BELGOROD

The Finalists have been determind

Dear participants and visitors of the Open Competition website. Please note that the date of summing up the results of the competition has been changed to July 2025.

NEWS

    ABOUT THE COMPETITION

    IDEA:
    The key idea of “The White Quarter” project is to transform the quarter into the heart of bustling city life. It implies the creation of publicly accessibly area that is full of diverse functions, services, and attractions. Ensuring a new quality of the environment and the facilities, their uniqueness for Belgorod also form an integral part of the project.
    3
    [ FINALISTS ]
    July
    2025
    [ RESULTS OF THE COMPETITION ]
    FORMAT:
    International, two-stage, open.
    Stage I - acceptance of Applications and selecting the Finalists based on their portfolios and essays.
    Stage II - developing the Competitive Bids by the Finalists, Ranking the Finalists’ competitive bids based on the Jury’s assessment, Selecting the Winner of the Competition.
    PURPOSE:
    Choosing the best Concept of the lighting design of the building facades and territory of The White Quarter in the historical part of Belgorod.
    ORGANIZER:
    Autonomous Non-Profit Organization “Construction Assistance Centre of Belgorod region” (ANO CAS of Belgorod region)

    PRIZE FUND

    5 000 000 ₽
    [ THE TOTAL PRIZE FUND OF THE COMPETITION ]
    The 2nd-prize Finalist will receive an award in the amount of 1,000,000 rubles.
    A Contract for developing the Concept will be signed with each Finalist of the second stage of the Competition. The Finalists will be paid 500,000 rubles each as a compensation for the Concept development and participation in the Competition.
    An award equaling 2,000,000 rubles will be paid to the Winner of the second stage of the Competition.
    The 3d-prize Finalist will receive an award equaling 500,000 rubles.
    • An event square with an amphitheatre and a fountain;
    • A concert hall for 500 seats;
    • A shopping gallery;
    • The “White Hill” art object with a research-and-education centre, a lecture hall, a restaurant and an observation deck;
    • A hotel;
    • Belgorod cuisine centre;
    • A-category retail and office premises
    • An underground parking lot with a capacity of more than 1 thousand parking spaces and an underground tunnel;
    • A green area.
    The White Quarter project is being implemented as part of the Integrated Territorial Development (ITD) within the boundaries of: Svyato-Troitsky Boulevard, Slavy Avenue, 50th Anniversary of Belgorod Region Street, and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Avenue, on the total area of 7 hectares.

    ABOUT OBJECT

    The White Quarter will allow a creation of 900 jobs. The area will contain the following:
    The development concept envisions the creation of an open publicly accessible space full of various functions, services, and places of attraction.
    The construction of the White Quarter is scheduled for 2025 on the site previously occupied by the 1950s houses that were demolished after being recognized as dangerous.
    A unique facility will be constructed in the city centre, which will include a lecture hall, a concert hall, a shopping and entertainment centre, a hotel, and office buildings.

    HOW TO PARTICIPATE

    STEP III
    UPLOAD THE FORMS AND FILL IN THE PORTFOLIO IN THE PERSONAL ACCOUNT
    STEP II
    REGISTER FOR YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNT
    STEP I
    Study the Competition Documentation:
    Invitation to participate
    THE COMPETITION SCHEDULE

    STAGE I

    1

    26 December 2024

    The Competition is declared open,
    Submission of Applications begins
    2
    27 January 2025г.
    Deadline for submission of Applications
    3
    31 January 2025
    The Organizer analyzes the Applications and draws the Catalogue of the Applications registered
    4
    18 February 2025
    The Jury meeting, selection of Finalists, Publishing the results on the Competition website

    STAGE II

    1

    21 March 2025

    Signing the Prize Winner Agreement with the Finalists
    2
    21 March – 15 June 2025
    The Finalists’ work at the Competitive Bids
    3
    10 June 2025
    Submission of Bids begins
    4
    15 June 2025
    Deadline for submitting the Bids
    5
    18 – 25 June 2025
    Preliminary Assessment
    6
    1 July 2025
    The Jury Meeting
    7
    July 2025
    Announcement of the results of the Competition, the award ceremony for the winners and prize-winners

    THE JURY

    • Xiong Wenjie
      President of the Jury
      PhD in Architecture, General Manager and Design Director of RAYA Design Shenzhen
      China-Japan
    • Zhu Jinhua
      Deputy Director
      of Dezhou Municipal Housing
      and Urban-Rural Development Bureau
      China
    • Dr. Batool Mofaq Kadhim
      Chair of the Board of Directors at Al-Farahidi university, holding a Ph.D. in Architectural Engineering, and founder of the Utopian team for architecture and interior design
      Iraq
    • Ljubiša Folic
      Professor, Doctor of Science,
      Serbia
    • Syaza Suraini
      PhD, Researcher, School of Housing, Building and Planning, University Sains
      Malaysia
    • Rajendra Kumar
      Architect and urbanist,
      India
    • Natalia Klimova
      Head of the Organization Committee of A.V. Kuzmin Council of Chief Architects of subjects and municipal entities of the Russian Federation, partner of AK and Partners Architectural Laboratory, Honoured member of the Presidium, counsellor at the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences
      Russian Federation
    CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING THE PARTICIPANTS’ COMPETITIVE BIDS:
    CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING THE COMPETITIVE BIDS:
    THE ESSAY:
    • The content of the Essay and the validity of the ideas
    • Originality of the ideas proposed
    • Availability of visual materials appropriate to the Essay.

    THE COMPETITION CRITERIA

    • Evaluation of architectural solutions.
    • Originality, content and realisticity of ideas.
    • Compliance with the Terms of Reference.
    • Compliance with the idea and theme of the Competition.
    • Completeness of the project idea disclosure. Creating conditions for building a competitive economy of the project.
    • Originality of the project idea (novelty and individuality).
    • The quality of lighting design solutions.
    • Innovativeness of the proposed solutions in the field of lighting design.
    • Realisticity and feasibility of the project in terms of existing technologies and the possibility to apply them. The originality of the proposed solutions.
    • Correspondence of the proposed design solutions to the territorial, historical and cultural context.
    • The economic efficiency of the project implementation.
    PORTFOLIO:
    • Relevance of the projects presented in the portfolio to the declared theme of the Competition
    • The degree of implementation of the portfolio projects
    • Evaluation of the architectural solutions, originality, content and realisticity of ideas.

    GALLERY

    OUR PARTNERS

    The Administration of Belgorod
    The Government of Belgorod region
    The Union of Architects of Russia.
    Construction Assistance Centre of Belgorod Region
    International Academy of Architecture.
    Moscow branch.
    Council of Chief Architects and Engineers of the Russian Federation and Municipalities
    named after A.V. Kuzmin
    CONTACTS
    7 (4722) 501-031
    belkvartal31@mail.ru
    25 Slavy Ave., Belgorod, Belgorod region, Russia

    Working hours: 9.00 am - 6.00pm
    Monday - Friday